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small, the average diameter being about five inches and a 

 half; skin olive-green, with net-marketings more or less 

 abundant ; rind thin ; flesh green melting, sweet, and per- 

 fumed. Season early. 



It is an excellent sort, easily grown, and very productive. 



Fruit generally somewhat flattened, but vari- Prescott Can- 

 taloupe. Vil. 



able in form, deeply ribbed ; size large, well- 

 grown specimens measuring eight or ten inches in diameter, 

 and weighing from seven to nine pounds ; skin thickly cov- 

 ered with small tubercles ; color varying from grayish-green 

 to clear green, .more or less deep, changing to yellow at ma- 

 turity ; rind very thick ; flesh orange-red, sugary and melt- 

 ing, and of delicious flavor. 



There are numerous sub-varieties, as grown by different 

 gardeners, varying somewhat in form, color, and time of ma- 

 turity ; all, however, corresponding nearly with the above 

 description, though known by different names, as the " White," 

 "Gray," "Black," "Prescott," &c. Much esteemed in 

 France, and extensively grown by market-gardeners in the 

 vicinity of Paris. 



This variety much resembles the Pine-apple. Skillman's 



Fine-netted. 

 Form rounded, flattened slightly at the ends ; 



flesh green, sugary, melting, and excellent. It has been 

 pronounced " the earliest of the green-fleshed sorts." 



A recently introduced variety of English ori- Victory of 

 gin. Fruit egg-shaped, faintly ribbed, rounded 

 at the blossom-end, and slightly contracted towards the stem, 

 at the insertion of which, it is flattened to a small, plane 

 surface ; size medium, about six inches deep, and five 

 inches in diameter ; skin green, clouded with yellow, and 

 sparsely covered with fine net-markings ; skin thin ; flesh 

 green. 



