io8  Cassaba  and  Honey  Dew  Melons.  Jour-  ^a™. 
J  (  February,  1921. 
Dreer's  Garden  Book  for  1919,  p.  8,  states  that  it  is  suitable  for 
growing  in  all  places  of  equal  latitude  to  Philadelphia  and  the 
West,  including  California. 
Fig.  4.   Honey  Dew  Melon  cut  transversely  to  show  internal  appearance. 
While  both  of  these  melons  have  been  well  known  to  and  used 
by  the  Europeans  for  many  years,  they  appear,  up  to  the  present, 
to  be  little  known,  and  only  of  limited  use  in  the  United  States. 
Their  rich  honey-like  flavor,  with  far  more  succulence  and  longer 
keeping  qualities  than  muskmelons  should  commend  them  to  all 
seeking  substitutes  for  cantaloupes  and  muskmelons  during  the 
autumn  and  winter  season,  and  bid  fair  for  their  more  extensive 
future  production  in  this  country. 
GROSS  STRUCTURE  OF  THE  CASSABA  MELON. 
This  fruit  (Fig.  1)  is  of  large  broadly  oval  shape  from  6,  8 
to  9  inches  long  and  4  to  6  inches  in  thickness.  Its  outer  skin  is 
yellow  and  shows  numerous  irregular  longitudinal  grooves  and 
wrinkles  (Fig.  2).  When  cut  (Fig.  3)  it  exhibits  a  thick,  whitish 
flesh  one  and  one-quarter  to  one  and  one-half  inches  thick  and 
a  comparatively  small  seed  cavity.  In  the  seed  cavity  are  to  be 
observed  5  placentas,  each  bearing  numerous  flattened,  ovate  light- 
yellow  seeds  10-12  mm.  long.  The  hilum  is  near  the  pointed  end. 
The  cotyledons  are  plano-convex,  white  and  oily.  The  radicle 
is  short  and  conical.  The  taste  of  the  fruit  is  cantaloupe-like;  that 
of  the  seed,  bland. 
