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plete classification, nor even as any classification, and a single and 
the earlier reference is in most cases only used. 
1 . Early and late melons, as also winter melons, are described 
by Amatus'^* in 1554; summer and winter by Bauhin''" in 1623. 
2. White and red fleshed are described by Amatus in 1554; 
yellow fleshed by Dodonaeus in 16 16; green fleshed by Marc- 
.grav*'- in 1648; green, golden, pale yellow, and ashen, by 
Bauhin'"' in 1623. 
3. Sugar melons are named siierinos by RuelIius"'Mn 1536; 
siieeradcs rouges and succradcs blanches by Chabraeus''^ in 1677 ; 
and snccrins and succredes by Dalechampius*^^ in 1587. 
4. Netted melons are named by Camerarius "•* in 1586, as also 
the ribbed. The warted are mentioned in the Adversaria**^ in 
1570; rough, warted, and smooth by Bauhin" in 1623. 
5. The round, long', oval, and pear-form by Gerarde''' in 1597 ; 
the quince form by Dalechampius ''" in 1587; the oblong by 
DodoUcTEus in 1616; the round, oblong, depressed, or flat by 
Bauhin" in 1623. 
The quality of melons varies widely, even in the same variety, 
under different conditions of growth, as was well known in 15 13, 
when a Spanish author, Herrera,"' says, " If the melon is good, it 
is the best fruit that exists, and none other is preferable to it. If 
it is bad, it is a bad thing. We are wont to say that the good 
are like good women, and the bad like bad women." 
The melon reached America nearly with the discovery, for in 
1 494 ripe 7nelons are recorded as grown by the companions of 
Columbus.''' In 15 16 ''melons different from those here" are 
mentioned in Central America,"" but perhaps not the melon, but a 
cucurbit. In 1535, however, Cartier"" speaks of " imak melons " 
5» Chabrseus. Ic. et Sciag., 1677, 134. quoted from D. C. Geog. Dot., 906. 
«o Hist. Gen., Lugd., 1587, 623. '^^ F. Colombo. Hak. Col., II.. 533. 
