176 CUCURBITACEOUS PLANTS. 



times attains a length of fifteen inches, and weighs upwards 

 of twenty pounds. 



Monroe's A comparatively new variety. The fruit is 



Green Flesh. 



Vil. nearly spherical, but tapers slightly towards 



the stem, and is rather regularly as well as distinctly ribbed. 

 Its diameter is about five inches. Cicatrix large ; skin 

 greenish-yellow, thickly and finely netted over the entire 

 surface ; rind thin ; flesh green, remarkably transparent, 

 comparatively thick, very melting, and highly perfumed. 



Nutmeg. Fruit oval, regularly ribbed, eight or nine 



inches in length, and about six inches in its broadest diam- 

 eter ; skin pale green, and thickly netted ; 

 rind thin ; flesh light green, rich, sweet, 

 melting, and highly perfumed. 



The Nutmeg Melon has been long in 

 cultivation, and is almost every where to 

 be found in the vegetable garden, though 

 seldom in a perfectly unmixed state. When 

 the variety is pure, and the fruit perfectly 

 ripened, it is of most delicious excellence, 

 Nutmeg Melon. an( j deservedly ranked as one of " the 

 best." 



Orange Can- An oval variety, about six inches in length 

 by five inches in diameter, rather prominently 

 ribbed. Skin yellow, marbled with green, thickly netted 

 about the stem, and sparsely so over the remainder of the 

 surface ; rind thick ; flesh reddish-orange, sweet, highly per- 

 fumed, and of good flavor. Very early and productive. 



Pine-Apple. Form roundish, inclining to oval, either 

 without ribs or with rib-marking faintly defined ; size 



