232 MELONS. 



The following are the principal varieties which appear 

 to be deserving of cultivation : these I shall divide under 

 four different heads, according to the colour of their 

 flesh, the thickness of their rind, and time of ripening. 



FIRST DIVISION. SUMMER MELONS. 

 1. With Red Flesh and thick Rind. 



1. BLACK ROCK. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 20. 

 Fruit very large, oblate, from eight to ten inches in 



diameter, and from seven to eight inches deep. Skin 

 of a very deep green, with broad black blotches, but 

 turning yellowish when ripe, and covered with large 

 knobs or carbuncles. Flesh thick, of a deep orange 

 colour, very firm, and if cut before it be too ripe it 

 possesses a very excellent flavour: weight from eight to 

 fourteen pounds. 



2. DUTCH ROCK. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 21. 

 Fruit oblate, eight inches wide, and six inches deep. 



Skin bright yellow, full of carbuncles and knobs, which 

 are mottled with dark green. Flesh bright orange, an 

 inch and a half thick, fine, melting, sweet, and high 

 flavoured : weight from five to eight pounds. 



3. EARLY CANTALOUP. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 3. 

 Fruit small, ribbed, nearly round. Skin whitish 



green, blotched with darker green. Flesh deep orange, 

 juicy, of pretty good flavour : weight from two to foih- 

 pounds. 



4. EARLY POLIGNAC. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 19. 

 Fruit middle-sized, spherical, five or six inches in 



diameter. Skin pale yellow, slightly warted. Flesh 

 one inch and a half thick, of a yellowish salmon colour, 

 sweet, and well flavoured. 



5. HARDY RIDGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 12. 



