Melon Cactus Small 320×258 Medium 640×516 Large 1024×826 Download Tiff Original 2400×1936 | (567.8 KB) Description Illustrated is a melon cactus bearing fruits. The fruits of the melon cactus issue from the dense crown of bristles like scarlet radishes or firecrackers tipped with a fuse. Keywords cactus, melon cactus, melon cactus fruit Galleries Cacti Source: L. H. Bailey Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (New York, New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917)