152 NOTES ON FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 



of the cucumber in question had been so hybridized as to prove 

 worthless. It was very short, light green, and bitter. 



Serkshire Champion. — From Messrs. Sutton and Sons. 

 Fruit long-, dark-green, surface somewhat uneven, spines white. 

 A good, early, and free bearer. 



Conqueror of the West. — Messrs. Sutton and Sons. Re- 

 sembles the preceding, but larger, and therefore preferable as a 

 show variety, although not so free a bearer. 



Warwickshire Hero. — From Mr. Cattell. Fruit long, with 

 large spines, surface grooved, a free bearer. 



Bristol Champion. — From Messrs. Garavvay, Mayes, and Co. 

 Fruit of a good size, surface somewhat uneven, deep-green, 

 spines black. A very free and early bearer. It may, therefore, 

 be considered a very useful sort for general cultivation. 



Roman Emperor. — Messrs. Garaway, Mayes, and Co. Fruit 

 long, nearly smooth, dark-green, spines black, with round bases, 

 a free bearer. 



Walker^s Long Rambler. — Messrs. Noble, Cooper, and 

 Bolton. Fruit large, with black spines ; a free and early bearer, 

 requiring plenty of room, otherwise the frviit is apt to be rather 

 light green, owing to the shading of its very broad foliage when 

 crowded. 



Lord Kenyan' s Favourite. — Mr. E. Tiley. Fruit short, with 

 an even surface, light green ; spines black. A good bearer, 

 well adapted for winter cultivation. 



Actne of Perfection. — Fruit middle-sized, dark-green ; spines 

 obtuse, greenish. A late shy bearer. 



Melons. 



No one can be absolutely certain that seeds of cultivated 

 varieties of plants will produce others exactly like the respective 

 parents ; nor that a difference, scarcely perceptible at first, will 

 not increase in successive generations. The change may be an 

 improvement, or it may be the contrary ; and most probably the 

 latter when a high degree of perfection has been attained. Were 

 it not so, the Bromham Hall Melon might be almost exclusively 

 cultivated. At present it is allowed to be the best green-fleshed 

 melon. There are, however, others of considerable merit, and 

 improved varieties of these may some day take its place, should 

 it degenerate in consequence of the tendency above alluded to. 

 The Bromham Hall is described in Vol. V. p. 280. 



Emperor Green-Jieshed. — From Mr. Tiley. Sown April 

 12th, ripe August 12th. About 3 lbs. weight; roundish, a little 

 depressed at the stalk and crown ; ribbed, but not prominently 

 so, and somewhat warted ; greyish-green, tinged with pale 



