BELAIR MARKET AND HILLEN STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. 



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Melon. 



-Musk, or Cantaloupe. 



1 oz. for 60 hills ; 25 to the acre. 



Baltimore Nutmeg. 



< All Melons thrive best in a light, dry sandy soil. Sow after all danger of frost > 



< is past, in bills six feet each way, ten seeds in a hill. When the plants have ) 



< made the second pair of leaves, and all dang-er of insects is past, thin out tour to f 

 t a hill. If the plants grow very rank tbe tips of the leading- shoots should be ? 

 I pinched off when about tliree feet long-. } 



/^Baltimore Nutmeg.— This is 



without doubt the best Cantaloupe for 

 table use and market purposes. It is 

 slightly ribbed, beautiful, heavily netted, 

 green skin, oval shape, fiesh thick, green, 

 very fine flavored and sweet, very prolific, 

 i lb.,, 25c.; lb., 75c. 



y'Jennj Lind.— An extra early 

 green-fleshed Melon, and one of the 

 sweetest flavor. Fruit small, globular, 

 oval, little flattened, ribbed and covered 

 with shallow netting. One of the best 

 small Melons for hotel and restaurant use. 

 i lb , 25c.; 1 lb., 75c. 



p^' Larg-e Hackensuck, or Tvirk'sCap. — Very pop- 

 Clar variety. It attains a large size, is round in shape and 

 flattened at the ends. Skin green, and thickly netted. 

 Flesh is also (green, rich and sugary in flavor. It is very 

 productive and largely grown by market gardeners. Oz., 

 lOc; i lb., 25c.; lb., 75c. 



Paul Rose, or Petoskey. — This new Melon is a 

 ^ross of the Osage with Netted Gem. It possesses the fine 

 netting of the Gem, and averages about the .same size, but 

 owing to the great thickness of its beautiful .salmon-colored 

 flesh will weigh at least one-third more than a Netted Gem 

 of the same size. The size is much more convenient for 

 packing in baskets than the Osage, while as a shipper and 

 long keeper it surpasses all other red-fleshed Melons. In 

 some Western cities, where there is a good demand for red 

 or salmon-fleshed varieties, the Paul Rose sells at double 

 the price of other sorts. Market gardeners who grow red- 

 fleshed Melons will find the Paul Rose their most profitable 

 sort, while for the home table nothing better could be de- 

 sired or obtained. ^ lb., 25c ; lb., 75c. 



t*. Extra Early Ha^kensack. — We offer under this 

 name a very distinct stock, different and much superior to 

 that often sold as Extra Early Hackensack. The fruit is 

 medium sized, nearly round with deep ribs and very coarse 

 netting. The flesh is green, a little coarse, but very juicy 

 and sweet. Pkt., 5c.; i lb., 25c.; lb., 75c. 



>«^ Emerald Gem. 



— Fruit small to me- 

 dium-sized, globular 

 or slightly flattened 

 at the ends, only 

 slightl)' netted and 

 ribbed. Skin deep 

 green while young, 

 becoming tinged with 

 yellow as the fruit 

 matures, flesh deep 

 salmon yellow, thick, 

 ripening close to the 

 rind, and exceedingly 

 high flavored. ^ lb., 

 25c.; lb., 75c. 



Netted Gein. 



The Extra Early Jenny Liud Musk Melon. 



The Early Jenny Lind has been for many years most popu- 

 lar with market growers, on account of its extreme earli- 

 ness and great productiveness. We now offer an improved 

 strain of this fine Melon obtained from a leading grower of 

 South Jersey, where Melons command the highest market 

 prices by reason of their handsome appearance and deli- 

 cious flavor. The fruit of the regular Jenny Lind is well 

 flattened at both stem and blossom ends, ribbed and heavily 

 netted, but in this fine type there is a distinct nub or "but- 

 ton" growing out of the blossom end, as if the fruit had 

 attempted to make a second growth. This extra growth is 

 a peculiarity of the earliest ripening strain, as well as an 

 indication of finest flavor, and is eagerly sought for by 

 buyers in the Eastern cities. The flesh of these Melons is 

 uniformly sweet and melting, but the small nub or button 

 has a concentrated sweetness not found in any other Melon, 

 and furnishes a delicious morsel to finish the eating of one 

 of these fine fruits. Our seed has all been saved from speci- 

 mens having a well-developed nub or " button," and can be 

 depended upon not only for the earliest ripening, but also 

 to produce fruits of very uniform size and finest quality. 

 The majority will show the nubs as illustrated above, well 

 developed. Pkt., 5c.; i lb., 50c.; lb., $1 75. 



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Emerald Gein. 



Rocky Ford, or Netted Gem.— This has become 

 one of the most popular of small or basket melons. The 

 fruit is oval, slightly ribbed, densely covered with coarse 

 netting. Flesh thick, green, very sweet and high flavored. 

 We offer an exceptionally fine stock of this sort, the fruit 

 being wonderfully uniform in shape and quality. ^ lb. , 2oc. ; 

 lb., 75c. 



Extra Early Jenny tind. 



^ - CITRON. 



Colowado Preserving.— This is a large fruiting 

 strain of the Citron, growing to several times the size of 

 ordinary small round-fruited variety. Flesh clear white and 

 very solid. Olive-green seed. Skin finely striped with 

 mottled markings of light and dark green. The fruits 

 being so much larger have a larger proportion of solid meat 

 free from seeds, and the entire flesh of the Melon can be 

 used for making the finest preserves. Pkt., 5c.; J lb., 20c.; 

 lb., 60c. 



