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soon before and not too late after they are ripe. French 

 gardeners never leave a 

 Melon to ripen on the plant. 

 There is no doubt that in 

 this country Melons are left 

 too long on the vines after 

 being ripe, and hence their 

 occasional bad flavour. In 

 fruit -shops, too, they are 

 exposed in windows, and 

 their flavour is destroyed in 

 a short time. The Cantaloup 

 Prescott is a fine Melon when 

 well grown and gathered at 

 the proper time. It is re- 

 markably refreshing without being too sweet and sickly, as 

 some of the varieties in this country are. 



SOME VEGETABLES GROWN OR USED IN FRANCE. 



(D. GUIHENEUF.) 



Cantalou:p Melon of the Paris Markets. 



Aktichoke, green, purple and large 

 Laon (raw or boiled) ; the young white 

 leaves for salad. 



Basella, alba, and rubra. 



Beans {Broad), Seville long pod, 

 purple seeded, purple flowered ; des 

 Marais. 



(Runners), large Soissons, 



Bice, Asimragus ; black algerian, purple 

 podded (botli these latter are edible 

 podded) ; mont d'or butter. 



{Dwarf or French), choco- 

 late; white flageolet; green flageolet; 

 early wrinkled-leaf flageolet; dwarf 

 Soissons ; black algerian, white butter, 

 spotted white-podded (all three edible 

 podded), and many others; DoUchos, 

 several varieties. 



Beet-eoot, rough bark, or crapau- 

 dine ; early flat Bassano. 

 Benincasa cebifeba. 

 BoBECOLB, or Kale, Palm-kale. 

 Brake (young shoots). 



BtTENET, in salad. 



Cabbage, Baccalan, early and late ; 

 St. Denis ; Vaugirard, for winter ; Savoy, 

 long-headed ; Norwegian (very hardy) ; 

 Tronchouda, curled ; Eussian ; Chinese. 



Cakdoon, several sorts. 



Caerot, earliest French forcing, or 

 grelot ; Nantes ; pale red Flanders ; 

 white transparent ; purple. 



Cauliflower, dwarf Lenormand. 



Celbbiac, common, Erfurt, curled. 



Chervil, sweet-scented ; tuberous- 

 rooted. 



Chick Pea. 



Chicoet, large rooted; Witloef; 

 common (Barbe de Capucin) ; spotted. 



Chenopodium, Good King Henry ; 

 quinoa (as Spinach). 



Claytonia cubensis, salad. 



COECHOEUS OLITOEIUS, Salad. 



Corn Salad, large seeded : Italian ; 

 variegated. 



Cucumber, large white, green, yei- 

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