D. H. Gilbert, Monticello, Florida 
17 
Florida Favorite 
A LONG melon with dark green skin faintly 
striped with a lighter green; deep red 
flesh of excellent flavor, one of the best 
table sort; fairly good shipper. Seeds white; 
SO days : 20 pounds. 
Fordhook Early 
T HE fruits are of good size, rather short 
and blocky in form, skin dark mottled 
green, flesh red, crisp and of splendid 
quality. Rind thin; not a good shipper; seeds 
white; 80 days. 20 lbs. 
