. 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. â WATERMELON As southern melons art* inU-nded, ]>riinarily, for sale, a hard, tlii^'k rind. \vi|-h lirnLness and sulidify of flesh, is a paramouut requisite, as it makes a safr sl"ii[.[M;r and loui; keeper. Uufortunately, quality, which is based mainly u|>un a high sugar content, is j^fuerally insepa
. 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. â WATERMELON As southern melons art* inU-nded, ]>riinarily, for sale, a hard, tlii^'k rind. \vi|-h lirnLness and sulidify of flesh, is a paramouut requisite, as it makes a safr sl"ii[.[M;r and loui; keeper. Uufortunately, quality, which is based mainly u|>un a high sugar content, is j^fuerally inseparable fn-nt a thiu rind and tender tiesh âcontradictory features to those requisite for a good ship[.ier. This accounts for the relatively inferior quality of snch melons as Rattle- snake, Kolb Gem and Jones, which are gruwn, of course, for distant markets. The metropolitan seldom realizes the supreme lusciousness which it is possible for some of the best local varieties in the bouth to "WATERMELON 19G9. 2719. A Georgia Watermelon. attain unless he has Vieon lucky enough to test them in the field. Even a Lord Bacon, the best of the shipping melons, cannot stand table comparison with Ramsay, Dixie, Jordau Gray Mduarch, Kleckley Sweets, Mclver ISugar, Plaiuney Early or Mnuutain Sweet. Shape is of miner consideration, if only ordinary symmetry or freedom frmn distinct deformity is pre- served, as prefereiM-e ai'pi'ars to be divided between the round or ovuid and eliuiLiated forms, while the marking or color of riud is of still less moment; although of late a solid green tint seems to hnd a readier market than either the strijied or "gray" marking, while an irregular, blotched -urtaci-. as with Scalyhark or Moun- tain Sprout, thouirh attarhrd to good quality and size, is distinctly to. "With reirard to color of flesh, the j'ublic is united in demanding a dee]' red i-rimson heart, â with feu" seeds; for white or g(d(b:'n-tleshrd varieties ha
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