Botany of the Cucurbits 



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Tractically unknown in this country, tlie name cantaloupe 

 here being improperly applied to melons in general. 



Var. inodorus, Naudin, 1. c. 56. Winter Melon. Cassaba 

 Melon. Strong long-tendrilled plants with large less hairy 

 leaves which often are lohed, sometimes round-ovate and deeply 



188. Leaf and staminate flower of Cucurbita Pepo CX about %). 



cordate like leaves of CucurMta maxima: flowers very large, 

 often 2 in. across: fruit with little of the musky odor asso- 

 ciated with the musk melon, ripening late and keeping Into 

 winter, often oblong and squash-like in shape and frequently 

 striped and splashed. 



