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India and the East Indies, is often referred to in the early writings 

 of the Hebrews, Egyptians and Greeks. It was not definitely 



Fig. 129. — Another cuhivated genus of the Gourd Family includes melons (A) 



and cucumbers (B). 



under cultivation in Europe, however, until the seventeenth 

 century. Melons are species native to Asia which were grown by 



Fig. 130. — Watermelon is an African plant with an unusually large watery 



gourd fruit. 



the Egyptians and Romans. They require a long growing season 

 with fairly constant high temperatures; best eastern producing 

 regions are in New Jersey, North CaroHna, Maryland and Geor- 



