. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. A. Fr. smooth (not spiny nor tuiereulaie) at'maturity. M^Io, Linn. [G. Momdrdiea, Eoxb. O. utilissimus, Eoxb.). Melon. Muskmblon. Figs. 586, 587. Long-run- ning, hairy, prickly : Ivs. round-heart-shaped or reni- form, sometimes rounded-lobed : fr. in many sizes and shapes, the inner part being edible. S. Asia.—
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. A. Fr. smooth (not spiny nor tuiereulaie) at'maturity. M^Io, Linn. [G. Momdrdiea, Eoxb. O. utilissimus, Eoxb.). Melon. Muskmblon. Figs. 586, 587. Long-run- ning, hairy, prickly : Ivs. round-heart-shaped or reni- form, sometimes rounded-lobed : fr. in many sizes and shapes, the inner part being edible. S. Asia.—When forced under glass, the Ivs. are usually more lobed. See Melon. ^nslB, Nand. Cantaloupe. Rock Melons. Fruits mostly hard-rinded, more or less warty, scaly or rough, often deeply furrowed or grooved.—Name de- rived from Cantaluppi, near Rome, a former country seat of the Pope, whither this type of melons was brought from Armenia. In the U. S. the word Cantaloupe is often used as a generic name for Muskmelon, but it is prop- erly a name of only one group of muskmelons—the hard and scaly-rinded (see Waugh, G. F. 8:183). Var. reticuiatus, Naud. Nutmeg or Netted Melons. Fruits softer rinded, more or less netted, or sometimes almost plain or smooth.— Comprises the common musk- melons, aside from Cantaloupes. Var. saccharinus, Naud. Pineapple Melons. Com- prising varieties of oblong shape and very sweet flesh. Not sufficiently distinct from the last. Var. inoddms, Naud. Winter Melons. Lvs. lighter colored, less hairy, narrower ; frs. possessing little or none of the common muskmelon odor, and keeping long. The winter muskmelons are little known in this country, although they are worthy of popularity. Much cult, in parts of the Mediterranean region. See Bull. 96, Cor- nell Exp. Sta. Var. flexuflsus, Naud. (C. tUxubsus, Linn.). Snake Melon. Snake Cucumbee. Pr. many times longer than broad, greenish at maturity, variously curved and furrowed. A. G. 14: o
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