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types of melons (usually sports found in fields of other sorts) to the number 

 of twenty or thirty, only to find at last that the type we were working for 

 could not be perpetuated. We have been working for eight years on a type 

 nf muskmelon in which each melon contains both yellow and green meat 

 interrningled, but we have not yet succeeded in getting the variety sufficiently 

 established to sell for introduction. This was produced from a patch in which 

 alternate hills were planted to different varieties, and, curiously enough, is the 

 result of crossing in this manner two yello7C-meated varieties. We also note 

 that the impurities that we throw out of our yearly trials of this cross are 

 green-meated, and we have not yet found any melons in the cross with 

 wholly yellow meat. We cannot offer any explanation of this fact, nor of 

 what we have said about the Green-fleshed Osage. 



Chauncey p. Coy & Son. 

 Long Island Beauty Muskmelon. 



A variety of the Hackensack type, originated on Long Island. It is of 

 very superior quality, with green flesh, and densely netted. In shape it re- 

 sembles the Hackensack, but is slightly more ribbed, and is decidedly the 

 most attractive looking melon we have ever seen. Besides being the most 

 beautiful, it is also the earliest of all. Out of a collection including every 

 standard variety, it produced the first ripe melon of the season. This gives 

 it especial value for market gardeners. J. M. Thorburn & Co. 



Miller Cream Melon. 



This melon was originated by John D. Miller, of Elmira. N. Y., in the 

 year 1878, it being doubtless the result of cross between Sill Hybrid and 

 Cassaba. It has a very thick flesh, the seed cavity being very small, is of a 

 salmon color, and melting in quality. The rind is thin and of a green color. 

 The vine itself is a strong grower and is very productive, the ground being 

 covered with fruit. This was first catalogued by us in the year 1885. 



Jas. J. H. Gregory & Son. 



Osage and Osage Gem. 



The Osage we believe to be an improved selection from Miller's Cream 

 which was introduced by J. J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, ]\Iass., who can 

 tell you more about its origin. 



The Osage Gem is a cross between the Osage and Netted Gem, and was 

 very carefully made by one of our Michigan growers. The Paul Rose was 

 bred by Mr. Rose, being a carefully selected type of small, solid, round, 

 thick meated Osage, and has a little more netting than the type of Osage 

 which we use. Vaughan's Seed Store. 



Flavor. 



I have never given any attention to muskmelons except in attempting to 

 cross melons by cucumbers, or more particularly to influence the flavor by 

 the application of cucumber pollen. In this I was never successful. 



(Prof.) Fred W. Card. 



Vine Peach and Garden Lemon. 



We are the introducers of the Vine Peach and Garden Lemon. We do 

 not think, however, that they would really belong to the muskmelon family, 

 as they are not usually eaten in the natural condition, but are preserved or 

 pickled. We have never been able to get them perfectly pure. There are 

 always some fruits which are large in size and appear to be midway between 

 cucumber and muskmelon, and we are inclined to think that this vegetable is 

 from a hybrid or cross between the muskmelon and cucumber, but we do not 



