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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Knight. Refs. 15, 27, 58, 64, 68, 79, 105, 109, 136. 



Syns. Early Knight, Early Sweet Air, Extra Early 



Knight, Maryland, New Arundel, New Extra 



Early Knight, New Knight Cantaloupe, New 



Maryland, Rival, Sugar Sweet, Sweet Air, Victor. 



The Knight melon has, since its introduction in 



1908 by Geo. Tait 8& Sons, Norfolk, Virginia, held its 



place in that section as the earliest commercial green 



fleshed variety. Abe Knight of Pasadena, Anne 



Arundel County, Maryland, originated the variety, 



possibly as a large fruited selection from Netted Gem 



with which it is compared in early catalogs. Walter P. 



Stokes listed it in 1909 as Sugar Sweet but the name 



Knight has continued as the more popular. A striking 



characteristic of the fruits is their rather uniform tendency 



to taper somewhat at the stem end. In quality the 



fruits have a sweetness and aroma which is quite distinct. 



It is a moderately early variety, maturing 4 6 days 



earlier than Acme, in season with Bcttomly and Netted 



Gem, and 4-6 days later than Jenny Lind. It is very 



similar to Bottomly in shape and differs from that 



variety in being slightly smaller, not as heavily netted, 



and in having a green flesh tinted with orange at the 



cavity. It is more tapered at the base than Netted 



Gem and is more coarsely netted. 



Plant medium in vigor; vines medium slender; branches few. 



Fruit moderately small, 5' L >-6 x 4-4' o inches: weight 1 ' ->-2 

 pounds. Shape oval, base extended or tapering and apex gently 

 rounded; blossom scar obscure; ribs moderately prominent, 1 ' £-1% 

 inches broad at the medial; furrows medium broad, moderately 

 shallow and smooth. Netting moderately abundant, medium finely 

 laced; cork moderately heavy, distributed uniformly over the ribs 

 and base; interstices moderately deep. Skin color dark green, 

 sparsely mottled with golden yellow at full maturity. Flesh light 

 green blending into a salmon pink adjacent to the cavity, moderately 

 thin, 1-1 'i inches; texture slightly coarse and fibrous, medium soft 

 and moderately juicy; very sweet, somewhat sprightly, rather 

 highly flavored, pleasantly aromatic; quality good. Cavity moder- 

 ately small, 3^ x 2 inches, triangular in cross-section. Rind 

 moderately thin, ' > inch, medium strong and rather tough. 



Lake Champlain. Refs. 54, 105. Syn. Chipman's 

 Lake Champlain. 



H. J. Walrath of Conneaut, Ohio, who has become 

 well known as a melon grower and seedsman, was the 

 originator of this variety. Situated in a section where 

 earliness was of the greatest importance, Mr. Walrath 

 experimented with several varieties and finally chose 

 for his main plantings the Paul Rose and Early Ripe, 

 a strain of Early Green Nutmeg. This gave him a 

 variety with orange flesh and one with green flesh. One 

 season he noticed a plant in the Early Ripe rows that 

 produced golden yellow -fleshed fruits. These were saved 

 and seed planted the next year. After several years 

 selection a fixed type was secured. Some of the seed 

 was sent to a relative at Crown Point on Lake Cham- 

 plain, New York. The result there corroborated the 

 earliness of the new variety which made it outstanding in 

 Ohio. In 1919 S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Michigan, 

 introduced Lake Champlain, " a new muskmelon that 

 commands the market." 



This variety with Gclden Champlain is considered 

 the earliest commercial sort in many sections. Chip- 



man's Lake Champlain named for the late George F. 

 Chipman, editor of Country Guide, Winnipeg, Canada, 

 has proved of value in the Northern Plains area. This 

 strain is offered by Oscar H. Will & Co., Bismarck, 

 North Dakota. 



Lewis Perfection. Ref. 106. Syn. Lewis Good 

 Traveler. 

 Lewis Perfection originated with Mr. Lewis of 

 Pontiac, Michigan, and was introduced in 1906 by J. J. H. 

 Gregory & Son, Marblehead, Massachusetts. According 

 to the illustration in Gregory's catalog, this melon was 

 quite similar to Hollybrook Luscious. It produced large 

 sized fruits often irregular in shape with thick orange 

 yellow flesh. It was late in season and in some sections 

 failed to ripen fruit. 



Livingston's Market. Refs. 9, 22, 29, 92, 96, 97, 98, 



99, 100, 125, 133, 136. Syns. Livingston's Market 



Nutmeg, Market, Market Nutmeg. 

 This melon was listed and illustrated in 1892 by 

 A. W. Livingston Sons, Columbus, Ohio, and a year 

 later by the Ford Seed Co. of Ravenna, Ohio. It was a 

 large green fleshed melon with close netting and rather 

 shallow ribs. It was possibly a selection from Hacken- 

 sack, which it closely resembled. 



Lone Star. Refs. 53, 98, 99, 100, 133. 



This was first advertised in 1896 by Johnson and 

 Stokes, Philadelphia, as a new melon from Texas. Lone 

 Star melons were described as free from ribs, finely 

 netted, and having unusually thick, salmon colored 

 flesh. It was listed for about ten years by this company. 



Long Island Beauty. Refs. 4, 7, 10, 29, 40, 53, 58, 



64, 73, 89, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 105, 109, 

 112, 127, 128, 133, 136, 140. Syn. Island Beauty. 



This melon, introduced in 1892 by J. M. Thorburn 

 8s Co. of New York, was a selection from Hackensack 

 and originated on Long Island. Like most selections and 

 new sorts it was put forth as superior to its precursor 

 in earliness and in having somewhat heavier netting. 



This is a midseason variety maturing 10 days to two 

 weeks earlier than Montreal Market, in season with 

 Hackensack and 3 4 days later than Acme. It is similar 

 in shape to Montreal Market and differs from that 

 variety in being considerably smaller, slightly less netted 

 and lighter green in skin color. It is more globular 

 than Hackensack and has a more yellowish green flesh. 



Plant vigorous; vines moderately coarse and heavy; branches 

 medium in number. 



Fruit medium large, 5'o-6 x 7-7 'j inches: weight 4— 1'j 

 pounds. Shape deep oblate, slightly depressed at the base, even at 

 the apex; blossom scar conspicuous; ribs prominent, 2-2 'j inches, 

 broad at the medial; furrows broad, deep and smooth. Netting 

 abundant, coarsely interlaced; cork heavy, distributed uniformly 

 over base, apex and ribs: interstices moderately deep. Skin color 

 light green, moderately mottled with dull yellow. Flesh light 

 green blending to a pale yellowish white near the cavity; medium 

 thick, 1' 1 1 ' j inches; texture moderately coarse and fibrous, soft 

 and juicy; moderately sweet, mildly flavored, and mildly aromatic; 

 quality fair. Cavity moderately large, 3 l , x 3 ' •_. inches, circular 

 in cross-section. Rind thick, ' 4 inch, yellowish green, moderately 

 strong and medium tough. 



