. American journal of pharmacy. the neighboring Caucasian regions. Fromhere thev were introduced into the Mediterranean countries, not- Am. Jour. Pharin. )February, 1921. !i Cassaha and lloncy Dew Mclans. 107 ably Asia Minor. Italy. I^raiict- and Spain, wIkiicc tlu-ir .seeds wereconveyed to this country. The variety iiwdonts, which yields fruits known as wintermelons, is said by Uailey ^ to differ from the wild si)ecies in havinj.^lighter colored, less hairy and narrower leaves, and little or noneof the muskmelon odor which characterizes the fruit of the latter. IIISIORN OK Till. CASS.\i:.\ AN
. American journal of pharmacy. the neighboring Caucasian regions. Fromhere thev were introduced into the Mediterranean countries, not- Am. Jour. Pharin. )February, 1921. !i Cassaha and lloncy Dew Mclans. 107 ably Asia Minor. Italy. I^raiict- and Spain, wIkiicc tlu-ir .seeds wereconveyed to this country. The variety iiwdonts, which yields fruits known as wintermelons, is said by Uailey ^ to differ from the wild si)ecies in havinj.^lighter colored, less hairy and narrower leaves, and little or noneof the muskmelon odor which characterizes the fruit of the latter. IIISIORN OK Till. CASS.\i:.\ AND ll().\l.\- DKW MKLON. The Cassaha Melon, also termed Kassaba. Casaba, Cas-sabad and Casba, was named from the town of Kassaba, about15 or 20 miles from Smyrna where it was extensively grown andwhence it was introduced to this country. Late in 1878 Dr. B. Stillman and James L. Flood, who found these melons in thehotels of Smyrna, sent seed to California. In the following year(1879) the first crop was grown in that Fig. 3. (ass;il>;i Melon cut crosswise tn show internal appearance. llundreds 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 IToney Dew Melon is an old South of France variety ofthe Winter Melon renamed. \ilmorin. of Paris, has listed it fora number of years under the name of the White Antibes WinterMelon. At the present time it is extensively grown in Colorado. io8 Cassaba ami Huiicv Dew McIods. 1 Am. Jour. Pharm.( February, 1921. Dreers Garden liook for 1919, p. 8, states that it is suitable forgrowing in all places of equal latitude to Philadelphia and theWest, including California.
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