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inch to two inches in diameter. Surface sea-green, so closely 

 netted, that it presents the appearance of shagreen leather. 

 Rind very thin. Flesh an inch and three quarters, or two 

 inches thick, clear green, becoming paler towards the inside, 

 firm, juicy, very rich and high flavoured. 



This is an excellent variety, ripening the first of all the 

 sorts except the next, both in this country and in Persia, 

 where it is highly esteemed for the property it possesses of 

 arriving speedily at a bearing state. It is very prolific, and 

 produces larger fruit than any Persian variety with which I 

 am acquainted. The Vines are so hardy as to be capable of 

 yielding spontaneously a second crop. Young fruit under 

 such circumstances are now (September 15,) setting, and the 

 plants are as healthy as they were in July. 



Received from Mr. Willock, under the name of " an 

 early round Melon, called generally Germek, grown at 

 Casween." 



VI. The Small Germek Melon. 

 This ripens about a week earlier than the last, but is by 

 no means so valuable a fruit. In form it is a depressed 

 sphere with about eight rounded ribs, measuring four inches 

 in depth, by four inches and a half in width. The skin is 

 even, yellowish, with a little green about the interstices, ob- 

 scurely netted, with a very wide corona. The flesh is green, 

 inclining to reddish in the inside, an inch and a half thick, 

 juicy, and high-flavoured. Skin very thin. The pulp in 

 which the seeds are immersed is reddish. The fruit is 

 sometimes produced late in the season with no corona. An 



