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HORTlCUIvTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



THE ORANGE MELON. 



The fruit to which I have given the name Orange Melon has 

 been offered by several seedsmen and others during the last two or 

 three years under a variety of names, as Vine Peach, Mango Mel- 

 on, Vegetable Orange and Melon App'e. The descriptions of it 

 are always more or less indefinite, and the cuts are such as to con- 

 vey little idea of its relationships. The following description is a 

 sample: " One of the most beautiful vegetables grown. They 

 grow on vines same as melons, are a beautiful golden yellow, al- 

 most exactly resembling oranges in color, shape and size. The 

 flesh is snow white. Fried as Qgg plant, when green, they are de- 

 licious, and most excellent for mangoes. They will keep in good 

 condition two months after being picked." 



This vegetable is a variety of the musk-melon species, Cticumis 

 Melo. Several similar varieties of the melon are grown in Europe, 

 and it will probably not be difficult to identify our plant with 



