THE MELON. 229 



Varieties of Melons. 



Colston Bassett — White-fleslied. 

 Burghley hybrid — Green-fleshed. 

 Golden Queen — Green-fleshed. 

 Heckfield hybrid — Green-fleshed. 

 Cox's Golden Gem • — Whitish- 

 green-fleshed. 

 Coooa-Nut — White-fleshed. 



Bailey's Green-fleshed — Green- 

 fleahed. 



Bromham. Hall — Green-fleshed. 



Scarlet Green — Scarlet-fleshed. 



Malvern HaU — Scarlet-fleshed. 



Golden Perfection — Green- 

 fleshed. 



Dr Hogg — Green-fleshed. 



INSECTS AND DISEASES. 



Green-fly, red-spider, and thrips, infest the melon. 

 The best way to destroy them is to sponge the leaves 

 carefully with a soft sponge moistened with weak 

 tobacco- water, immediately either or both of these 

 pests appear. To smoke with tobacco severely enough 

 to destroy is very apt to injure the edges of the tender 

 leaves. In spring the syringe should be applied 

 occasionally in bright afternoons at shutting-up. time. 

 Green-fly can be kept in check by the syringe also, 

 and is easier killed than the thrip, with moderate 

 fumigations of tobacco-smoke. Melon-plants are af- 

 fected with a corky-looking enlargement of the stem, 

 generally called canker, just above the surface of the 

 ground. Some varieties are more subject to this than 

 others. The best preventive is to keep the soil in 

 which the melon-plant is planted at first higher than 

 the bed, and not to apply water close to the stem. 

 When the affection does appear, place a handful of dry 

 powdered charcoal round the stem immediately the 

 disease is noticed. The charcoal being antiseptic checks 

 its progress. 



