St. Paul daily globe., 1889-11-01
THE VINE PEACH
The Same as the Melon Peach, as
a Sequel of Hunt for a Seed
Dealer.

The Same as the Melon Peach, as
a Sequel of a Hunt for a Seed
Dealer.
Special Letter to the Globe.
FOUNTAIN, Mimi, Oct. 1S.-In the
WEEKLY GLOBE of the 18th inst.
among the Farm Notes" mention is
made of the swine peach" By the de-
scriptiOn and that name l think that
the "melon peach" is the plant men
toned as vine peach. Last spring 1
hunted over every newspaper | could
find at teveTy neighbOT'S house to find
the advertisement of some seed grower.
] must confess to strong de-
sire to try and see all the plants
that can be found, and | wanted some
new flower seed as well as new vege-
table seed for the garden. It is
a weakness of mine that | indulge
in. to my loss or gain, but it makes no
difference to me If do lose the money
paid for what l have purchased in the
line OF plants ;sOr seeds and that desire
for new seeds last spring caused me
much anxiety to find firm that dealt in
NOrthern-grOwnDsee and at the same
time be honest in their statements about
what they had for sale.
After a long and careful search /
found the advertisement was looking
after in a Minneapolis daily. | think it
waS-at least, the firm is in that city
Messrs. NOrthrup. BraSlan & Goodwin
Co.-and their fine catalogue came
promptly at my request for copy of it.
And there / found this swine peach"
advertised as ''melon peach" That
was something new to me, and, as a
matter of course, | must have the seed
and find out what it all meant.
The seed was planted quite early, but
the early and late rains fell, and only
one hill of the seed escaped the rot.
either before or after appearing above
ground. From first to last the plants
excited my curiosity and surprise. For
a long time ! believed it to be a musk
melon. but after the fruit began torlpen,
showing deep golden color. and the
leaves like miniature musk melon
leaves began to die OFF as if their mis-
sion was fulfilled, and the vines began
to Wither and grow black, the fruit
Tipened rapidly and the whole vine was
dead.
Before the vines commenced running
1t began to bloom and at once set fruit
buds; thick and thicker grew the bios
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like tiny muskmelons until they be
gan to show their real ripening color;
then they bore a strong resemblance TO
q peach. Nearly all the fruit perfected
at the same time. Although some of
them were small in size, the majority
were the size of peach of the larger
varieties.
The taste is to me more like fine
.muskmelOn, the flesh not very thick.
but is a beautiful gold color, and in
preserving the fruit, it being cut in
rings. there is no loss of the bright
color. Lemons were cut in rings and
preserved with it to give an acid taste
to the fruit, but the muskmelOn taste
remains after all in the fruit, which
does not cook ito pieces" but remains
In shape.
The melon, or peach, as one may
choose to call it, does not require a
great amount of sugar nor lemon, and
will make cheap and fine-lOOking, as
well as an Ornamental-looking dish on
any table. Especially will this please
those that have but very little money to
purchase high-priced fruits brought
from distance, and have lost the taste
of freshness, even to being stale. /
would advise all to obtain a package of
the seed and try the fruit.
Mrs, MARTHA CRANDAII.