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II. White- fleshed Varieties 



Bay View Musk Melon.— An American variety. Fruit oblong., 

 olive-shaped ; skin green, netted ; flesh white, sweet, and not very 

 thick. 



Colston Bassett Seedling Melon.— Fruit slightly oblong, blunt 

 at both ends ; skin netted, yellow when ripe ; flesh white, melting, 

 very juicy, and very delicately perfumed. 



Hero of Lockinge Melon. — Fruit medium-sized, rounded ; 

 skin bright yellow, netted ; flesh almost white, very tender, melting, 

 rich, and excellent. One of the best of Melons. 



Longleat Perfection Melon. — Fruit large, rounded ; smooth, 

 greenish yellow skin ; flesh white, very melting, juicy and high 

 flavoured. 



Queen Emma Melon. — Fruit rather large, almost round ; skin 

 thin ; flesh white, very melting. A productive kind. 



III. Green-fleshed Varieties 



Bailey's Green-flesh Melon. — Fruit medium - sized, round 

 ovate, smooth, greenish yellow ; flesh green, very tender, sweet, 

 and richly flavoured. 



Baltimore, or Acme, Melon.— A climbing variety, rather more 

 netted than our own variety. 



Beechwood Melon. — Fruit oval, netted, yellow-green when ripe ; 

 flesh pale green, melting, sweet, and perfumed. Ripens half-late. 



Davenham Early Melon. — Fruit small, spherical, with slightly 

 marked closely netted ribs and smooth furrows. The flesh is 

 green and very melting. It is very like the Green-fleshed Pine- 

 apple Melon, but not so trailing. 



Eastnor Castle Melon.— Fruit slightly oblong, nearly smooth, 

 scarcely marked by a few tracings when ripe, and then becoming 

 pale yellow, having been previously of a perfectly uniform dark 

 green ; flesh very tender, sometimes a little clammy. A productive 

 kind. 



Egyptian Green-flesh Melon. — Fruit rounded, blunt at both 

 ends, slightly netted ; skin gray or silvery ; flesh sweet and 

 perfumed. 



Gilbert's Green-flesh Melon. — Fruit rather large, oval, yellow 

 when ripe ; flesh juicy and melting. A good and productive 

 variety. 



Gilbert's Improved Victory of Bath Melon. — Fruit rather 

 large, shortly oval, not much netted, and with ribs slightly marked ; 

 flesh pale green, melting, and highly perfumed. This variety some- 

 what resembles the Green-fleshed Sugar Melon, but its fruit is not 

 so large. 



