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Show CANTALOUPE ACREAGE IS IN SIGHT - , FARMERS RESPOND TO THE CALL ; OF FRUIT ASSOCIATION. Much of the Fruit Will Come From the Sand Ridge, Where a Heavy Acreage Will Be Planted. well as the handling and preparing for market. Experts In the Industry assert as-sert that cantaloupes need a considerable consid-erable amount of water, and that It must be supplied with care. '1 ho ditches for watering the vines should be made before the vines sprout and in many cases are made even belore the seed is placed In the ground. No water must bo allowed to touch the melons themselves, as It will cause them to become mushy and lose their flavor. The ditches should run only in the vicinity of the roots of tha plant and after the vines have spread nnd the fruit has appeared, care should bo taken to discover whether any ot the melons are resting in the ditches or are touched by tho water; If so, tho vines and fruit should bo immediately rearranged or small dykes built to protect pro-tect them from the water. The Sand Ridge, west of tho 'city, seems to bo the favored district tor the growing of cantaloupes and most of the. acreage has been , subscribed from there. Among those who will I grow cantaloupes this season are: 11. H. Thompson, J. E. Wright. (J. J. Adnm6. Carl Talor, C. F. Adams, A. W. Agee, Paul Stecher, Archie Uigolow, the Ogden Heights Fruit company and many others. It is estimated that from an acreage acre-age of 150 acres or even less, horn iu to 50 carloads may be shipped. Most of the shipments will bo made direct to New York Cfty. Manager J. M. Forrlstall of the'Og- den Fruit Growers' association, states i that the efforts to enthuse local inilt I growers with the Idea of raising a I large acreage of cantaloupes this year ic meeting with unexpected bucccsb. Since the announcement mado a week ago, tho office of the association manager man-ager has been besieged with personal and telephone calla from those who wish to Inquire more fuly Into ttje , plans for 1 boosting the Ogden cantaloupe canta-loupe and placing It on the great eastern east-ern market in competition with tho famous Payotto Valley and Kocky Ford products. It is thought that at least 150 acres will be promised by the time the seed, which has been ordered, shall hava arrived. The seed has been purchased pur-chased from the same Philadelphia concern , which supplied the growers of the Rocky Ford as well as various other sections which have become famous through the medium of cantaloupes. canta-loupes. Some of the farmers have arranged to plant as many as five acres this year, which is no small undertaking, as the crop requires considerable care and attention, both in irrigation, as |