Black Portugal Melon
Leaves stout and stiff, leaf-stock short; melons very deeply ribbed, color of so dark a green as to look nearly black. Flesh remarkably thick, very fragrant, salmon-colored and quality first-rate. Late for the extreme north, but I recommend it for all other sections. Mr. E. A. Joslyn writes me, “My largest Black Portugal weighed 52 pounds, measuring forty-four inches in circumference.” Pkt., 15c.
Originally listed in: James J.H. Gregory's 1885 Retail Catalogue
Leaves stout and stiff, leaf-stock short; melons very deeply ribbed, color of so dark a green as to look nearly black. Flesh remarkably thick, very fragrant, salmon-colored and quality first-rate. Late for the extreme north, but I recommend it for all other sections. Mr. E. A. Joslyn writes me, “My largest Black Portugal weighed 52 pounds, measuring forty-four inches in circumference.” Pkt., 15c.
Originally listed in: James J.H. Gregory's 1885 Retail Catalogue