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CUCURBITACE/E. IV. CUCUMIS. 



12 Italian green-Jleshed. A middle-sized early good fruit, 

 with a thick yellow rind and green flesh : in flavour both rich 

 and sweet. 



13 Ionian green-Jleshed cantaloup. A large thin-skinned 

 lemon-coloured and lemon-scented fruit, of excellent flavour, 

 but not a great bearer. 



14 Egyptian green-Jleshed. A middle-sized early good fruit, 

 with a thin white netted skin and green flesh : in flavour resem- 

 bling the preceding. 



15 Dutch green-Jleshed. An indifferent sort. 



16 Crimea green-Jleshed. A useless late fruit, of middling 

 size, with a thin green skin and pale red flesh. 



17 Persian green-Jleshed. A middle-sized, green, thin- 

 skinned sort, with green flesh. Not good. 



18 Green-Jleshed Masulipatam. A very small and excellent 

 early sort, with green skin and green flesh. 



19 Green-Jleshed Valparaiso. Not very good. 



20 Red-Jleshcd Valparaiso. 



21 Dutch rock. A rather large good fruit, with a thick 

 yellow rind, and orange-coloured flesh. 



22 Early rock. A good early fruit. 



23 Golden rock. A middle-sized fruit, with a thick yellow 

 rind and pale red flesh, of excellent flavour. 



24 Scarlet rock. 



25 Silver rock. A large late fruit, with a thick yellow rind, 

 and pale red flesh, which is juicy, sweet, and well-flavoured. 



26 Netted scarlet-Jleshed. A good sort. 



27 Smooth scarlet-Jlenhed. A middle-sized fruit, of excellent 

 flavour. The rind is thick, smooth, and yellow, and the flesh 

 orange-coloured. 



28 Windsor scarlet-Jleshed. A rather large, excellent-fla- 

 voured, late kind, with thick green rind, and salmon-coloured flesh. 



29 Lee's Romano. A middle-sized, longish, shallow-furrowed 

 fruit. Rind hard, partly netted, and pale yellow : the flesh full 

 yellow and pretty high flavoured, but not very juicy. 



SO Large netted Romana. The largest of the romanas, regu- 

 larly netted all over, and shallow-furrowed, often attaining a 

 large size. Rind hard and pale yellow, the flesh full yellow, 

 but not very juicy : very high -flavoured, if eaten sharp ripe. 



31 Fair's Romana. A small oval fruit, the rind greenish 

 yellow when ripe, and the flesh a pale yellow, not very juicy ; 

 but well-flavoured and agreeable. 



32 Early Polignac. An early rich middle-sized fruit, with 

 a thick yellow rind, and pale red flesh. It is in frequent cul- 

 tivation. 



33 Portugal. There are two varieties of this kind, a small 

 and a large sort ; they are noted as good bearers and early. 



34 Sweet Italian. A large orange-coloured sort, of moderate 

 quality. 



35 Netted succado. A middle-sized late green-skinned sort. 



30 Small Levant. A middle-sized sort, with a thick green 

 skin and pale red flesh. Not of good quality. 



37 Smooth yellow-Jleshed Valparaiso. A middle-sized, late, 

 green, thin-skinned sort ; the flesh white, of moderate flavour. 



38 Brasilian. An inferior middle-sized sort, with thin green 

 skin and orange-coloured flesh. 



39 Melon d'ete d'Odesse. A rather large, later, indifferent 

 fruit, with thin orange skin and white flesh. 



40 Melon d'Olor. A very small fruit, with yellow skin and 

 white flesh, of good quality. 



41 Netted French melon. A rather large late fruit, with a 

 thick yellow rind and yellow flesh, of bad quality. 



42 Nutmeg. A late green, thick-skinned sort, with white 

 flesh. 



43 Queen Ann's melon, early queen, or queen's pocket melon. 

 A very small fruit, with ornamental striped thin skin, and white 

 flesh. 



