VARIETIES OF FORCING MELONS. 217 
melon of medium to medium-large size, with a very ir- 
regularly and variously barred rind, scarcely ribbed, 
short-oval in shape, highly perfumed, and of 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. 
77. Hero of Lockinge melon. 
Hero of Lockinge (Fig. 77). This ripens just after 
Blenheim Orange. It is a firm melon of medium size, 
with white flesh, dark in color, with a few very prom- 
inent irregular bars, not ribbed, globular, the flesh ten- 
der and excellent, but less aromatic than Blenheim. 
This is one of the best of the frame melons, and is 
very striking in appearance, 
