THE WATERMELON 



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CLASSIFICATION OF WATERMELONS 



After much study it has been decided to make herewith a 

 classification of the fruit simpl}'. As with the muskmelon, 

 while the leaves, stems, etc., have their various characteris- 

 tics, and a classification could doubtless be derived from a 

 study of them, the fruit itself is the object in which the mass 



Fig. 10. — Light Striped Watermelons. 



Black Eyed Susan. Frontenac. 

 Mclver's Sugar. Ironclad. 



of people is interested. The fact that certain markets want 

 a certain type of melon, either in shape, size, external ap- 

 pearance, color of flesh, dark or light seeds, etc., goes to 

 show that it would be of great benefit, to dealers in particu- 

 lar, if there were terms which represented the various groups 

 or classes. 



Watermelons readily group themselves into six classes based 



