Abstract：Muskmelon（Cucumis melo L.）‘Yinfeng’was employed in a field experiment to study the effect of widened bed distances on fruit quality and yield，irrigated water consumption and irrigation water production efficiency under furrow irrigation．The results showed that the total water consumption reduced as the bed distances increased．The 2.8 m bed distance plots consumed 24 % less water and the 2.5 m bed distance plots saved 17 % water．Irrigation water production efficiency in 2.8 m and 2.5 m bed distance plots were significantly higher than the traditional cultivation model（2.0 m bed distance plots）．The yields，fruit number per plant，muskmelon weight，total soluble solids（TSS）content in the 2.8 m bed distance plots were not significantly different from those in the 2.5 m bed distance and the control plots．But the flesh thickness in 2.8 m bed distance plots was significantly higher than those in 2.5 m bed distance and the control plots．Obviously，under furrow irrigation model，water consumption can be saved due to the musk reduced furrow length，and the muskmelon yield and quality will not be influenced.
