VEGETABLES MELON". 231 



Phinncy's Early, Very early, productive, of medium 

 size and quality. 



Ice Cream, The White Seeded Ice Cream or Peerless 

 is of medium size, skin pale green, flesh scarlet, of the 

 best quality. 



Mountain Sweet, An old favorite. It is of large size, 

 oblong shape, skin very dark green, flesh red, solid and 

 very sweet. 



Rattlesnake or Gypsy, (See figure 63.) Now per- 

 haps the leading market variety. The Melons are oblong 



. 63. STRIPED GYPSY WATERMELON. 



in shape, the rind is light green in color, with wavy 

 stripes of dark green ; flesh bright red and of fine flavor. 

 One of the very best Melons for shipping. 



Kolb's Gem, A new and early variety that is already 

 largely grown, particularly in the South, for shipment to 

 the Northern markets. Commission dealers say that as 

 a shipping variety it is hardly equaled. The fruit is 

 nearly round, rind dark green, somewhat marbled with 

 lighter shades. The Melons will vary from twenty-five 

 to fifty pounds each in weight. 



Mammoth Ironclad, This variety is of mammoth 

 size, specimens often weighing eighty pounds and up- 

 wards. The rind is marked with regular stripes of light 

 and dark green. It is a very showy variety of fair qual- 

 ity. Shape oblong. 



