Melons
AVERAGE COST, foreign melons, 1s. each; English, 3s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. each.
This fruit is rarely preserved or cooked in any way, but is sent whole to table on a dish garnished with leaves or flowers, as fancy dictates. A border of any other kind of small fruit, arranged round the melon, has a pretty effect, the colour of the former contrasting nicely with the melon. Plenty of pounded sugar should be served with it; and the fruit should be cut lengthwise, first cutting half through at each end in the other direction, in moderate-sized slices. In America it is frequently eaten with pepper and salt.
SEASONABLE from July to August or a little later.