Inventor of the Honeydew (1922)

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   Another gem from the LOS ANGELES TIMES.
   You have to love this guy.  Anyone who can make his "honey do" things deserves an award from SPIKE TV.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS FOR "HONEYDEW")
   1. SALLIE AT THE MARKETS
Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Oct 9, 1920. p. I12 (1 page)

   2. Making More Money.
Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Mar 20, 1921. p. III38 (1 page)

   3. EASTERN LINES AGREE TO CUT.
Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Jun 15, 1921. p. II12 (1 page)

   4. INVENTOR OF HONEYDEW
Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Dec 30, 1922. p. I15 (1 page)
   John Gouger, a farmer of Rocky Ford, Col., the home of the famous Rocky Ford cantaloupe, is credited with developing the honeydew melon, sometimes referred to as an "overgrown cantaloupe," and which, since its introduction to the American table about seven years ago, has attained widespread favor as a delicacy.
   Gouger, according to the most reliable information available, developed the honeydew in his cantaloupe patch near Rocky Ford by crossing the seed of the casaba melon with the seed of a sweet melon grown in some parts of SOuth Africa, but little known on the American continent.
   The casaba seed gave the honeydew its abnormal size and its coloring, which is a light yellow, and the African melon contributed the sweetness which makes the honeydew one of the most popular of the melon family.
   The name was taken from the sweet substances known as honeydew, described in the dictionary as "a sweet secretion of plants or insects."
   For several years after the development of the honeydew by GOuger it was grown only in COlorado, but as its popularity increased its cultivation spread and it is now grown in practically every fruit belt in the country.
   "John Gouger" remarked a well-known epicure at the Philadelphia Art Club recently, "should have had a Nobel prize for his great melon invention.  In fact, I should like to see a monument to his genius erected while he's alive."


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