310 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



14. ROMANA. Neill 



A middle-sized, oval, pale yellow fruit, ribbed ; flesh 

 yellow, firm, and well-flavored. 



15. SCARLET ROCK. Lindley. 



An oblate, deeply-ribbed, pale green fruit ; flesh reddish ; 

 tender, juicy, sweet, and highly-flavored. 



16. SILVER ROCK. Lindley. 



Middle-sized, oblate : skin green and yellow, blotched ; 

 flesh pale red, sweet, and well-flavored. 

 IT. SMOOTH SCARLET-FLESHED. Lindley. Hort. Trans. 



Form round or oval ; skin greenish yellow ; flesh scarlet ; 

 firm, and high-flavored. 



18. SWEET MELON OP ISPAHAN. Hort. Trans. 



Fruit large, ovate ; skin smooth, of a sulphur color ; flesh 

 white, very thick, crisp, sugary, and very rich. 



19. DAMPSHA MELON. Hort. Trans. 



Fruit oblong, yellowish green ; flesh green, melting, and 

 of excellent flavor. 



20. GREEN VALENCIA. Hort. Trans. 



Form oval, pointed, slightly ribbed, of a dark green color ; 

 flesh pale straw color, firm, saccharine, juicy, and pleasant. 

 The latter crops of the two last-named varieties keep till 

 winter. 



We may also enumerate the following fine varieties : 

 Green Citron, (fine,) green flesh ; 

 Murray's Pine-Apple, do. 

 Persian, do. 



Nutmeg, do. 



Minorca, do. 



Large Cantaloupe; 

 Star; very late; 



Pomegranate, or musk, (fine,) odoratissimus ; 

 Palermo, very rich and fine; flesh green, and keeps late 

 in the season. 



CULTIVATION. The muskmelon is raised from seed 

 planted in April or May, in a highly-manured, warm, loamy 

 soil, in hills six or eight feet asunder. Those kinds in- 

 tended for seed should be raised remote from inferior vari- 

 eties. The vines should be pruned of superfluous branches, 

 and all superfluous fruits must be removed as soon as they 

 appear. 



