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and how superior they are to other melons ~ F. Faldermann. St. Peters- 

 burgh, Dec. 20. 1829. 



List of the Water Melons ; Cucurbita Citridlus L. ; Arbusi, Russ. : — 



1 . Early sugar water-melon, with yellow flesh. Very good. 



2. Sugar water-melon of the Crimea. Very excellent. 



3. Water melon of the Crimea, with very sweet dark-red flesh. 



4. Very large water melon of Atrachan. Of very good flavour. 



5. Water melon from Casan. Very sweet, and large-sized. 



6. Water melon from Casan. Very sweet, and the flesh green. 



7. Water melon from the East, with green flesh. Very good flavour. 



8. New very good kind of water melon from Tscheram 



9. A fine sort of Persian water melon, cultivated about Erivan. 



10. Another fine sort of Persian water melon, cultivated about Erivan. 



11. The favourite water melon of the Persians, with dark-red flesh, and 



very sweet. 



12. Very early Persian water melon, of large size. 



13. Very large Persian water melon, with dark red flesh. 



14. Mirza Chosrefs water melon. 



Musk melons cultivated in Russia ; Ciicumis Mh\o L. ; Dini Russ. 



1. Very large sugar melon, from the south of Russia. 



2. Melon from the South of Russia. One of the finest sorts, 



3. Melon from the Crimea. 



4. Sugar melon from Casan. 



5. Round very good melon from Casan. 



6. Sugar melon from Astrachan. Very sweet* 



7. Very fine melon from Sarepta. 



8. Tscheran melon. Very Sweet. 



Of Persian Melons, Cucumis Melo L., there are nine sorts in separate 

 packets, marked 1 to 9, including the Dampsha, Datee, Goorquabee, and 

 several others. — F. F. 



We are extremely obliged to our intelligent and much-esteemed corre- 

 spondent for these seeds, and also for his other communications and seeds 

 received by the same conveyance. We shall send portions of the seeds, 

 as far as they will go, to such of our correspondents as will undertake to 

 give them a fair trial, and report to us the particulars, sending us a fail- spe- 

 cimen of the fruit of each variety. One gardener may take one sort, and ano- 

 ther gardener another ; or several sorts may be taken ; but we should think 

 five or six enough for any one gardener to experiment with. Applications, 

 on these conditions, may be sent to Mr. Charlwood, seedsman, Great Russel 

 Street, Covent Garden, with whom we have deposited the seeds, and to 

 whom we shall send the seeds of the fruits received for distribution in 1831. 

 Mr. Charlwood has also seeds of the Sweet Indian Corn, sent by Dr. J. M. 

 of Philadelphia, which we would particularly recommend to such of our 

 readers as think of growing this article, as a garden vegetable, to be eaten 

 green as in America. — Condi 



A new Variety of Wheat from China. — Sir, I have the pleasure of sending 

 some wheat from China. It is considered as more productive, and of a bet- 

 ' ter quality than the common wheat grown in Europe. I wish you would 

 distribute it, in order that its value in different soils may be ascertained. 

 The flour which it gives is much whiter than that from the common wheat. 

 I should be happy to hear of its supposed superiority. — J. Faldermann. St. 

 Petersburgh, Nov. 16. 1829. 



We have sent one fourth part of this wheat to Mr. Shirreff of Mungos- 

 wells, one fourth part to Mr. Gorrie of Errol, a portion to Mr. Smith of 

 Woodstock Park, and the remainder to the editor of the Brit. Farm. Mag. 

 and the Editor of the Country Times. — Cond. 



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