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fruit, will always command a place in large orchards, where this 

 variety is known. Trees, thrifty, rather strong growers, spreading, 

 most valuable on rich heavy soils. 



Fruit, large ; form, roundish oblong, slightly conical ; color, green, 

 becoming rich yellow ; oily surface ; stem, long, slender ; cavity, 

 narrow ; calyx, small, nearly closed ; basin, deep, furrowed ; flesh, 

 yellowish white, rather coarse, sub-acid, fine aroma ; core, medium 

 or small ; seeds, ovate. Season, August and early September. 



LONDON SWEET. 



London Winter Sweet, | Winter Sweet, . i 



Heicke's Winter Sweet. 



American. Much cultivated in Southern Ohio ; often abundant 

 in Cincinnati market. We have been unable to connect it with any 

 other named variety, though it nearest resembles Broad well. 

 Adapted to the rich deep soils of the West ; said to be produc- 

 tive. 



Fruit, medium, occasionally large ; form, roundish, flattened ; 

 color, pale yellow, with rarely an irregular patch of bronzed russet ; 

 very smooth ; grown South, has the fungus or mould, as we think, 

 marring its beauty ; stem, short, slender ; cavity, open, medium 

 depth, round, regular; calyx, small, closed; basin, deep, round, 

 regular ; flesh, yellowish white, juicy, tender, pleasantly sweet ; 

 core, rather small ; seeds, ovate pointed. Season, November to Jan- 

 uary, but will keep through February. 



MELON. 



Norton's Melon. | Watermelon. 



American. Origin questioned whether New York or Connecti- 



