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and cover with boxes, the same as described for Cucumbers, 

 ripenins:, too much rain will impair the flavor of the fruit. 



Osagre Musk Melon. Novelty from 

 last year. This variety is cultivated 

 largely for the Chicago Market. It is 

 small and does not look ver^^ attractive, 

 but is of excellent flavor. Eecommend 

 it highly for family use or for shipping 

 West. It will not sell well in this mar- 

 ket until its tine eating qualities are 

 better known. People here are accus- 

 tomed to roughly netted melons, such 

 as the New Orleans Market. The Osage 

 is smooth, very slightly netted. 



Netted Nutmeg Melon. Small 

 oval melon, roughly netted, early, and 

 of fine flavor. 



Netted Citron Cantelonpe. This 

 variety is larger than the foregoing kind ; 

 it is more rounded in shape, of medium 

 size and roughly netted. 



Pine Apple Cantelonpe. A me- 

 dium sized early variety, oval in shape, 

 and of very fine flavor. 



Early Tf^hite Japan Cante- 

 lonpe. An early kind, of creamish 

 white color, very sweet, and of medium 

 size. 



Persian or Cassaba. A large va- 

 riety, of oval shape and delicate flavor. 

 The rind of this kind is very thin, which 

 is a disadvantage in handling, and pre- 

 vents it from being planted tor the mar- 

 ket. Very fine for family use. 



Neicir Orleans Market. A large 

 species of the citron kind. It is exten- 

 sively grown for this market; large in 

 size, very roughly netted and of luscious 

 flavor; different altogether from the 

 Northern Netted Citron, which is earlier 

 but not so fine in flavor, and not half 

 the size of the variety grown here. The 

 New Orleans Market cannot be excelled 



When Melons are 



Osage Melon. 



by any other variety in the world. In a 

 favorable season it is a perfect gem. I 

 have tried it alongside of varieties prais- 

 ed at the North, §uch as are brought out 

 every year, — but none of them could 

 compare with the New Orleans Market. 

 As for some years past the seeds were 

 scarce I had some grown North, but 

 they lost their tine qualities, size and 

 flavor. It requires a Southern sun to 

 bring the seed to perfection. Small va- 

 rieties of melons will improve in size if 

 cultivated here for a number of years, 

 and if care is taken that no Cucumbers, 

 Squashes, Gourds or Pumpkin are culti- 

 vated in the vicinity. If the best and 

 earliest specimens are selected for seed, 

 in three or four years the fruit will be 

 large and fine. 



Melon d'Eau (Tr.), 

 Mountain Siceet. 

 Mountain Sprout. 

 Ice- Cream ( Wlute Seeded.) 

 Orange. 

 Rattle Snake. 

 Cuban Queen. 



Water Melon will srrow and 



MELON. 



WATEE. 



Wasseemelone iGer.). Sandia (Sp. ). 

 i Mammoth Iron Clad. 



I Pride of Georrna. 



Kolb Gem. 

 Flo7-ida-s Favorite. 

 Oemler'^ Triumph. 

 ^ Seminole. 



produce in places where Canteloupe will not do 



well. The soil for this plant should be light and sandy. Plant in hills about eight 