44 Carthagena. A large high-flavoured fruit, with a thick 

 orange-coloured rind and pale red flesh. 



45 Cassabar. A large late fruit, with green thin skin, and 

 white flesh. 



46 Cephalonia. A large oblong fruit, with thin yellow skin 

 and green flesh, of tolerable flavour. 



47 Choujleur. A large fruit of little use ; the skin is thick 

 and yellow, and the flesh pale red. 



48 Gahoon. A large late fruit, of little value ; with yellow 

 skin and yellow flesh. 



49 Geree, ostrich egg. A middle-sized late fruit, of excel- 

 lent flavour : the skin as well as the flesh is green. The plant 

 is rather tender. 



50 Gros Prescoltfond blanc. A large late fruit, with a thick 

 yellow rind, and orange-coloured flesh. 



51 Petit Prescott. Fruit depressed, crowned at the top ; 

 ribs warted : flesh delicious. 



52 Cantaloup natif d'Allemagne. An early fruit, with a 

 greenish-yellow smoothish rind, but not of good quality. 



53 Cantaloup boule de Siam. Fruit very much depressed, 

 with a dark green rind, full of warted ribs. 



54 Hardy ridge. A middle-sized late fruit, with a thick 

 yellow rind and red flesh, of good flavour. 



A list of melons which are hardly known ; but none of them 

 are perhaps worth cultivation. 



1 De Andalousie. 2 Cantaloup a chair verte. 3 Cantaloup 

 a fond noir. 5 Cantaloup Galleux. 6 Chili musk. 7 Crimea. 

 8 Citron. 9 D'Espagne. 10 Fagos. 11 Fin hatif. 12 Gol- 

 den egg. 13 Grand Mogul. 14 Green Spanish oval. \5Gros 

 Galleux a chair verte. 1 6 Hardy scarlet-Jleshed. 1 7 Highclere. 

 18 D'Hiver. 19 Large Astrachan. 20 Levant. 21 Melon 

 gris des Carmes. 22 Melon of Honda. 23 Melon of Jaffa. 

 24 Melon Tare. 25 Madeira. 26 Mendoza. 27 Le Mogul. 

 28 Du Peron. 29 Pine apple or Melon d' Ananas. 30 Musk 

 melon. 31 Carthagena musk melon. 32 Murray's pine-apple, 

 33 Noir de Hollande tres gros. 34 Turkish melon. 35 Valen- 

 tin or winter melon. 36 Wynestay. 



Var. y, Maltensis (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 300.) fruit with 

 a smooth thin rind. This variety is divisible into two parts, as 

 Maltese Melons and Persian Melons. 



* Maltese melons. 



1 Melon de Malle blanc or Melon de Malte a chair blanche. 

 An early middle-sized ovate-oblong fruit, with white watery 

 sugary flesh. 



2 Melon de Malte jaune. Flesh of fruit orange-coloured, 

 sweet-scented. 



3 Melon de la Moree ou de Candie, or Melon de Malle d'hiver. 

 This kind is cultivated in various countries bordering on the 

 Mediterranean sea, and particularly in the orange gardens at 

 Hiers, near Toulon, whence its fruit is sent to Paris. The skin 

 is thin ; the flesh white, firm, sugary, and juicy ; not rich, but 

 pleasant. The shape oval, size about a foot long and eight 

 inches broad ; of a dark green colour. This fruit is regularly 

 imported, and may be had in the fruit shops from September to 

 January. 



* * Persian melons. 



1 Daree. A good-sized fruit ; skin thin and green ; flesh 

 white, high-flavoured. A late fruit. 



2 Dampsha melon. An excellent, late, rather large fruit, of 

 nearly a cylindrical form, and netted ; rind thin and yellow when 

 ripe ; flesh green, quite melting, and of excellent flavour. The 

 fruit will keep, if hung up by its stalk, for some time. 



3 Large germek. An excellent early green-skinned sort, of 

 considerable size ; flesh green. 



