. Richard Frotscher's almanac and garden manual for the southern states . Mountain Sprout Improved Gipsey Melon. Moncitaiu SpBoiit Tl^sater, This is similar in shape to the fore-going variety, but rather later. It is light green ^Yith irregular stripesof dark green, Flesh bright scarlet. Improved Gipsey. This is a lately introduced variety, whichhas come into general cultivation. It is very large, oblong, and of adark green color, striped and mottled with light green. Flesh scarletand of delicious flavor. This is without any exception the best marketvariety. Ice-cream. (White Seeded. )
. Richard Frotscher's almanac and garden manual for the southern states . Mountain Sprout Improved Gipsey Melon. Moncitaiu SpBoiit Tl^sater, This is similar in shape to the fore-going variety, but rather later. It is light green ^Yith irregular stripesof dark green, Flesh bright scarlet. Improved Gipsey. This is a lately introduced variety, whichhas come into general cultivation. It is very large, oblong, and of adark green color, striped and mottled with light green. Flesh scarletand of delicious flavor. This is without any exception the best marketvariety. Ice-cream. (White Seeded. ) A medium sized variety of excel-lent quality. It is early and very productive. Bemg thin in the rindit is not so well adapted for the market as the other kinds; notwith-standing this, it is grown exclusively b3 some for that purpose, on ac-count of its earliness. It has come into general cultivation more andmore everv year, as it is verv sweet, and sells readilv in the market. For the SoutJiern States. Orang^c Water. Quite a distinct variety from the others. Therind can be peeled off the sam
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