130 FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



" We are the introducers of the Vine Peach and Garden 

 Lemon. We -do not think, however, that they would really 

 belong to the muskmelon family, as they are not usually 

 eaten in the natural condition, but are preserved or pickled. 

 We have never been able to get them perfectly pure. There are 

 always some fruits which are large in size and appear to be mid- 

 way between cucumber and muskmelon, and we are inclined 

 to think that this vegetable is from a hybrid, or cross be- 

 tween the muskmelon and cucumber, but we do not know 

 where they originated. The Vine Peach we found mentioned 

 in the Chicago Intei'- Ocean about fifteen years ago, and we 

 wrote to the lady who mentioned this new vegetable and ob- 

 tained all of her stock of seed. They have since then been 

 renamed Vegetable Orange or Mango Melon by some of the 

 eastern seedsmen. The Garden Lemon was sent us by one 

 of our southern customers who had no name for it but sim- 

 ply thought that we would be interested in it. It is not really 

 as desirable as the Vine Peach." 



Iowa Seed Co, 



loxva. 



" I introduced the winter melon named Eden, and also 

 have brought into prominence the famous Russian winter 

 muskmelon named Khiva (Agri. Dept. No. 114), and the 

 N. E. Hansen muskmelon (Dept. No. 116). My business is 

 strictly with winter melons, and I am the only one who has 

 made a commercial success in that line. Have done quite a 

 business with the United States Department of Agriculture 

 in testing, and have sold them hundreds of dollars' worth of 

 seeds." 



J. F. Brown, 



Utah. 



"We get all our cantaloupe seed trom Rocky Ford, Colo- 

 rado." 



A. Sarbough, 



California, 



