98 THE WATERMELON 



Sweet Heart Type 



This type of watermelon is characterized by its very uni- 

 form light green skin, which almost approaches a white in the 

 White Gem variety, and particularly by its round or oval 

 shape. There is little difficulty in classifying this type be- 

 cause it is a matter of color and form regardless of size. Some 

 or most of these varieties, while we speak of their uniform 

 color, show what is termed water stripedness but these strip- 

 ings are not considered in their classification unless they are 

 well marked as in Kolb's Gem type, etc. 



The name Sweet Heart, which has been selected to designate 

 the type, is the name of a w^ell-known variety, generally 

 recognized and highly prized. Figure 3 gives an illustration 

 of three varieties belonging to this type which is also desig- 

 nated in the accompanying diagram : 



f light seed \ Light Icing. 

 Sweet Heart Type J 



(oval shape) 111 if Sweet Heart. 



^dark seed j vVhite Gem. 



Mo7iarch Type 



This type of watermelon resembles the Sweet Heart type in 

 every way excepting shape of the fruit, which is long. The 

 name. Monarch, as selected to designate the type, is taken 

 from the compound name Gray Mo-iarch, the well-known 

 and highly prized watermelon. Figure 3 contains an illus- 

 tration of two varieties of this type which are also given in 

 the following diagram : 



^^ , rr" ( light seed I Gray Monarch. 



Monarch iype j 



(long shape) I a \ a j c • 1 



^ ^^ ^ ^ (^ dark seed \ bemmole. 



Icing- Type 



This type of watermelon is characterized by its very uniform 

 medium green color and its round or oval shape. It differs 

 only in color from the Sweet Heart type. The name, Icing, 



