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a brisk heat should be maintained, and water with- 

 held for a few days ; and as a preventive a mixture 

 of charcoal and brickdust, with the addition of a 

 little quicklime, placed round the affected parts, 

 which should be changed when it becomes damp. 



Varieties. — Eastnor Castle ; Cantaloups, the 

 Cantaloups are both round and oblong, plain and 

 netted ; the Orange ; the Montagnes ; Valentia, or 

 Winter ; Persians ; Rock's Scarlet-fleshed ; Rock's 

 Green-fleshed ; Green-flesh Beech wood ; Small 

 green-fleshed Egyptian — very exquisite flavour ; 

 New Lockinge, green flesh ; Golden Perfection, 

 scarlet, green, and red ; Sutton's Scarlet Invinci- 

 ble ; Veitch's The Countess ; Hero of Lockinge ; 

 are some of the best to grow. 



RECIPE 

 Melon Fritters 



Cut the melon into strips two inches long and an inch 

 wide ; remove the seeds and the rind, and put the melon 

 into a basin, and sprinkle it with castor sugar and finely 

 chopped lemon rind. Let it remain for about an hour, and 

 then drop each piece of melon separately into a batter made 

 in the following way. Put into a basin two ounces of Vienna 

 flour and the raw yolk of an ^^'g and half a tablespoonful of 

 salad oil. Then add about three tablespoonfuls of cold water 

 and mix until quite smooth. Whip the whites of two eggs 

 until they are quite stiff, and add them to the batter, stirring 

 it lightly. Fry the melon when covered with the batter, for 

 ten or twelve minutes in clear hot grease, till a pretty golden 

 colour ; and after draining the fritters, arrange them in a pile 

 and sprinkle castor sugar over them. 



