are round or oblong rather than ob- 

 late, are very firm, and are of good 

 size. 



Other backcrosses were made with 

 Long Red. These are worthy of 

 test as hybrid varieties in themselves 

 with a 30 to 40 mg. vitamin C range. 

 Selections in the second generations 

 from this cross have now been made. 



From this series of experiments in 

 raising the vitamin C content, it has 

 been possible to produce tomatoes of 

 marketable size with much of the vi- 

 tamin content of the small, wild 

 Peruvian tomatoes. While some of 

 these varieties may not, in them- 

 selves, become important in large 

 commercial tomato-raising sections, 

 they provide a basis for the develop- 

 ment of canning varieties of greater 

 food value. Thus, the vitamin C con- 

 tent of commercial canned tomatoes 

 might easily be doubled, making to- 

 matoes equal to oranges as a source 

 of vitamin C. 



MELONS 



WHITE MOUNTAIN WATERMELON 



The small, nearly round White 

 Mountain watermelon received its 

 name from the fact that the variety 

 has matured its fruit north of the 

 White Mountains where the growing 

 season is only 100 rather cool days. 



Some of the Japanese watermelons 

 have interesting characteristics and 

 the Favorite Honey, a small, yellow- 

 fleshed variety which is oval in 

 shape, has a thin rind, and is excel- 

 lent in quality, is one of the most 

 attractive of them. When it was 

 thought desirable to produce a simi- 

 lar variety with red flesh instead of 

 yellow. Favorite Honey was crossed 

 with Dakota Sweet, a red-fleshed 

 variety selected from seed introduced 

 from Russia. The variety which re- 

 sulted has red flesh, an overabun- 

 dance of brown seeds, and a thin 



rind. It is very high in quality, and, 

 under favorable conditions, it may 

 mature in 65 days from seed. 



The small-sized, green-striped mel- 

 ons weigh from two to four pounds 

 each, resembling cantaloupes in this 

 respect. They fit well between the 

 shelves of a house refrigerator. As 

 is done with small muskmelons, they 

 are often served one-half a melon to 

 a person. 



N. H. MIDGET WATERMELON 



In producing the New Hampshire 

 Midget watermelon a return was 

 made to some of the earlier breeding 

 stocks from which the White Moun- 

 tain watermelon was developed. New 

 selections with a smaller amount of 

 seeds, (and those black in color) but 

 which still maintained the high quali- 

 ty and small size of the White Moun- 

 tain variety were made. In 1947, 

 after several self-pollinated green- 

 house generations, a variety with a 

 thin, light-green mottled rind was in- 

 troduced under the name of New 

 Hampshire Midget. 



During the season of its introduc- 

 tion, 200 ripe melons were produced 

 on an 88-foot row. The first one 

 ripened in 65 days from the time of 

 sowing of the seeds. It is believed 

 that this variety will have value in 

 northern areas as a roadside market 

 item, as well as for home use. Like 

 cantaloupes, the size of the melons 

 adapts them for shipment in crates. 



It is very easy to determine the 

 ripeness of New Hampshire Midget 

 watermelons. When the rind is 

 pressed by the thumb, the rind of a 

 green melon is "springy", but when 

 the melon is ripe, the rind is hard 

 and crisp. 



COLEBROOK WATERMELON 



This variety, known in the Orient 

 under the name Shingyamato, was 

 collected in Korea by E. M. Meader 



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