540 THE MELON. 



ly netted ; skin thin, pale yellow at maturity ; flesh thick, green, 

 and of very delicious flavour. 



5. BEECHWOOD. One of the very best of this class. Fruit 

 of medium size, oval, netted, skin greenish yellow ; flesh pale 

 green, rich and very sugary. Ripens early. 



Class II. Yellow, or Orange-Fleshed Melons. 



6. EARLY CANTELOUP. Early and productive its chief 

 merits. Fruit small, nearly round, skin thin, smooth, ribbed 

 nearly white ; flesh orange colour, of sweet and pleasant fla- 

 vour. The first melon ripe. 



7. NETTED CANTELOUP. The best flavoured of this class, 

 often quite rich. Fruit rather small, round, skin pale green, 

 closely covered with net-work ; flesh dark reddish-orange, fla- 

 vour sugary and rich. 



8. BLACK ROCK (or Rock Canteloup}. A very large melon, 

 frequently weighing 8 or 10 pounds, and of pretty good flavour. 

 Fruit round, but flattened at both ends, covered with knobs or 

 carbuncles ; skin dark green, thick ; flesh salmon coloured, 

 sweet, but not rich. Ripens rather late. 



Class III. Persian Melons. 



9. KEISING. One of the very finest and most delicate fla- 

 voured of melons. Fruit rather large, egg-shaped, skin pale 

 lemon colour, regularly netted all over ; flesh nearly white, 

 high flavoured, and "texture like that of a ripe Beurre pear." 



10. GREEN HOOSAINEE. One of the best for this climate, 

 and bears well. Fruit egg-shaped, of medium size, skin light 

 green, netted ; flesh pale greenish white, tender and abounding 

 with sugary, highly perfumed juice. Seeds large. 



12. SWEET ISPAHAN. The most delicious of all melons. 

 Fruit large oval ; skin nearly smooth, deep sulphur colour ; 

 flesh greenish white, unusually thick, crisp and of the richest 

 and most sugary flavour. Ripens rather late. 



13. LARGE GERMEK. Early, good bearer, and very excel- 

 lent. Fruit of large size, roundish, flattened at the ends, and 

 ribbed, skin green, closely netted ; flesh greenish, firm, juicy, 

 rich and high flavoured. 



Besides the foregoing there are Winter Melons from the 

 South of Europe, very commonly cultivated in Spain, which, if 

 suspended in a dry room, may be kept till winter. The GREEN 



