34t MELONS. 



and seven inches in diameter. Skin pale green, mottled 

 with dark green. Flesh of a reddish salmon colour, 

 tender, juicy, sweet, and high flavoured. 



13. SILVER ROCK. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 25. 

 Fruit middle-sized, oblate, about five inches each 



way. Skin greenish yellow, with a few small warts, and 

 orange-coloured blotches. Flesh pale salmon colour, 

 sweet, and well flavoured. 



14. SMOOTH SCARLET-FLESHED. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 No. 29. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 320. 



Fruit nearly round, occasionally inclining to oval, 

 about five inches in diameter. Skin greenish yellow, 

 spitted with small green spots, and more or less netted 

 on its surface. Flesh bright scarlet, firm, and high 

 flavoured. 



2. With Green Flesh and moderately thick Rind. 



15. GREEN-FLESHED. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 9. 

 Fruit roundish, flattened at both ends, five inches 



long, and four inches in diameter. Skin smooth, of a 

 pale silvery green, slightly netted. Flesh green, ex- 

 ceedingly sweet, and high flavoured : weight from two 

 to three pounds ; a very excellent melon. 



16. ITALIAN GREEN-FLESHED. Hort. Trans. Vol.iv. 

 p. 319. 



Fruit small, round, or somewhat oval, about foul- 

 inches and a half in diameter. Skin pale greenish white. v 

 Flesh dark green, but pale towards the inside next the 

 seeds, about an inch thick, soft, juicy, very sweet, and 

 high flavoured : weight from two to three pounds. 



