
New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 137 
Surprise. Plant very vigorous and productive; stems running 
4 or 5 feet, much branched; fruit roundish or slightly oblong, 
distinctly ribbed, pale yellow whenripe, rather densely netted, 
well-developed samples 5 to 6 inches in diameter; flesh rich 
orange or salmon, firm, rich, sweet and delicious. 
I regard this as one of the best. : 
Tours Sugar. Plant not vigorous; stems about 3 feet long. 
The fruits were produced abundantly, but did not mature before 
frost; in form they were. spherical, obscurely ribbed, densely 
netted, the larger samples about 43 inches in diameter and 
had orange flesh. 
Described and illustrated in Les Plantes Potageéres, page 340, 
and in The Vegetable Garden, pages 331-2. 
Mango Melon. 'This is not a muskmelon, though it is apparently 
allied to it. It was the same as the “Vine Peach,” of which seeds 
were received from the Iowa Seed Company and appears to 
resemble, except ,in form and color, the Sweet Scented or Queen 
Anne’s Pocket Melon (French, Melon Dudiam), described in Les 
Plantes Potagéres, page 350, and in The Vegetable Garden, page 
342. It was tested for mangoes and pronounced superior for this 
purpose. 
THE WATERMELON. 
eeds of the following list of watermelons were planted on the 
same day and in the same manner as the muskmelons. The 
fruits of the “Chinese’’ variety did not mature, those of the 
Apple Pie and Colorado Preserving ripened, but the date could 
not be definitely ascertained. The others were found to be ripe 
on the dates noted, though it is probable that some might have 
been marked ripe. at a somewhat earlier date. 
