230 GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



had them weighing over twenty pounds. In form it is 

 almost round and deeply ribbed. The skin is green and 

 netted ; flesh green, very thick and of the finest flavor. 

 It is largely raised for the markets of Montreal, where it 

 is justly highly esteemed. 



Green Citron. This excellent Melon was formerly 

 the leading variety in our New York markets, but of late 

 years it has been superseded by the Hackensack. The 

 fruit is of medium size, deeply netted, of globular shape 

 and six to eight inches in diameter. Flesh green and of 

 fine flavor. 



MELON. WATER. (Citrullus vulgaris.) 



Like the Musk Melon, when cultivated for sale, this is 

 essentially a plant more suited for the farm than the 

 garden, as it requires even more space in which to grow. 

 The soil best suited to it is a rather sandy loam, heavier 

 soils being apt to induce a too strong growth of leaves. 

 It should be planted about the same time and cultivated 

 in all respects the same as the Musk Melon, only that the 

 hills should not be less than eight feet apart. It is grown 

 in immense quantities on the light sandy soils of New 

 Jersey for the New York and Philadelphia markets, in 

 which it is said to give a profit of from $50 to $100 per 

 acre. But it is in the vicinity of our Southern cities 

 Charleston, Savannah, and also many points in Florida, 

 etc., where we have regular steamboat communication, 

 that these tropical fruits can be grown at a high rate of 

 profit to the cultivator. 



Water Melons grown in the vicinity of Charleston in 

 July are sold by the tens of thousands in New York to 

 the consumer at $1 each, while those grown in Southern 

 Jersey in August and September, are a drug at fifteen 

 and twenty-five cents. The leading varieties are: 



