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melons are small (winter specimens weigliinpj from l^ to 1|- lbs.), 

 with thill netted rinds and a red or white llesh of liigli quality. 



Blenheim Orange (Fig. 62) is a red-Heslied melon of medium to 

 medium large size, with a very irregularly and variously barred 

 rind, scarcely ribbed, short-oval in shape, highly perfumed and of 



63.- 



5Iiisterpiece melon. Natural size. 



the very highest quality. This has been our favorite winter melon. 

 In midwinter we have had it with all the characteristic flavor and 

 aroma of autumn fully developed. It is also an early melon, in 

 season coming in just after Emerald Gem. 



Hero of Lockinge (Fig. 61, the cut melon on top). This ripens 

 just after Blenheim Orange. It is a firm melon of medium size, 

 with white flesh, dark in color, with few very prominent irregu- 

 lar bars, not ribbed, globular, the flesh tender and excellent but 



