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Leland Spice. {Syii. Leland Pippin.) Large, roundisn 

 obscurely conical, slightly ribbed ; whole surface win* 

 brilliant red streaks on yellow ground, dotted with yel- 

 low ; stalk half an inch long ; cavity and basin ribbed ; 

 flesh yellowish white, sub-acid, spicy, rich, fine. Origin. 

 Sherburne, Mass. Fig. 144. 



Lyscom. Large, round, with broad, broken, distinct, pale 

 red stripes, on yellowish or greenish yellow ground ; stalk 

 three- fourths of an inch long, slender; calyx deep set; 

 flesh fine grained, mild, slightly sub-acid, moderately rich, 

 good second-rate flavor. Middle and late autumn. Mass. 



Melon. (Si/7z. Watermelon, Norton's Melon.) Medium or 

 large, roundish, often slightly conical, frequently a little 

 irregular; color, with stripes and dots of bright red on 

 yellow ground, or clear red on pale yellow ; stalk an inch 

 long, slender, cavity acuminate ; basin deep; flesh white, 

 tender, ver}^ juicy, fresh, and pleasant, spicy, sub-acid, or 

 slightly sub-acid, fine-flavored. Growth rather slow. Late 

 autumn and early winter. Origin, East Bloomfield, N. Y 



i\^072swcA (English.) (Sz/tz. Nonsuch.) Size medium ; regu- 

 lar, oblate ; striped with dull brick red, on greenish yel- 

 lov; ground; stalk short, slender; basin wide, shallow; 

 flesh white, soft, sub-acid, second rate. Wholly unlike 

 the Old Nonsuch of New-England, or Red Canada. 



Rambo. (S?/?z. Romanite of N. J.) Size medium; oblate, 

 smooth, streaked and marbled with dull yellowish red, on 

 pale yellowish ground ; dots large ; whitish ; stalk an 

 inch long, rather slender ; basin broad, slightly plaited ; 

 flesh tender, rich, mild sub-acid, fine flavored, often ex- 

 cellent. Fine in nearly all localities. Late autumn and 

 early winter. Known by the erroneous name of Seek- 

 no-further in Philadelphia market. 



Red Ingestrie. Rather small, oblong or ovate ; mottled 

 with red: stalk short, slender; basin wide; flesh firm, 

 juicy, rather high flavored. Admired in England; un- 

 worthy of cultivation here. Early and mid-autumn. 



Republican Pipfln. Large, round-oblate, striped with red 

 on a mottled reddish ground, e:reenish yellow in the shade, 



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