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abundant, pleasantly acid, rich, brisk, high flavored, and de- 

 licious : Core^ large, rather close : Seeds, medium size, broad. 

 Ripe in September and October. 



Vni. Melon. 



' \ of some collections in Western New York. 

 Watermelon, ) 



The first account we have of this superior apple, {fig. 51,) is 

 that contained in a letter from our correspondent, J. W. Bissell, 

 of Rochester. In sending us a few scions of Swan's Orange 

 pear, and other fruits, among which were several apples, last 

 spring, he added some of this apple, and writes: — "I send 

 you the Melon, or Norton's Melon, as it is sometimes called." 



A short time since, some fine specimens of the fruit were 



Pig. 51. Melon. 



sent to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, by Mr. W. 

 R. Smith, of Macedon, under the name of the "Water- 

 melon," and we were glad to have the opportunity of tasting 

 this variety. One of the apples was given to us by the chair- 

 man of the Fruit committee, from which we have drawn up 

 the annexed description, and from which our drawing has 



