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Spanifh Melons. 
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colour, ribbed and furrowed very deepely, ha- 
iling often chappes or chinkes, and a confuted 
roughneffe : the pulpe or inner fubftance tvhich 
is to be eaten, is of a faint yellow colour. The 
middle part whereof is full of a flimie moi- 
ft ure, among which is conteined the feed, like 
vnro thofe of the Cucumber, but Idler, and of a 
browner colour. 
2 The fugar Melon hath long trailing 
flalkes lyingvpon the ground, whereon are fee 
fmallclafpingtendrels like thofe of the Vine, 
and alfo leaues likevnto the common Cucum- 
ber, but of a greener colour : the fruite com- 
meth forth among thofe leaues, (landing vpon 
flender foor.ftalkes, round as the finite of Colo . 
qutntido , and of the fame bignefle, of a molt 
plea-fanttafte like Sugar, whereof it tooke the 
furname Sacchardtm. 
? The Pearc fafhioned Melon hath many 
long vinie branches, whereupon doe grow cor- 
nered leaues like thofe of the Vine, and like- 
wife great (tore of long tendrels,c]afping and 
raking hold of each thing that it toucherh.-the 
fruite groweth vpon (lender fogirftalkes, fafhi- 
oned likevnto a Pearc, of the bignes of a great 
Quin-e. 
4 The Spanish Melon bringeth forth long 
Hhhh trailing 
