Elliott's fruit book; (1854) Elliott's fruit book; elliottsfruitboo01elli Year: 1854 WOKTHY GENEEAL CULTIVATION. 89 fruit, will always command a place in large orchards, where this variety is known. Trees, thrifty, rather strong growers, spreading, most valuable on rich, heavy soils. Fruit, large ; form, roundish oblong, slightly conical; color, green, becoming rich yellow ; oily surface; stem, long, slender; cavity, narrow; calyx, small, nearly closed ; basin, deep, furrowed ; flesh, yellowish white, rather coarse, sub-acid, fine aroma; core, medium or small; seeds, ovate. Season, August and
Elliott's fruit book; (1854) Elliott's fruit book; elliottsfruitboo01elli Year: 1854 WOKTHY GENEEAL CULTIVATION. 89 fruit, will always command a place in large orchards, where this variety is known. Trees, thrifty, rather strong growers, spreading, most valuable on rich, heavy soils. Fruit, large ; form, roundish oblong, slightly conical; color, green, becoming rich yellow ; oily surface; stem, long, slender; cavity, narrow; calyx, small, nearly closed ; basin, deep, furrowed ; flesh, yellowish white, rather coarse, sub-acid, fine aroma; core, medium or small; seeds, ovate. Season, August and early September. London Sweet. London Winter Sweet, | Winter Sweet, Heicke's Winter Sweet. American. Much cultivated in Southern Ohio \ often abundant in Cincinnati market. We have been unable to connect it with any other named variety, though it nearest resembles Broad well. Adapted to the rich deep soils of the West; said to be produc- tive. Fruit, medium, occasionally large; form, roundish, flattened; color, pale yellow, with rarely an irregular patch of bronzed russet; very smooth; grown South, has the fungus or mould, as we think, marring its beauty ; stem, short, slender; cavity, open, medium depth, round, regular; calyx, small, closed; basin, deep, round, regular; flesh, yellowish white, juicy, tender, pleasantly sweet; core, rather small; seeds, ovate pointed. Season, November to Jan uary, but will keep through February. American. Melon. Norton's Melon. | Watermelon. Origin questioned—whether New York or Connecti-
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