WATER-MELON 



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fruits, and is grown there, like the Melon, in the open air and 



without any trouble. In the climate of Paris it requires, like the 



Melon, the aid of artificial 



heat ; but it is only grown 



there as a curiosity, the 



fruit being always insipid. 



The only difference in the 



culture of it from that of 



the Melon is, that the 



Water-Melon plants are 



never pinched or stopped, 



the produce being always 



better the more freely the 



stems are allowed to grow. 



We have never known it 



to be well grown in 



England. 



USES. The ripe pulp 

 of the fruit is eaten raw, 

 like a Melon. Sometimes 

 the fruit is sliced, and 

 preserved either alone or 

 mixed with other kinds of 



It is also made into 



Early Russian Water- Melon. 



fruit. 



jam. Before it has ripened, it may be boiled and eaten like a 



Vegetable Marrow. It is of great value in hot countries. 



Early Russian 

 Water- Melon. A 

 vigorous plant, with olive- 

 green fruit, weighing 

 usually less than four 

 pounds. It is the earliest 

 of all Water - Melons, 

 ripening in ordinary 

 seasons as early as 

 August. The flesh is 

 melting and juicy. It 

 is the best of all Water- 

 Melons. 



Very Early Rodosto 

 Water- Melon (Black- 

 seeded). Not so early 

 as the Seikon, it ripens 



Early Rodosto Water-Melon. ,, . ,, ,- r 



well in the climate of 



Paris. A vigorous plant, with stems 10 ft. long, bearing many 

 fruit of pale green colour, rather small, spherical, very slightly 



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