MUSKMELONS 



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l'_— 2 inches; texture coarse and fibrous, medium soft and juicy; 

 sweet, medium flavor, mildly aromatic; quality good. Cavity 

 medium large, 3x3 inches, circular in cross-section. Rind thick, 

 ?4 inch, medium strong and slightly tough. 



Milwaukee Market. Refs. 15, 37, 54, 65, 68, 75, 105, 

 109. 121, 123, 133, 136, 143. Syns. Big Profit, 

 Honey Sweet, Improved Milwaukee Market, 

 Pfister, Thomas Hybrid, Utter. 

 This melon is considered by many growers in the 

 north central states area to be the best melon in its class. 

 It was offered sometime previous to 1906 by Currie 

 Brothers of Milwaukee and by Vaughan's Seed Co. in 

 1907. Its origination is credited to a cross between 

 Surprise and a Gem melon made by a grower near 

 Burlington, Wisconsin. At the time of its introduction 

 there were several strains or selections in the hands of 

 growers, of which the Utter and Pfister strains were 

 acknowledged as superior. The name Milwaukee was 

 popular, however, and as such it is well known today. 

 It is a midseason variety, maturing 2 or 3 days 

 earlier than Bender's Surprise, in season with Honey 

 Rock, and 4-6 days later than Delicious. It is very 

 similar to Bender's Surprise but will average smaller, 

 and is more symmetrical, less deeply furrowed, somewhat 

 more profusely netted and finely interlaced, has a smaller 

 blossom scar and is more susceptible to splitting at that 

 end. It is believed to be the best in quality of the group, 

 but its relatively poor keeping quality has limited its 

 use in this section. 



Plant vigorous; vines medium heavy; branches many. 



Fruit moderately large, 7 1 ^-8 x 7-7 '2 inches; weight 5 ' j-6 

 pounds. Shape nearly globular, slightly flattened at the base, 

 rounded at the apex: blossom scar small, moderately corky: ribs 

 moderately prominent, 1 J >-2 inches broad at the medial: furrows 

 medium broad, rather shallow and netted. Netting abundant, 

 usually finely interlaced, often rather coarse; cork medium heavy, 

 rather broad, distributed unevenly over the fruit; interstices shallow. 

 Skin color pale creamy yellow. Flesh orange, moderately thick, 

 l 1 ^! 3 ^ inches: texture moderately coarse and fibrous, soft and 

 juicy: sweet, rather highly flavored and mildly aromatic; quality 

 good. Cavity large, 4x3 inches. Rind medium thick, } s inch, 

 rather weak and moderately tender. 



Missouri. Refs. 26, 53, 98, 99, 100, 101, 133, 140. 

 Syn. Missouri Nutmeg. 

 This was a melon offered in 1892 by D. Landreth 

 & Sons. Philadelphia. A cut shows the fruits quite 

 like those of Hackensack, with heavy netting and deep 

 ribbing. It was a green fleshed sort. 



Montreal Market. Refs. 4, 7, 14, 15, 23, 25, 28, 



29, 35, 39, 41, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 53, 64, 69, 

 70, 71, 73, 83, 84, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98, 

 99, 100, 101, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 125, 

 126, 127, 129, 133, 135, 136, 140, 142, 143, 144, 

 146. Syns. Canadian, Canadian Market, Giant 

 Montreal, Giant Montreal Market, Green Mont- 

 real, Improved Montreal Green Nutmeg, 

 Improved Montreal Market, Large Montreal 

 Market, Large Sweet Nutmeg, Mammoth Mont- 

 real, Mammoth Montreal Nutmeg, Montreal, 

 Montreal Beauty, Montreal Green, Montreal 

 Green Nutmeg, Montreal Improved Nutmeg, 



Montreal Large Green Nutmeg, Montreal Market 

 Nutmeg, Montreal Nutmeg, Perfection Montreal, 

 Perfection Montreal Nutmeg, St. Louis Market, 

 Washington Market. 

 The Montreal Market melon handled skillfully and 

 intelligently produces the largest fruits cf its type in 

 American cultivation. W. Atlee Burpee on a trip to 

 Montreal in August of 1880 saw some fruits on the St. 

 Ann's market. A fruit weighing over sixteen pounds was 

 photographed and used to illustrate the variety when 

 Burpee introduced it in 1881. The story of the success 

 of this melon is as much a record of continued selec- 

 tion for type as it is of extreme care in its cultivation. 

 Numerous strains have been and are in existence and the 

 original type remains in use today. For many years 

 the better known eating places in New York City received 

 melons daily from Canada to serve to their most fas- 

 tidious customers. Better varieties in this country, a 

 decline in demand for green fleshed sorts, and the waning 

 " particular customer " trade has practically eliminated 

 these shipments. 



This is a late variety at Geneva, maturing about a 

 week later than Bender's Surprise and Hackensack, in 

 season with Chicago Market, and about two to three 

 weeks later than Early Green Nutmeg. The fruits are 

 somewhat like Hackensack, differing from that variety in 

 being much less oblate, considerably larger and heavier, 

 usually more uniformly netted and more uniformly green 

 in flesh color. It is somewhat similar to Chicago Market, 

 considerably larger, and more uniformly and heavily 

 netted. 



Plant very vigorous; vines coarse and heavy; branches many. 



Fruit very large, 8-9 x 9-10 inches; weight 9-10 pounds, 

 occasionally more. Shape nearly globular, slightly flattened at 

 base and apex; blossom scar moderately conspicuous; ribs prominent, 

 2-2 J'2 inches broad at the medial; furrows narrow, deep and usually 

 netted; occasionally smooth. Netting abundant, moderately fine 

 interlaced; cork heavy, uniformly distributed over entire fruit; 

 interstices moderately deep. Skin color green, irregularly mottled 

 with greenish yellow. Flesh light green; medium thick, 1M _ 13^ 

 inches; texture coarse, fibrous, moderately soft and juicy; sweet, 

 mildly flavored, mildly aromatic; quality fair to good. Cavity very 

 large, 4x4, circular in cross-section. Rind thick, ] 4 inch, moderately 

 tough and strong. 



Netted Beauty. Refs. 9, 53, 63, 98, 99, 100, 127, 133, 

 140. 



This melon was named and introduced in 1893 by 

 Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia. In season it was 

 reputedly a few days later than Extra Early Prize and 

 Jersey Bell. The melons, however, were more oval 

 shaped, and had a more highly flavored pale green flesh. 



Netted Gem. Refs. 7, 14, 15, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 39, 41, 

 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, 53, 58, 61, 62, 63, 70, 73, 84, 

 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 

 101, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 115, 121, 124, 

 125, 127, 129, 132, 133, 136, 137, 140, 142, 143, 144. 

 Syns. Alamo Nutmeg, Bate's Gem, Dewey Gem 

 Nutmeg, Disco Gem, Early Golden Netted Gem, 

 Early Model, Early Netted Gem, Extra Early 

 Netted Gem, Extra Early Round Netted Gem, 

 Gem, Genesee Golden Gem, Golden Gem, Golden 



