Richard Frotscher’s Almanac and Garden Manual 
Netted Nutmeg Welom. Smal! oval melon, roughly netted, 
early and fine flavor. 
Netted Citron Canteloupe. This variety is larger than the 
foregoing kind; it is more rounded in shape, medinm size and roughly 
netted. 
Pine Apple Canteloupe. A mediuni sized early variety, aval 
in shape, and of very fine flavor. 
Early Winite Japan Canteloupe. Ancarly kind, of creamish 
white color, very sweet, and of medium size. 
Persian or Cassaba. A large variety of oval shape, delicate 
favor. The rind of this kind is very thin, which is a disadvantage in 
handling, and prevents it from being planted forthe market. Very fine 
for family use. 
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Nort.—The above cut represents the New Orleans Melon; it has been taken from a 
common specimen grown by one of my customers, who raises the seed of this variety 
for me. 
New Orleans Market. A large species of the eitron Kind. It 
is extensively grown for this market; large in size, very rouzhly netted, 
and of luscious flavor; different altogether from the Northern Netted 
Citron, which is earlier, but not so fine in flavor, and not half thé size 
as the variety grown here. Small varieties 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 cultivated 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. 
