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STRIPED HOUSAINEE MELON. 
ARTICLE V. 
ON THE STRIPED HOUSAINEE MELON. 
BY VIGORNIENSIS. 
The readers of the Horticultural Register , especially those who are 
fond of Melon Culture, are much indebted to <f G. I. T.” for his clear 
and elaborate account of the culture of the Housainee. It is still, 
however, in my opinion a question. What is the peculiar excellence 
of the upright system of training P and particularly. What is the ad¬ 
vantage of planting in pots, when the same purpose is more readily 
and perfectly answered, by planting in the soil of the bed. 
“G. I. T.” seems to be under some misapprehension, as to the 
species called the Striped Housainee. He refers to the account 
given by himself in his first paper, as containing the correct descrip¬ 
tion of the fruit, and condemns that of the Editor of the Horticultu¬ 
ral Register , in the catalogue, page 880. The truth, I believe is, 
that both accounts are correct; there being two varieties of the Stri¬ 
ped Housainee Melon, the one with white, and the other red flesh. 
The former was grown by myself last year, from seeds obtained from 
the London Horticultural Society, and I have this year received two 
packets, from the Venerable President of the Horticultural Society; 
one of which is marked by himself the “ White Fleshed Striped , and 
the other the “ Red Fleshed Striped Housainee Melon.” 
This I conceive will set the matter at rest, as regards these two 
varieties. The specimen grown by me last year of the Striped Hou¬ 
sainee, answers in general to the description given in the catalogue. 
The flesh was white, and the weight between three and four pounds, 
but the stripe was yellow, which seemed to be the ground colour of 
the Melon, while the green was sprinkled over it in small spots among 
the reticulations, which were minute, ill defined, and imperfect, and 
unlike the net-work of the old varieties. 
With respect to the Ispahan Melon, I beg to remark, that it does 
sometimes grow with green flesh, as I experienced last year from 
seeds undoubtedly genuine. This colour, however, I think is not 
natural to the fruit, and in the case referred to, it arose from its be¬ 
ing stunted in its growth by too great a crop, and want of sufficient 
heat. It also lay on a brick, very near the light which, by a chemi¬ 
cal process, may have changed the flesh from white to green; be 
this as it may, the fruit was of excellent flavour, and in every other 
respect a perfect Ispahan Melon. 
VlGORMENSIS. 
