128 REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST OF THE 
WATERMELON — A TEST OF VARIETIES. 









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DEsoRIPTIVE NOTES. 
Apple Pie. Plant extremely vigorous and quite productive, with 
very large, broad-lobed leaves; stems often running 10 feet 
fruit spherical, very deep green, with irregular longitudinal stripes 
and spots of greenish yellow, larger samples. 10 inches in 
diameter. This melon belongs to the citron class. 
Burpee’s Hungarian Honey. Plant not very vigorous but quite 
productive; stems about 4 feet long; leaves narrowly lobed; 
fruit spherical, deep green, sometimes shading to rather pale green 
in places, larger samples 6 inches in diameter; flesh pale red, 
very thick, juicy, sweet and well flavored; seeds light #brown, 
oblong, rather thick, about 2 of an inch long. 
California. Plant moderately vigorous, quite productive; stems 
about 4 feet long; fruit spherical, very deep dull green, scarcely 
mottled or penciled, with a slight bloom, larger samples 6 inches 
in diameter ; flesh pale red, very sweet, juicy and pleasant; seeds 
chocolate-brown, mottled with yellowish, oblong, § inch long. 
Chinese. This plant is not a watermelon, but the Wax Gourd, 
Benincasa cerifera Savi; described and illustrated in Les Plantes 
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