218 VEGETABLE GARDENING. 



Osage, or Miller's Cream. — A large melon having firm 

 salmon colored flesh, very productive and highly esteemed for 

 the market and home garden. Perhaps, the best shipping sort 

 now grown. 



California Citron miiskmelon is a variety especially popular 

 In Bome northern markets for home market and for shipping. 



Emerald Gem is a very prolific melon, with small but very 

 superior fruit that is valuable for home use. 



WATERMELON. (Citrullis vulgaris.) 

 Native of Africa. — Annual. — A vine of the same general 

 habit as the muskmelon, but the leaves are deeply lobed, 



Pig-ure 115— Varieties of Watermelons. 1— Iron Clad. 2— Cuban Queen. 3- 

 I^ig-ht Ice Rind. -1 — Monte Cristo. 5— Dark Ice Rind. 



and the whoie plant is covered with soft, grayish hairs that 

 give it a grayish aspect. The flowers are the same in genera] 

 structure as those of the cucumber or muskmelon. The seeds are 



