NETTED MELONS 



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I. Red-fleshed Varieties 



Blenheim Orange Melon. — Fruit shortly oval, netted and 

 thin skinned ; flesh orange-coloured, rather thick, and very highly 

 perfumed. 



Christiana Melon.— An American variety. Fruit spherical, 

 with a smooth dark green skin, hardly marked by a few very fine 

 tracings ; flesh red, very thick, and exceedingly fine flavoured and 

 perfumed- 



Crawley Paragon Melon. — Fruit very small, spherical, netted ; 

 flesh red, firm, tolerably like that of the Windsor Prize ]\Ielon. 



Emerald Gem Melon. — Small, almost round fruit, slightly 

 ribbed and netted, dark green and yellow when ripe ; flesh very 

 thick, salmon-red, juicy, and excellent in flavour. 



Hero of Bath Melon. — Fruit small, round, netted ; flesh red 

 and firm ; skin very thin. 



Munroe's Little Heath Melon. — A very handsome and distinct 

 little Melon, with slightly marked ribs flattened a little at the 

 ends, and netted*; flesh red, thick, nearly filling the fruit, juicy 

 and sweet. 



Osage, or Miller's Cream, Melon.— Late, medium-sized, oval, 

 and dark green fruit. Resembles the Green Climbing Melon, but 

 has red-coloured flesh. 



Paul Rose, or Petoskey, Melon. — Short, oval in shape, pale 

 green changing to yellow. Ribs and netting strongly marked ; 

 orange-red flesh, thick and sugary. 



Read's Scarlet-flesh Melon. — Fruit medium-sized, round ; skin 

 dark green, netted ; flesh scarlet, melting, sweet, and good. 



Scarlet Gem Melon.— A pretty little fruit, almost spherical 

 about the size of a large Orange, with a smooth gray skin covered 

 with fine and rather close tracings ; flesh red, juicy, sweet, and 

 highly perfumed. 



Windsor Prize Melon. — This appears to be only a sub-variety 

 of the preceding kind, with still smaller fruit, but sweeter and more 

 highly perfumed, if possible. 



Surprise Musk Melon.— An American variety. This is a 

 form of the Orange Cantaloup Melon, which has the fruit somewhat 

 larger than that of the ordinary variety. It is slightly oblong in 

 shape, and netted a little on the ribs ; flesh orange-coloured 

 and firm. 



Victory of Bristol Melon. — Fruit quite spherical, something 

 like that of the Tours Sugar Melon, but more finely netted ; flesh 

 orange-coloured, thick, sweet, and rather juicy. The skin is almost 

 yellow when ripe. 



