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DESCRIPTIONS 



72. MELON. 



Fig. 49. 



Fruit full medium size, circular 

 and symmetrical ; broad at 

 base, widest in the middle. 

 Color 3'ello\v, ornamented 

 with bright crimson stripes. 

 Stem scarcely equaling the 

 base, deeply inserted. Calyx 

 of a medium size ; depression 

 shallow and plaited. Flesh 

 white, tinged slightly with 

 red. Subacid, juicy ; calyx 

 tube closed ; core of the me- 

 dium size. 



This apple is closely allied 

 to the strawberry family, tho' 

 more acid. Ripens in Novem- 

 ber and December. Exhibited 

 in New-York, 1848. 



73. RAIVISDELL'S SWEETING. 

 {Ramsdell's Red Pumpkin Sweet.) 



Fruit of the medium size, elongated, subcircular, symmetrical. Color dark red, bloomed. 

 Stem short ; basin deep. Flesh yellowish white, sweet and rich. A valuable sweet 

 apple, from its intrinsic qualities and the productiveness of the tree. 



74. RED GILLIFLOWER. 

 Fruit of the medium size, depressed ; pentangular, or five-lobed, lobes unequal. Color 

 yellow, ornamented with pale crimson stripes. Stem moderate exsert ; calyx large, 

 open, and leading to a large open core. Flesh yellowish white, tender, rich, subacid, 

 and juicy. A very superior fruit. The tree, however, is said to be uncertain in its 

 bearing. 



75. KIRKE'S LORD NELSON. 

 Large, symmetrical. Color yellow, with light red stripes. Acid, flavorless, but hand- 

 some. English. 



