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head, with dark green skin and generally red pulp and black<br />
seeds. As the pulp contains plenty sweet liquid, it is eaten fresh,,<br />
and when young it is preserved in salt and eaten as pickles. There<br />
are several sorts of colours and forms.<br />
246. Citrullus edulis, Spach., var., Jap. Shiro-suikwu /<br />
a variety of the preceding. The fruit has a white skin, yellow<br />
pulp> and red seeds.<br />
247. Cucumis melo, L., Melon, Jap. Makuwa-uri ; an<br />
annual cultivated climber of the order Cucurbitaceae. It is produced<br />
much in the village Makuwa in the province Mino, whence<br />
the name is derived. The male and female flowers are separately<br />
on the same vine. The fruits ripen in mid-summer. They are<br />
ova]-shaped, about 5 inches long, and of a yellow colour, with<br />
longitudinal stripes. They are eaten 1 or 2 days after having<br />
been collected, and are very sweet and delicious. There are<br />
several varieties of different colours and forms.<br />
248. Cucumis melo, L., van, Jap. Ginmakuwa-urt,<br />
Ginmakuwa ; a variety of the melon with large fruits of a green<br />
rough skin. It is inferior in taste to the preceding.<br />
249. Momordica charantia, L. y<br />
Jap. Tsnru-reishz,<br />
Niga-uri ; an annual cultivated climber of the order Cucurbitaceae.<br />
The male and female flowers are separately on the same<br />
vine. The fruit ripens in summer. It is green, about 4 inches<br />
long and 2i inches in diameter, and covered with irregular warts.<br />
It turns yellow when ripe, and bursts at the top and exposes<br />
several red pulpy seeds of the size of a finger. The plup i&<br />
beautifully red, soft, and sweet, containing peculiar seeds. In the<br />
provinces of Kinshiu there is a variety with a long fruit about 2<br />
fts.<br />
long called Nan-reishi (long reis/ii).<br />
The young fruits are<br />
eaten as vegetables.<br />
Note. The varieties of fruits here mentioned are only a few<br />
selected ones. Murne-plums, apricots, peaches, plums, and<br />
especially pears, persimmons, and oranges have a great many<br />
varieties which are too numerous to ba mentioned respectively in