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LIST OF FRUITS. 
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LATE MELONS 
* Cephalonian, good bearer, thin rind, green flesh, excellent fla¬ 
vour, grows to ten or twelve pounds. 
Daree, (Persian) good hearer, fruit green, thin rind, flesh white, 
high flavoured, grows to five pounds. 
* Dampsha (Persian) good hearer, fruit yellow, thin rind, flesh 
green, grows from four to five pounds, and keeps long after it is cut, 
without losing its flavour. 
Geree, good bearer, fruit green, rind thin, flesh green, excellent 
but rather tender, grows to five pounds. 
* Hoosainee, Green, (Persian) good bearer, fruit green, rind thin, 
flesh white, high flavoured, grows from three to four pounds. 
* Housainee, Striped (Persian) good bearer, fruit greenish yellow, 
rind thin, flesh white, very rich flavour, grows from three to four 
pounds. 
* Keiseng (Persian) good bearer, fruit pale yellowish red, rind 
thin, flesh white one of the very best, generally grows from four to 
five pounds. 
Melon of Gerger, (Persian) fruit yellow, rind thin, flesh red, very 
good, grows from two to four pounds. 
Melon of Nukshevan (Persian) fruit yellow, rind thin, flesh white, 
very good, grows to eight pounds. 
* Silver Rock, good bearer, fruit yellow, rind thick, flesh pale 
red, rich, grows from five to six pounds. 
Sir Gore Ousley’s Persian, good bearer, fruit yellow, rind thin, 
flesh white, grows from three to four pounds. 
Small Levant, middling bearer, fruit yellow, rind thick, flesh pale 
red, high flavoured, grows to five pounds. 
* Sweet Melon of Ispahan, (Persian) good bearer, fruit yellow, 
rind thin, flesh green, perhaps the best melon grown, generally 
weighs from six to ten pounds. 
* Yalentia, or Winter Melon, good bearer, fruit green, rind thin, 
flesh pale, straw coloured, sweet and juicy though not rich, its chief 
good property is, that if cut and hung up in a dry room, it will keep 
very long without losing its flavour. 
* Windsor Scarlet fleshed, good bearer, fruit green, rind thick, 
flesh salmon coloured, very excellent flavour, grows from four to five 
pounds. 
NUTS. 
Bond Nut, large size, thin shell, rough husk, and a very good nut. 
* Cob, large size, shell thick and hard, husk rough, well known. 
