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flavoured fruit : it possesses a thin skin, orange- 

 coloured flesh, and the rind is very dark. 



The Scarlet Rock is, however, the finest 

 flavoured melon that can be produced, though 

 small in its growth, seldom exceeding the weight 

 of three pounds, and commonly from one to 

 two. The flesh is of a deep scarlet colour, and 

 it is rather inclined to rock. 



The Early Cantaloupe is the most productive 

 melon in bearing ; but in order to obtain them 

 good flavoured no more than one fruit must be 

 suffered to swell on a plant at a time, except the 

 lights are large, when two may be allowed, that 

 is, six in a light ; but if, however, the plants are 

 confined to one fruit, a second crop may be 

 obtained. 



The White-seeded Rock is a very fine melon in 

 appearance, and much approved of by some 

 gardeners for its qualities in ripening early for a 

 rock ; but it will not, however, keep long, soon 

 loses its flavour, and the colour changes very 



