VARIETIES OF FORCING MELONS. 



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melon of medium to medium-large size, with a very ir- 

 regularly and variously barred rind, scarcely ribbed, 

 short-oval in shape, highly perfumed, and of the very 

 highest quality. This has been our favorite winter melon. 

 In midwinter we have had it with all the characteristic 

 flavor and aroma of autumn fully developed. It is also 

 an early melon, in season coming in just after Emerald 

 Gem. 



77. Hero of Lockings melon. 



Hero of Lockinge (Fig. 77). This ripens just after 

 Blenheim Orange. It is a firm melon of medium size, 

 with white flesh, dark in color, with a few very prom- 

 inent irregular bars, not ribbed, globular, the flesh ten- 

 der and excellent, but less aromatic than Blenheim. 

 This is one of the best of the frame melons, and is 

 very striking in appearance. 



