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9 plants to start
I transplanted 9 plants to the Fall City farm: 3 each of Farthest North, Oregon Delicious and Minnesota Minis.

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Individual covers
Slug and insect pressure was strong and I wanted to keep the soil warm so I used individual covers.

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9 plants at the Fall City garden
I transplanted 3 of each variety (Farthest North, Oregon Delicious, and Minnesota Minis) to our downtown Fall City garden.

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Three survivors
Only 3 plants survived at the farm, one Farthest North and two Oregon Delicious. Probably slugs got one, another just wilted and some just disappeared.

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Severe leaf wilt
At the FC garden several plants (Farthest North and Oregon Delicious) suffered a severe wilting of most leaves. The vines seemed healthy so I left fruit on the vines.

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Severe leaf wilt
A closeup of the dying leaves. It wasn't too little water, but I don't know the cause.

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Some melons holding on
I thought some of the Oregon Delicious might ripen their fruit, but they didn't hang on long enough.

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Melons at the FC farm
The vines looked good and the Oregon Delicious put on large melons. The single Farthest North vine held six 4-inch melons, that had a nice flavor.

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Oregon Delicious
The Oregon Delicious at the farm kept right on ripening the melons. Strange that in this clay soil they did so well.

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Root of Farthest North
A closeup of the Farthest North at the FC garden. I couldn't see anything wrong with it. I thought these would like the sandy loam.

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Oregon Delicious at the farm
The Oregon Delicious has pretty color leaves and blooms. The melons were growing lots larger than I expected (ripening at 8 inches).

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Farthest North at the FC garden
Even though leaves wilted the vines appeared to feed the fruit. I harvested these Farthest North melons - they had a nice, subtle flavor.

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Oregon Delicious at the farm
These 3 Oregon Delicious melons got to a nice size. The slugs attacked when they were almost ripe.

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Oregon Delicious melon
This was the surprise of the season - a real cantaloupe grown in the lower Snoqualmie valley. Good flavor, though this one may have been picked a bit green. I had no experience in judging ripeness of melons.

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Melons in sandy loam
All the plants struggled in the sandy loam. Some had a severe leaf wilt that I couldn't account for. Even in the same hill where there were two plants, one was affected and the other not.