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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Vaucluse Cantaloup Melon. 



gray-green, the fruit, which is rather long than round, measuring 

 usually 4 to 6 in. in length by about 3 in. in diameter. It is only 

 slightly ribbed and not very warty. It is easily recognised by the 



length and slenderness of 

 the fruit-stem. The flesh 

 is very thick, sugary, per- 

 fumed, and a fine deep 

 orange. In earliness it is 

 equal, if not superior, to the 

 Early Black Rock Melon. 

 Vaucluse Cantaloup 

 Melon. Plant of rather 

 vigorous growth, with 

 stems and leaves quite 

 like those of a Cantaloup 

 Melon. The leaves are 

 slightly cut and rather 

 dark green. The fruit is 

 borne on a long stalk, is 

 deeply ribbed, and remarkable for its very flattened shape, being 

 little more than 2 in. deep, while it is often 6 in. in its transverse 

 diameter. Its weight is more frequently under than over two 

 pounds and a quarter. The skin is nearly smooth, and is marbled 

 with dark green on a pale green ground. This little Melon is 

 remarkable for its very great earliness, and is sent to the Paris 

 markets in June and July 

 from the department of 

 Vaucluse. 



Apple-shaped Canta- 

 loup Melon. A vigorous 

 and productive plant. 

 The leaves are large and 

 rounded. The fruit are 

 numerous, small, and 

 round, measuring about 

 4 in. in diameter by about 

 3 in. in depth ; it is very 

 slightly ribbed. The skin 

 is rough and dark green 

 when ripe. The flesh is 

 dark orange, thick, juicy, 

 and sugary, filling almost 

 entirely the seed cavity. Apple-shaped Cantaloup Melon. 



It is a good Melon for small gardens, for its productiveness on a 

 given surface is quite equal to that of the large-fruited sorts and 

 is longer in point of time. 





