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Granatum, which is cultivated to some extent in the Gulf 

 States. The same name has also accompanied them into 

 the North and West as far as Missouri and Kansas, at least. 

 Elsewhere they are said to be cultivated for ornament to 

 a certain extent under the name of mock oranges, though 

 they differ greatly from the gourd which is similarly 

 named. 



This melon is evidently the Melon Dudaim of French 

 writers, and it is otherwise known as Concombre Dudaim, 

 Queen Anne's pocket melon, melon de senteur, citrouille 

 odorante, melon des Canaries, pomme de Brahma, and 







Section of Dudaim Melon. (Natural Size.) 



pomme de Grenade, — the latter corresponding to its 

 popular American name. 



Notwithstanding its smooth surface, small size, and gel- 



atinous heart, the Dudaim is to be classed among the 

 musk melons, of which there are a great many forms of 

 very dissimilar appearance, several of which, including the 

 present, have been named as distinct species. 



The Dudaim melon is worthy of general cultivation as a 

 climber because of the beauty of its fruits, which in this 

 respect equal the finer gourds. They are also very attrac- 

 tive additions to a dessert piece of fruit, and their value 

 for this purpose is increased by the highly developed melon 



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