F. C. Huntington and Company's illustration for the Vegetable Peach field made me smile.
I posted on the Vegetable Peach of A. T. Cook early last year as his illustrations are even goofier!
Information on the melon's use today is also there.
(Yes, it is a melon!)
I really do have to try growing these for fun. Maybe I could give seeds to my neighbor who has the room.
I need a garden allotment!! My own garden is small, hacked out of a hill into a terrace. We don't have allotments here though.
Consider the perspective in this engraving :-) How big ARE those melons in the back??
