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round, black, or very dark green when full grown, 

 but yellow when ripe. It is juicy, but not so high- 

 flavoured as any of the above cantelopes, except the 

 first named ; nor is the plant so good a bearer. 

 Four or five fruit in a light is a medium crop of this 

 sort. 



6. The Carbunckd Rock Cantelope. 



Of this sort there are also two varieties, a large 

 and a small ; which are both very similar to the 

 black rocks, as to colour and flavour ; but they are 

 flat, or v cheese-shaped, and covered with large pro- 

 tuberances or carbuncles, and hence the name* The 

 small kind bears pretty freely, and the large sort, 

 much as the last described. 



All these rocks fall much off in flavour, if they be 

 not cut and eaten sharp-ripe ; which indeed is the 

 case, in a certain degree, with all melons. 



7. Lee's Rode Cantelope. 



Sometimes called the Green Rock Cantelope. This 

 is of a size middle way between the large and small 

 black rocks; rather long than round, and more 

 green than black. The flesh is also more pale, when 

 ripe, than them ; but as to flavour, it. is much the 

 same. 



8. Lee's^ Romana. 



This is a good, middle-sized, longish fruit ; shal- 

 low furrowed, solid, and ponderous. The rind is 

 hard, partly netted, and pale yellow, if not over- 



