THE 
HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 
March 1st, 1833. 
PART I. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
HORTICULTURE.— Article I. 
ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE STRIPED HOUSAINEE PERSIAN 
MELON. 
BY THE AUTHOR OF THE DOMESTIC GARDENER’S MANUAL, C. M. II. S. 
(Second Paper.) 
If the reader will do me the favour to reperuse my previous article 
upon this subject, Yol. 1, page 772, he will perceive that I promised 
to give in a second paper, the detail of an experiment which should 
elucidate many of the facts adduced in the first. The season is ap¬ 
proaching in which the culture of this melon should commence, I 
therefore hasten to complete my promise ; and while I apologise for 
the unavoidable length of this communication, I feel it a duty to 
assure the reader that if he find any point of difficulty, or any ap¬ 
parent omission, which ought to be cleared up or supplied, and will 
explicitly state such among the Queries of the Register , I will not 
be remiss in duly considering and replying to the x same; for it is my 
earnest desire to render the production of this fruit as easy as that of 
the black rock, or any other thick rind trash, that has heretofore been 
exclusively grown. 
However, before I proceed in my directions, I must refer very 
particularly to the description I have given of the fruit in the several 
stages of its growth, and of its appearance and flavour when perfectly 
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