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a plant producing three or four fruit, which ripen in succession 



up to September or October. It is suitable for frame as well 



as open culture. 



Sugar Cantaloup 

 Melon. A medium- 

 sized, very branching, 

 vigorous, and hardy 

 variety. Leaves rather 

 large, distinctly lobed, 

 and dark gray-green; 

 fruit nearly spherical, or 

 slightly flattened at the 

 ends, with ribs not very 

 strongly marked, of a 

 uniform silvery gray 

 colour, not very distin- 

 guishable from the colour 

 of the bottom of the 

 furrows, which is a pale 

 gray; flesh orange- 

 coloured, very thick, 

 sweet, juicy, and per- 

 fumed ; skin remarkably 

 thin. The diameter of 



the fruit is about 5 or 6 in., and the weight usually ranges from 



about 2 Ib. 10 oz. to 3 Ib. 13 oz. A plant may easily carry two 



fruit. This is one of the varieties which succeed the best in 



the open air. 



Large Rock Prescott Cantaloup Melon. A rather vigorous 



and branching plant. Leaves medium-sized, folded at the edges, 



often five-lobed, and a rather deep, light green ; fruit large, and 



very much flattened at the ends; ribs 



broad, very much wrinkled, covered 



with knobs and protuberances of all 



shapes, and irregularly variegated with 



dark and pale green on a whitish 



ground. The ribs are separated by 



very deep, narrow furrows. Flesh 



orange-coloured, very thick, exceedingly 



fine flavoured, juicy, and melting. The 



skin also is thick, but owing to the 



shape of the fruit, that does not prevent 



the flesh from being very abundant. 



The length of the fruit, from the stalk 



to the eye, varies from about 5 to 6 in., and the diameter from 9 



to 1 1 in., while the weight ranges from five and a half to nearly 



Bomb-shaped Cantaloup Melon. 



Sugar Cantaloup Melon 

 ( natural size). 



