THE WATER-MELON. 563 



stripe around the edge, and from one to three black spots on each side ; 

 the form and number corresponding on the two sides. 



Citron "VVater-mfj.ox. 



This is a small, I'ound, pale green, marbled sort, ripening late, and 

 esteemed by many for preserving. 



Ice-Cream. 



A fine variety, large, round, early and prolific. Skin very liglit 

 green. Kind rather more than half an inch thick. Flesh white, crisp, 

 sugary, and excellent. Seeds white. 



Imperial. 



A remarkably fine-flavored and very productive sort, from the Me- 

 diterranean. Keeps a long time after it is ripe. 



Fruit of medium size, nearly round. Skin pale green and white, 

 marbled. Eind remarkably thin. Flesh solid to the centre, light red, 

 crisp, rich, and high-flavored. Seeds quite small, reddish brown. 



Mountain Sprout. 



Large, long oval, striped with light and dark gi-een. Flesh scarlet, 

 a little open in the centre. Rind thin. Seeds light fawn-color, one of 

 the best. 



Mountain Sweet. 



Similar to the above, except it often has a mammelonne neck. 

 Flesh rather more solid, and of excellent flavor. This is grown exten- 

 sively for the markets. 



Odell's Large White. 



Yei'y large, round. Skin gray, with green network. Kind three- 

 quarters of an inch thick. Flesh pale red, of a very good quality. 

 Keeps a long time after being gathered. 



Originated with Col. A. C. Sumner, South Carolina, 



Orange. 



Peculiar for the division of its flesh from the rind, mediiim size, 

 roundish oval, light green, with shades of darker green. Rind half an 

 inch thick. Flesh red, not very solid, of good quality, but not equal 

 to Mountain Sweet and Imperial. 



Ravenscroft. 



Origin, South Carolina. 



Large, oblong, dark green, faintly striped, and marked wdth lighter 

 green. Rind half an inch thick. Flesh red to the centre, with a deli- 

 cious sugary flavor, of the best quality. Seeds cream-color, having 

 a brown stripe around the edge. 



