New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 129 
Potagéres, page 34, and in The Ger te Garden, page 271. The 
fruits did not fully ripen. 
Colorado Preserving. Quite similar to the “Apple Pie” water- 
melon or citron. The plant was somewhat less vigorous, the 
leaves rather narrower and the fruit a little smaller, uae was 
the chief difference. 
Green and Gold. Plant vigorous and productive; stems 4 to 5 
feet long; leaves rather broadly lobed; fruit spherical, deep 
green, penciled with blackish green and mottled with yellowish 
spots, larger samples 7 inches in diameter; flesh lemon yellow 
thick, juicy and pleasant, but lacking in richness; seeds light 
brown, with a chocolate-colored _mark about the suture, fully 
x 1nch long. 
Honey. Plant moderately vigorous, very productive; stems 2 
to 4 feet long; fruit spherical, shaded with irregular narrow 
stripes of deep green, and yellowish green, the whole surface 
rather finely penciled with the two shades, well-developed 
samples about 53 inches in diameter; flesh creamy white, flavor 
very mild, delicate and pleasant; seeds light brown, mottled 
with chocolate-brown, almost black at the apex, usually rather 
thick. 
Jones’ Jumbo. Plant vigorous, but not productive; stems 3 to 
5 feet long; fruits roundish, very dark green, more or less 
penciled or mottled with lighter green, often obscurely striped; 
well-developed samples 6 inches in diameter; flesh pale red, very 
sweet and high flavored; seeds white, with a yellowish spot on 
each flat side, rather short and broad, about $ inch long. 
Jordon’s Gray Monarch. Plant vigorous, very productive ; stems 
about 4 feet long; fruit short oval or roundish, greenish white, 
finely penciled and mottled with clear green; well-developed 
samples.6 inches in diameter, 7 inches long; fiesh pale red, crisp, 
sweet and pleasant; seeds white, about $ inch long. 
Kolb’s Gem. Plant moderately vigorous, productive; fruit 
roundish or very slightly oblong, the ends a little depressed, 
covered with irregular dark green stripes over a whitish ground, 
the latter mottled with pale green, the dark green and whitish 
stripes about equal in width; flesh rose, sweet and pleasant; seeds 
black, more or less bordered with white. 
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