100 CUCURBITACEOUS PLANTS. 



for exportation to the North, where it appears in the mar- 

 kets about the beginning of August, and to some extent in 

 July. Many of the specimens are much less marked with 

 stripes and variegations than the true Carolina ; and some 

 shipments consist almost entirely of fruit of a uniform deep- 

 green color, but of the form and quality of the Carolina. 



Downing mentions a sub-variety with pale-yellow flesh 

 and white seeds. 



Citron "Water- Fruit nearly spherical, six or seven inches 

 melon. j n Diameter ; color pale green, marbled with 



darker shades of green ; flesh white, solid, tough, seedy, 



and very squashy and unpalata- 

 ble in its crude state. It ripens 

 late in the season, and will keep 

 until December. "It is em- 

 ployed in the making of sweet- 

 meats and preserves by remov- 

 ing the rind, or skin, and seeds, 

 cutting the flesh into convenient 

 bits, and boiling in sirup which 



Citron Watermelon. hag been flavored with ginger, 



lemon, or some agreeable article. Its cultivation is the 

 same as that of other kinds of melons." " New American 

 Cyclopaedia." 



Clarendon ^* ze * ar o e > form oblong ; skin mottled-gray, 

 W. D. Brinckle. w ith dark -green, interrupted, longitudinal 

 D< stripes, irregular in their outline, and com- 

 posed of a succession of peninsulas and isthmuses ; rind 

 thin, not exceeding half an inch ; seed yellow, with a black 

 stripe, extending round the edge, and from one to three 

 black spots on each side, the form and number corre- 

 sponding on the two sides ; flesh scarlet to the centre ; flavor 

 sugary and exquisite, and quality " best/' 



This fine melon originated in Clarendon County, S.C. ; 



