NETTED MELONS 



415 



lengthened period, producing blooms in succession on the branches, 

 even after the fruit which set first have almost attained their full 

 size. Fruit very large, 

 long, with well-marked 

 ribs, finely netted all over, 

 and becoming a yellow, 

 slightly salmon, colour 

 when ripe ; flesh orange- 

 coloured and thick. The 

 fruit is sometimes 14 to 

 16 in. long and 8 to 10 in. 

 in diameter. When it is 

 well grown, the quality is 

 often excellent. It ripens 

 half-late. 



This and the Black 

 Rock Melon are the 

 largest of all the Melons 

 in cultivation, the Honfleur 

 being equally remarkable 

 for its great hardiness. 



Hybrid Vallerand 

 Melon. — A vigorous, 

 branching plant of quick 

 growth, a cross between 

 the Green Climbing Melon 

 and the Large Rock 

 Prescott Cantaloup Melon, 

 cut. 



Very Large Netted Honfleur Melon. 



The leaves are dark green, only slightly 

 The fruit is a long oval, and slighly ribbed, weighing about 

 four pounds. The skin is dark green, with 

 only a few markings. The flesh is a dark 

 orange-red, thick, firm, juicy, and fragrant. 

 It is a disease-resisting and good keeping 

 variety, also early. 



Red-fleshed Cavaillon Melon. — A large 

 vigorous-growing plant, with large grayish 

 green leaves which have distinctly marked 

 and very rounded lobes. Fruit oblong, some- 

 times almost spherical, blunt at both ends, 

 and with well-marked ribs. When ripe, the 

 skin is orange-coloured, and is broadly and 

 densely netted, resembling the Tours Sugar 

 Melon in this respect. The furrows between 

 the ribs are very narrow, and, when the fruit 

 is ripe, become reduced to mere lines. The stalk of the fruit is 

 remarkably thick and strong. The flesh is a bright red colour, 



Red-fleshed Cavaillon 

 Melon (|- natural size). 



