MEL 
MEL 
Cantaloupe, Hybrid. Resembles the 
former, but is rather larger. 
Cantaloupe, Scarlet-fleslied. Larger 
than either of the above; thick yel¬ 
low rind, good flavour, and early; 
average weight, 3 to 4 lbs. 
Cantaloupe des Cannes, The largest 
of the Cantaloupes; frequently at¬ 
taining 7 lbs.; early, and rich fla¬ 
voured ; the rind is thick and yellow. 
All these are great bearers. 
Levant. Late; very rich flavour; dark 
green thick rind; a great bearer; 
weight, 5 lbs. 
Polignac. Early; rather small; great 
bearer; dark green thin skin, and 
excellent flavour. 
Ridge. Very hardy; may be grown on 
a south border, without other pro¬ 
tection than a handlight; medium 
size ; great bearer ; thick yellow 
skin, and tolerable flavour; weight, 
3 lbs. 
Scarlet-fleshed, Smooth. An excellent, 
early, very prolific kind, with thick 
yellow rind and good flavour; average 
weight, 3 lbs. 
Scarlet-fleshed, Windsor. Later than 
the preceding, and somewhat bigger ; 
thick dark-green rind; a good bearer, 
and fine flavour; weight, 4 to 5 lbs. 
Yarmouth Prize. Small, but very hand¬ 
some, and extremely prolific; thin 
pale green rind, and good flavour. 
GREEN-FLESHED VARIETIES. 
Beechwood. One of the best early 
kinds; rather small; thin greenish- 
yellow rind; a great bearer, and of 
very superior flavour; weight, 3 lbs. 
Goree. A good late sort, with thin 
green rind; good bearer, and fine fla¬ 
vour ; weight, 4 to 5 lbs. 
Green-fleshed, Egyptian. Universally 
esteemed; early and prolific; rather 
small fruit; thin white rind; excel¬ 
lent flavour; average weight, 3 lbs. 
Green -fleshed, Italian. Yery good early 
kind; differs from the last in being 
rather larger, and having a thick yel¬ 
low rind; good bearer of fruit weigh¬ 
ing from 3 to 4 lbs. 
Green-fleshed, Smoothie’s. Larger than 
the above ; late; moderate bearer ; 
thin yellow skin ; fine flavour ; ave¬ 
rage weight, 4 to 5 lbs. 
Pine Apple. A small but exceedingly 
high-flavoured variety; early and pro¬ 
lific; dark green skin; average weight, 
1 to 2 lbs. 
PERSIAN VARIETIES. 
Daree. A great bearer of high-fla¬ 
voured fruit, with thin green rind and 
white flesh; average weight, 4 to 5 lbs. 
Germeck, Large. A good bearer of 
handsome thin-skinned green fruit of 
excellent quality, weighing from 5 
to 6 lbs. There is a small variety of 
the Germeck everyway inferior to this. 
Hooisanee, Green. Late, with thin, 
pale-green rind; a good bearer of 
the richest quality; weight, 3 to 
4 lbs. 
Hoosainee, Striped. Similar to the last, 
except that the skin is shaded with 
yellow ; its equal in every respect. 
Keiseng. A beautiful and first-rate va¬ 
riety ; a good late bearer; thin, pale 
yellow and red skin; average weight, 
4 to 5 lbs. 
Melon of N ukshaven. An excellent sort; 
tolerably good bearer, at a late period, 
of large, highly-flavoured fruit, with 
thin yellow rind ; weighing from 6 to 
8 lbs. 
Sir Gore Ouseley’s Persian. A late 
sort; rather small fruit, plentifully 
produced ; thin yellow skin, and supe¬ 
rior flavour; weight, 4 lbs. 
Sweet Melon of Ispahan. This is un¬ 
questionably the best of all melons; 
the fruit is large, frequently weighing 
10 lbs.; it has a thin yellow rind and 
green flesh ; is a good bearer for the 
size, at a late period, and of un¬ 
equalled flavour. The Persian Melons 
do not equal the other kinds in ap¬ 
pearance, most of them resembling 
rather the vegetable-marrow, being 
of a lengthened form and smooth; 
but in point of quality they far sur¬ 
pass either of the other classes ; and 
as regards bearing, are on the whole 
as prolific as any of the larger green- 
fleshed varieties, though, as before re¬ 
marked require a high temperature 
to bring them to perfection. 
