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Dark and Light Icing, or Ice Rind. The best for gen- 

 eral use. Well adapted for home use or marketing. 



Fig. 84.— Varieties of Watermelons. 1.— Iron Clad. 2.— Cuban Queen. 3.— 

 Light lee Rind. 4.— Monte Cristo. 5.— Dark Ice Rind. 



Hungarian. A melon of good quality and adapted for 

 the home garden. 



Volga. A variety with light-colored early skin and very 

 red flesh. Fruit rather small but of excellent quality and very 

 productive. 



Citron, or Preserving Melon. Resembles watermelon, but the 

 flesh is hard and only lit for preserves. There is but a limited 

 demand for it. 



MU SHROOM S . ( Aga ricus c« mpest vis. ) 



There are many edible wild mushrooms, but the species 

 referred to above is the kind commonly cultivated. The part 

 eaten is really the fruit bearing portion and not, as many sup- 

 pose, the plant itself. The true plant is the white network of 



