98 MELON CULTURE 



Coe's Early. — A small, early variety, with a green skin with 

 white stripes. 



Colorado Preserving. — This is a large-fruited citron, used only 

 for preserving. 



Cuban Queen. — This is a native of the West Indies, and was 

 introduced into this country in 1881. It has become very 

 popular in many sections of the country. It is a large, 

 oblong melon with well-marked light and dark-green 

 stripes. 



Dark Icing. — The fruit is roundish oval in form, skin dark 

 green; deep pink flesh of excellent quality. Very popu- 

 lar in the East as a .narket variety where quality is the 

 principal consideration. 



Dixie. — This is noted in the South for its market qualities 

 owing to its large size under good cultural conditions. The 

 color is dark green, with lighter stripes ; flesh bright red 

 and the quality excellent. 



Duke Jones. — A dark-green variety of good size and fine 

 flavor. 



Earliest and Sweetest. — A new variety said to be the earliest 

 and sweetest watermelon known. Size medium, averaging 

 10 to fifteen pounds, about twice as long as broad, dark 

 ground with lighter markings ; flesh scarlet, seeds white 

 or light cream. A cross between Mountain Sweet and 

 Cole's Early. 



Florida Favorite.— Th'i?, is highly prized in the South as a 

 market melon, many carloads of them being sent North. 

 It is also highly prized in the home market. Many of the 

 larger Northern growers also look upon it as one of their 

 most reliable varieties. The fruit is large, oblong in 

 shape, with a dark green rind, with still darker stripes. 

 It presents a beautiful appearance in the field, as well as 

 upon the market stands. 



Fordhook Early. — This is one of the earliest of the large- 

 fruited melons and is becoming quite generally grown, as 

 it ripens several days earlier than any of those commonly 

 grown. The fruit is rather short and blocky, dark green 

 in color, faintly striped with lighter green. The quality is 

 excellent. 



Gray Monarch (Long White Icing). — A large, long, light- 

 colored melon, somewhat mottled ; deep red flesh of fine 

 flavor. It often weighs from 50 to 60 pounds imder good 

 treatrrjent. 



Halbert Honey. — This variety is intended for the home garden 

 and nearby markets, as it will not stand shipping as well 



