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ably  Asia  Minor,  Italy,  France  and  Spain,  whence  their  seeds  were 
conveyed  to  this  country. 
The  variety  inodorus,  which  yields  fruits  known  as  winter 
melons,  is  said  by  Bailey  5  to  differ  from  the  wild  species  in  having 
lighter  colored,  less  hairy  and  narrower  leaves,  and  little  or  none 
of  the  muskmelon  odor  which  characterizes  the  fruit  of  the  latter. 
HISTORY  OF  THE  CASSABA  AND  HONEY  DEW  MELON. 
The  Cassaba  Melon,  also  termed  "Kassaba,"  "Casaba,"  "Cas- 
sabad"  and  "Casba,"  was  named  from  the  town  of  Kassaba,  about 
15  or  20  miles  from  Smyrna  where  it  was  extensively  grown  and. 
whence  it  was  introduced  to  this  country.  Late  in  1878  Dr.  J. 
D.  B.  Stillman  and  James  L.  Flood,  who  found  these  melons  in  the 
hotels  of  Smyrna,  sent  seed  to  California.  In  the  following  year 
(1879)  the  first  crop  was  grown  in  that  state. 
Fig.  3.    Cassaba  Melon  cut  crosswise  to  show  internal  appearance. 
Hundreds  of  acres  are  now  grown  each  year  in  the  San  Fer- 
nando valley  of  Southern  California.  They  are  shipped  to  the  mar- 
kets of  this  country  mainly  in  October,  November  and  December. 
The  Honey  Dew  Melon  is  an  old  South  of  France  variety  of 
the  Winter  Melon  renamed.  Vilmorin,  of  Paris,  has  listed  it  for 
a  number  of  years  under  the  name  of  the  White  Antibes  Winter 
Melon.    At  the  present  time  it  is  extensively  grown  in  Colorado. 
