NETTED MELONS 



415 



lengthened period, producing blooms in succession on the branches, 



even after the fruit which set first have almost attained their full 



size. Fruit very large, 



long, with well-marked 



ribs, finely netted all over, 



and becoming a yellow, 



slightly salmon, colour 



when ripe ; flesh orange- 

 coloured and thick. The 



fruit is sometimes 14 to 



16 in. long and 8 to 10 in. 



in diameter. When it is 



well grown, the quality is 



often excellent. It ripens 



half-late. 



This and the Black 



Rock Melon are the 



largest of all the Melons 



in cultivation, the Honfleur 



being equally remarkable 



for its great hardiness. 

 Hybrid Vallerand 



Melon. A vigorous, 



branching plant of quick 



growth, a cross between 



the Green Climbing Melon 



and the Large Rock Very Large ^ etted Honfleur Melon ' 



Prescott Cantaloup Melon. The leaves are dark green, only slightly 



cut. The fruit is a long oval, and slighly ribbed, weighing about 

 four pounds. The skin is dark green, with 

 only a few markings. The flesh is a dark 

 orange-red, thick, firm, juicy, and fragrant. 

 It is a disease-resisting and good keeping 

 variety, also early. 



Red-fleshed Cavaillon Melon. A large 

 vigorous-growing plant, with large grayish 

 green leaves which have distinctly marked 

 and very rounded lobes. Fruit oblong, some- 

 times almost spherical, blunt at both ends, 

 and with well-marked ribs. When ripe, the 

 skin is orange-coloured, and is broadly and 

 densely netted, resembling the Tours Sugar 

 Melon in this respect. The furrows between 

 the ribs are very narrow, and, when the fruit 



is ripe, become reduced to mere lines. The stalk of the fruit is 



remarkably thick and strong. The flesh is a bright red colour, 



Red-fleshed Cavaillon 

 Melon ( natural size). 



