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which set much better than they did in the early part of the season. The 
plants receive the same treatment as that described for the first crop, and 
by careful attention the foliage is kept clean and healthy till the last fruit 
has been thoroughly ripened. 
The names of the varieties of Melons that have been cultivated since 
I can remember are legion, and still they go on increasing. New varie- 
ties, with First-class Certificates from the Royal Horticultural Society, 
are sent out every year by our enterprising seedsmen, but very few indeed 
Fig. 34.— Melon ' Eastxor Castle.' 
of the Melons that were in vogue forty or fifty years ago are grown 
now. 
It is some twenty years since Mr. Crump, of Madresfield Court, raised 
' Blenheim Orange Melon ' (fig. 32) , and, in my opinion, it is the best scarlet- 
fleshed variety in cultivation at the present time. And for a white-fleshed 
Melon Carter's ' Holborn Favourite ' has few equals. The plant is strong 
and vigorous, a free setter and a sure bearer. The fruit is of the 
largest size, sweet, melting, and juicy, and finely netted. 
Little & Ballantyne's ' Golden Orange ' (fig. 33), does not seem to be so 
well known in the south as it should be. It is one of the most handsome 
