The Alton JViitincQ- Melon. 



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property, if it should semewhat derange tlie night's repose of some 

 ardent student of horticulture. It is the invention of Mr. Boyle, of New- 

 York, once a gardener himself, and therefore fully alive to the wants of 

 his 2^1'ofession, and a further proof, of many, that the earlv training of 

 the gardener need be no barrier to his future progress. 



September 24, 1S69. 



THE ALTON NUT^IEG MELON. 



By Fearing Blrr, Hingham, Mass. 



The fine specimen of this melon from which the accompanving illus- 

 tration was taken, and from which our description is made, was raised 

 by ]Mr. Nathaniel Brewer, Jr., of Swam^oscott, INLass. 



The Alton Nutmeg Melon. 



The fruit is of small or medium size, measuring six inches in length 

 by five inches in thickness, and faintly, but regularly, ribbed. Skin, 

 light ash or grayish-brown, and very thickly netted throughout. Flesh 

 thick, deep green next the rind, gradually becoming paler towards the 

 centre, and assuming a yellowish tint near the inner surface ; fine-grained, 



