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a plant producing three or four fruit, which ripen in succession 

 up lo September or October. It is suitable for frame as well 



as open culture. 



Sugar Cantaloup 

 Melon. — A medium- 

 sized, very branching, 

 vigorous, and hardy 

 variety. Leaves rather 

 large, distinctly lobed, 

 and dark gray-green ; 

 fruit nearly spherical, or 

 slightly flattened at the 

 ends, with ribs not very 

 strongly marked, of a 

 uniform silvery gray 

 colour, not very distin- 

 guishable from the colour 

 of the bottom of the 

 furrows, which is a pale 

 gray; flesh orange- 

 coloured, very thick, 

 sweet, juicy, and per- 

 fumed ; skin remarkably 

 thin. The diameter of 



Bomb-shaped Cantaloup Melon. 



the fruit is about 5 or 6 in., and the weight usually ranges from 

 about 2 lb. 10 oz. to 3 lb. 13 oz. A plant may easily carry two 

 fruit. This is one of the varieties which succeed the best in 

 the open air. 



Large Rock Prescott Cantaloup Melon. — A rather vigorous 

 and branching plant. Leaves medium-sized, folded at the edges, 

 often five-lobed, and a rather deep, light green ; fruit large, and 

 very much flattened at the ends ; ribs 

 broad, very much wrinkled, covered 

 with knobs and protuberances of all 

 shapes, and irregularly variegated with 

 dark and pale green on a whitish 

 ground. The ribs are separated by 

 very deep, narrow furrows. Flesh 

 orange-coloured, very thick, exceedingly 

 fine flavoured, juicy, and melting. The 

 skin also is thick, but owing to the 

 shape of the fruit, that does not prevent 

 the flesh from being very abundant. 

 The length of the fruit, from the stalk 

 to the eye, varies from about 5 to 6 in., and the diameter from 9 

 to 1 1 in., while the weight ranges from five and a half to nearly 



Sugar Cantaloup Melon 

 natural size). 



