Melon. Americana. 1. Kerr Cat. 1898. 2. Ia. Sta. Bul. 46:280. 1900. 3. Wis. Sta. Bul. 87:14. 1901.
From Iowa. Fruit medium in size, roundish; cavity lacking; suture slight; yellowish-red; bloom thin; flesh fibrous; quality fair; freestone; mid-season.
Meneray. Species? 1. Meneray Cat.
A seedling of unknown parentage from H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; introduced by F. W. Meneray of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fruit and foliage indicate a fusion of Americana and Triflora blood. Fruit large, oblong, pear-shaped, yellow tinged with red; good.
Mereton. Species? 1. Can. Exp. Farm Bul. 2d Ser. 3:54. 1900. 2. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 432. 1905.
Mereton’s Egg. 1. Merton’s Egg 2.
Fruit small, oval; cavity small; yellow; flesh yellowish; poor; of no value.
Meroldt. Domestica. 1. Oberdieck Deut. Obst. Sort. 436. 1881. 2. Lauche Deut. Pom. Pl. IV, 13. 1882. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 712. 1884. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 440. 1889.
Meroldt’s Gelbe Reine-Claude 4. Meroldt’s Golden Gage 3. Meroldt’s Golden Gage 4. Meroldt’s Reineclaude 1, 2, 4. Reine-Claude de Meroldt 4.
This variety was grown by Dr. Meroldt, Lischnitz, Bohemia, probably from the seed of the Apricot plum. Tree grows quickly, medium in size; fruit medium, roundish; suture shallow; skin adherent; yellow, sometimes with reddish spots; cavity shallow; stem extremely short, finely hairy; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet, with Reine Claude flavor; freestone; mid-season.