E Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 . efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 LARGE MUSK MELON. CITRON WATER-MELON. MELOX, MUSK VARIETIES (Cdcdmis Melo). German, Mehne. — French, Melon. — Spanish, Melon. The Melon, in some character, is to be found in all tropical countries: the finest varieties are supposed to have come from Persia and Afghanistan. The delicious flavor and perfume make it very popular in all countries where the climate will admit of its cultivation. Culture. — Plant in hills six feet apart e
E Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 . efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 LARGE MUSK MELON. CITRON WATER-MELON. MELOX, MUSK VARIETIES (Cdcdmis Melo). German, Mehne. — French, Melon. — Spanish, Melon. The Melon, in some character, is to be found in all tropical countries: the finest varieties are supposed to have come from Persia and Afghanistan. The delicious flavor and perfume make it very popular in all countries where the climate will admit of its cultivation. Culture. — Plant in hills six feet apart each way, eight or ten seeds in each, and thin out to three or four plants when in a state of forwardness. To grow good melons, the hills should be prepared by digging out the soil from one and a half to two feet deep, and two or three feet broad, according to the richness of the land. Add a very liberal quantity of the best decomposed stable-manure, and mix well with the soil, filling up a little above'^ the level. Seeds should not be put into the hills until the weather becomes settled and warm. per oz. Christiaiia. Form roundish; size rather small; flesh vellow, sweet, juicy, and of good quality; one of the best; very early. Per pkt., 5 . . . Green Citron. Nearly round, flattened slightly at the ends; medium size; flesh .gi'een, quite thick, and of the richest and most sugary flavor. Per pkt., 5 Nutmeg. Fruit oval, good size, thickly netted; flesh light-green, rich, sweet, melt- ing, and highly perfumed; one of the finest. Per pkt., 5 . Pine Apple. Form roundish, inclining to oval; flesh green, melting, sweet, and per- fumed; early and productive. Per pkt., 5 Skillman's Fine-netted. Eesembles the Pine Apple; flesh green, sugai-y, and excel- lent; the earliest of all the green-fleshed varieties. Per pkt., 5 Persian. Long oval, skin thin and delicate; extremely tender, rich, and sweet, and flows with a cool juice, which renders them very grateful. Per pkt., 10 .30 Large Y
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