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in Fig. 65. This photograph (Fig. 65) was taken in November, 

 when the fruits had become somewhat shriveled. It has a sweet 

 and good green tlesh. The seeds are very sraalL The fruit is 

 small, ribbed, and very dark green with yellow furrows. It keeps 

 well until December. Another good melon is the White Antibes 

 of the French {Melon Erode cP Antibes hlanc cT Hiver a chair 

 verte). It is an egg-shaped melon of good size, bright green until 

 full maturity, and hard-shelled. It is a very long keeper. The 

 Red-fleshed Maltese melon excels other melons of this class in 

 quality, the flesh being aromatic and rich, but it is not so good a 

 keeper as the green-fleshed sorts. 



The White Japan melon (Fig. 66), whilst not a winter variety, 

 is nevertheless a good keeper if the fruits are not fully ripened 

 when picked. We have kept it easily until well into November. 

 It is a small globular lemon-yellow melon, of variable character as 

 regards surface markings, a soft and stringy but good and aromatic 

 flesh, and many small seeds. The blossom scar is usually very 

 large, as seen in the specimen at the right in Fig. 6<?. 



In general, I should say that these wintfer melons are worth grow- 

 ing for home u^. The quality is not so good as that of the summer 

 melons, but this defect is overbalanced by their long-keeping quali- 

 ties. From my present knowledge of them, I should grow chiefly 

 the Winter Climbing Nutmeg, the White Antibes and perhaps the 

 Winter Pineapple. These melons are also useful for the making 

 of conserves. 



SKETCH. 



1. Muskmelons for winter use may be obtained in two ways — by 

 forcing them under glass, and by growing the long-keeping varieties 

 in the field. 



2. Melons under glass are usually harvested in late fall or in 

 spring in this country. It is difficult to bring them to a good size 

 and high flavor in the winter months, although this can be done if 

 the proper conditions are secured. 



3. The requisites for ripening melons under glass, particularly in 

 vtdnter, are these : A temperature of 80° to 85° at midday in the 

 shade, and 10° to 12° lower at night ; a continuous and steady 

 growth from the time the seeds germinate ; U soil rich in mineral 

 elements and without much stimulating nitrogen ; dryness at time 

 of ripening ; great care in preventing the attacks of insects and 



