By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. 



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more of giving perfection to the seeds, than to the individual fruits, 

 and therefore probably gave water holding manure in solution too 

 abundantly, and till too late a period ; for my fruit all burst before 

 it acquired perfect maturity : and I venture to hope that the imper- 

 fection of the pulp arose from the imperfect maturity of the fruit, 

 in some degree, at least. 



Having supposed that the six plants above mentioned would pro- 

 duce perfectly similar fruit, I employed the pollen of all indiscri- 

 minately ; and therefore, as the pulp of one of them was yellow and 

 worthless, I can not be responsible for the character of the fruit, 

 which may be obtained from the seeds of the Melon, which I sent 

 to the Society. I have, in consequence, sent a few seeds of one of 

 the White-fleshed varieties, which will transfer unchanged the 

 habits of the plant, which produced it, provided the varieties pos- 

 sess permanent habits ; which, I fear, it does not. 



I have added a few seeds of the sweet Ispahan Melon, which 

 were taken, in the last season, from a large and excellent fruit of that 

 variety, and which will, I do not entertain any doubt, afford fruit of 

 equal excellence, under proper culture. 



