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gray-green, the fruit, which is rather long than round, measuring 

 usually 4 to 6 in. in length by about 3 in. in diameter. It is only 

 slightly ribbed and not very warty. It is easily recognised by the 



length and slenderness of 

 the fruit-stem. The flesh 

 is very thick, sugary, per- 

 fumed, and a fine deep 

 orange. In earliness it is 

 equal, if not superior, to the 

 Early Black Rock Melon. 



Vaucluse Cantaloup 

 Melon. — Plant of rather 

 vigorous growth, with 

 stems and leaves quite 

 like those of a Cantaloup 

 Melon. The leaves are 

 slightly cut and rather 

 dark green. The fruit is 

 borne on a long stalk, is 

 deeply ribbed, and remarkable for its very flattened shape, being 

 little more than 2 in. deep, while it is often 6 in. in its transverse 

 diameter. Its weight is more frequently under than over two 

 pounds and a quarter. The skin is nearly smooth, and is marbled 

 with dark green on a pale green ground. This little Melon is 

 remarkable for its very great earliness, and is sent to the Paris 

 markets in June and July 

 from the department of 

 Vaucluse. 



Apple-shaped Canta- 

 loup Melon.— A vigorous 

 and productive plant. 

 The leaves are large and 

 rounded. The fruit are 

 numerous, small, and 

 round, measuring about 

 4 in. in diameter by about 

 3 in. in depth ; it is very 

 slightly ribbed. The skin 

 is rough and dark green 

 when ripe. The flesh is 

 dark orange, thick, juicy, 

 and sugary, filling almost 



entirely the seed cavity. Apple-shaped Cantaloup Melon. 



It is a good Melon for small gardens, for its productiveness on a 

 given surface is quite equal to that of the large-fruited sorts and 

 is longer in point of time. 



Vaucluse Cantaloup Melon, 



