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DESCRIPTIONS 



72. MELON. 



Fig. 49. 



Fruit full medium size, circular 

 and symmetrical ; broad at 

 base, widest in the middle. 

 Color yellow, ornamented 

 with bright crimson stripes. 

 Stem scarcely equaling the 

 base, deeply inserted. Calyx 

 of a medium size ; depression 

 shallow and plaited. Flesh 

 white, tinged slightly with 

 red. Subacid, juicy ; calyx 

 tube closed ; core of the me- 

 dium size. 



This apple is closely allied 

 to the strawberry family, tho' 

 more acid. Ripens in Novem- 

 ber and December. Exhibited 

 in New- York, 1848. 



73. RAMSDELL'S SWEETING. 



(Ramtdell't Red Pumpkin Sweet.) 



Fruit of the medium size, elongated, subcircular, symmetrical. Color dark red, bloomed. 

 Stem short ; basin deep. Flesh yellowish white, sweet and rich. A valuable sweet 

 apple, from its intrinsic qualities and the productiveness of the tree. 



74. RED GILLIFLOWER. 

 Fruit of the medium size, depressed ; pentangular, or five-lobed, lobes unequal. Color 

 yellow, ornamented with pale crimson stripes. Stem moderate exsert ; calyx large, 

 open, and leading to a large open core. Flesh yellowish white, tender, rich, subacid, 

 and juicy. A very superior fruit. The tree, however, is said to be uncertain in iu 

 bearing. 



Large, symmetrical, 

 some. English. 



75. KIRKE'S LORD NELSON. 

 Color yellow, with light red stripes. Acid, flavorless, but hand- 



