The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . Fio. \m.—AlvonV* Hybrid. is of a pale whitish green color, rather deep-ly ribbed, moderately netted, sometimesalmost smooth, moderately thick rind,flesh whitish green, good but not rich. Itis not an early maturing variety, the firstfruit about a week after the citron. 366 The Fig. 109.—Alvords Hybrid. Nutmeg.—This old variety is larger thanthe one under the name of Skillmans FineNetted, but not as productive,—nor with usis it as rich flavored. Christiana. — This is an early maturingvariety, with a reddish yellow fle

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The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . Fio. \m.—AlvonV* Hybrid. is of a pale whitish green color, rather deep-ly ribbed, moderately netted, sometimesalmost smooth, moderately thick rind,flesh whitish green, good but not rich. Itis not an early maturing variety, the firstfruit about a week after the citron. 366 The Fig. 109.—Alvords Hybrid. Nutmeg.—This old variety is larger thanthe one under the name of Skillmans FineNetted, but not as productive,—nor with usis it as rich flavored. Christiana. — This is an early maturingvariety, with a reddish yellow flesh, sweet,but lacking flavor, larger than the green-fleshed sorts, but not as large as the oldyellow cantelope once so common, but nowrarely grown except by people who haveno knowledge of the new and superiorsorts introduced of late years. Skillmans Netted.—We have grown thisvariety something over ten years in succes-sion. It is very productive and early, notas large as some, but fully makes up in num-

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