Training melons and watermelons to grow vertically is referred to as trellising and is one of the advantages of growing melons in a high tunnel. Most melon cultivars and personal size (less than 7 pounds) watermelon cultivars are amenable to trellising.
A direct public offering (DPO), like the more traditional IPO, is a stock's introduction to the stock market. The stock is offered to the public for the first time. Unlike an IPO, which utilizes an underwriter to sell shares to the public, DPO shares are purchased directly from the issuing company.
Companies of all sorts often need to raise capital for investment and expansion, to buy out existing private shareholders, or to redeem debt. One way to do this is to take the company public, through what has become known as an IPO, an initial public offering. IPO Definition. An IPO involves the issue of new shares or the sale of existing shares by current holders, sometimes both. Purchasers of most of these shares at flotation will be investment institutions, such as pension funds and insurance firms. However most share offers are also open to small investors.