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duce this cracking of the fruit by phicing the blossom eiuls in 

 saucers of water. Sliced luelous, when i)laced in a dish of 

 water, will straighten out noticeably, from the excessive absorp- 

 tion of water by the inner cells. On tlie other hand. wh(Mi sliced 

 melons are placed in normal salt solutions of certain strengths 

 the melon will contract or curl up. 



