MELONS AT WISLEY, 1914. 



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Netting : Fine, medium, or coarse. 

 Flesh : Red, white, or green ; depth. 



Shape of seed cavity : Pear shape or regular, i.e. following the 

 contour of the fruit. 



Average weight and girth. 

 Date of ripening. 



Throughout the following descriptions these points are dealt 

 with in the order set out above. 



Characters common to many varieties are : — growth strong ; stem 

 bent ; internodes of medium length ; fruit borne on the first laterals, 

 smooth ; seed cavity regular. As an aid to brevity in the descrip- 

 tions these conditions are referred to as " normal," except that 

 reference is made to the position of the fruit only when it occurs on 

 the second lateral. 



The Fruit and Vegetable Committee considered the following 

 varieties to be the best in the trial : — 



5 



6, 



15 



22. 



23 

 24 

 27 

 35 

 38 



72. Longford Castle. 



F.C.C. = First-class Certificate. 

 A.M. = Award of Merit. 

 XXX = Highly Commended. 

 XX = Commended. 



*i, 2. Ai (Sutton, Barr). — Flavour acceptable. Growth, stem, 

 and internodes normal ; petiole short, fruit on second laterals, elliptic, 

 smooth, mid- green, becoming light straw colour blotched with brown 

 when ripe ; netting coarse ; flesh red, ij in. deep ; cavity normal. 

 Average weight 4 lb. ; girth 19 in. Ripe August 20. 



3. Acquisition (Mortimer). — Flavour acceptable. Growth and stem 

 normal ; internodes short ; petioles very short ; fruit elliptic, smooth, 

 deep green, becoming yellowish when ripe ; netting medium ; flesh 

 greenish, ij in. deep ; cavity pear-shape ; average weight 5 lb. ; girth 

 20 in. Ripe Aug. 9. 



4. Algerian (Levy). — Flavour poor. Growth normal; stem little 

 bent ; internodes long ; petioles long ; fruit a large, shapeless Canta- 

 loupe, very deep orange red when ripe ; flesh red, deep ; average 

 weight 10 lb. ; girth 28 in. Ripe August 26. 



5. Amberwood Beauty (Carter), XXX August 10, 1914. — Flavour 



* See footnote p. 501. 



2 p 2 



Amberwood Beauty. 



40. 



Invicta. 



Barnett Hill Favourite. 



42. 



King George (Sutton). 



Duchess of York. 



43- 



King George (Veitch). 



Emerald Gem (Sutton). 



47. 



Mymm's Hero. 



Eminence. 



48. 

 56. 



Perfection. 

 Sutton's Scarlet. 



Frogmore Scarlet. 



57. 



Sentinel. 



Hero of Lockinge. 



58. 

 63. 



Superlative. 

 Windsor Castle. 



