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room or cellar, which in summer is the best place 

 for fruit or vegetables. 



6. Green Flesh Melon. Of this sort of fruit 

 the author is acquainted with three varieties ; but 

 perhaps there may be more. The one now described 

 is nearly round, not very flat, or deeply furrowed ; 

 colour, a brownish-white ; flesh not so firm as the 

 Cantalupe, but good, and of a deeper green colour 

 than some others ; full of juice, which is rich and 

 luscious (a predominating character in the green 

 flesh varieties), and comes the nearest to the Persian 

 sorts lately introduced. The other two varieties, 

 the one oval and the other netted, partake of all the 

 good qualities of the one described. 



The Green Flesh Melon was known in Miller's 

 time, and above fifty years ago cultivated by the 

 author ; at that time it had fallen into disrepute, 

 from the idea that the softness of its flesh or pulp 

 caused flatulency ; hence ginger was ordered to be 

 eaten freely with them. This prejudice has been of 

 late years wearing off, and they are now by many 

 persons highly esteemed. 



The above three varieties are prolific, and pro- 

 duce their fruit early and freely : not above two or 

 three fruit should be allowed to swell off at first 

 for ripening ; for when in full vigour and health 

 they have been known to produce fruit from three 

 to five pounds each ; and if there be ten or a dozen 

 in each frame, which are generally not of the 

 largest size, such a weight of fruit will be fully 

 sufficient for the roots to carry, especially if there 

 be not a good depth of mould. The limiting of 

 the fruit to this quantity will supersede the necessity 



