melon

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• A literal translation of the Chinese would be, "Plant melon, gain melon"; in (Pīnyīn) transcription, it would be zhōng guā déguā, a Chinese proverb. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 2
• The Thebans offered apples instead of sheep as a sacrifice to Hercules, a custom derived from the following circumstance At one time, when a sacrifice was necessary, the river Asopus had so inundated the country that it was impossible to take a sheep across it for the purpose, when some youths, recollecting that the Greek word melon signified both sheep and an apple, stuck wooden pegs into the fruit to represent legs, and brought this vegetable quadruped as a substitute for the usual offering. —  Science in the Kitchen.
• To be just at the right stage, the blossom end of the melon should be a trifle soft when pressed with the fingers. —  Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals
• This time the melon was a whole one, and Vincent divided it with —  With Lee in Virginia A Story of the American Civil War
• The remains of the whale of a melon were there to convince him. —  The Wrong Twin

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