AMES, Iowa – Bigger doesn’t always mean better. That’s especially true when it comes to muskmelons. Iowa State University researchers spent part of this summer growing a wide range of muskmelon ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! The summer heat is finally here as the weather forecast calls for several badly needed days of sunshine and no rain. Farmers are out cutting hay and ...

The difference between watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, and other melons you might be less familiar with, plus how to shop for and serve each. Serious Eats / Getty Images When melons are at the ...

This winter has been so long, the other day I overheard two snowmen saying even they were looking forward to the spring thaw. Spring gardening will be exhilarating this year. Many of us who enjoy ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Market happenings: Be sure to stop by your local farmers markets this week and celebrate National Farmers Market Week. In an effort to spread the influence of local agriculture as well as small, local ...

The effects of incorporating plant growth regulators into the priming solution on low temperature germination and emergence performance of muskmelon [Cucumis melo L. (Reticulatus Group) cv. 'Athena'] ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 46, No. 285 (APRIL 1995), pp. 391-400 (10 pages) Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) embryos are enclosed in an envelope of tissue consisting of a layer of endosperm and a ...

If you indulge a few hours of your time perusing “The Melon” — and I do mean indulge, since the author’s mouthwatering melon-eating accounts fill the pages of this book — your visits to the produce ...

FARGO — Vegetable gardening is a hot topic, spurred first by the pandemic and now by high grocery prices. A North Dakota company is producing specially selected seed to help Northern gardeners succeed ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...