Title
Melon, Diseased
Subject
UMMAA cat #15411
Description
Scientific Name: Unknown (family name: CUCURBITACEAE)
Hopi Name from 1935 field notes: Pa 3 yao 3 (Small pox). The melons have the small pox
Source of Seeds: Son in Moencopi
Properties and Use: If it rains as the melons are getting ripe and the hot sun hits it, the small pox forms. Does not come every year. Have had it from year to year. Seems to strike worse in different locations and varieties.
Hopi Name from 1935 field notes: Pa 3 yao 3 (Small pox). The melons have the small pox
Source of Seeds: Son in Moencopi
Properties and Use: If it rains as the melons are getting ripe and the hot sun hits it, the small pox forms. Does not come every year. Have had it from year to year. Seems to strike worse in different locations and varieties.
Source
Orayvi
Navajo County, AZ
Navajo County, AZ
Date
October 22, 1935
Contributor
Alfred Whiting, Volney Jones, Edmund Nequatewa
Relation
Museum of Northern Arizona cat B.1788