BELAIR MARKET AND HILLEN STREET, BALTIMORE, ID. 
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Melon. 
—Musk, or Cantaloupe. 
1 oz. for 60 hills ; 4 lbs. to the acre. 
All Melons thrive best ina light, dry sandy soil. Sow afterall danger of frost is past,in hills six feet each way, ten seeds in a hill. 
When.the plants have made the second pair of leaves, and all danger of insects is past, thin out four toa hill. 
If the plants grow very 
rani#the tipsof the leading shoots should be pinched off when about three feet long. y, 
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 highly flavored. We 
offer an exceptionally 
fine stock of this sort, 
the fruit being wonder- 
fully uniform in shape and quality. 1% Ib., 25c.; lb., 75c. 
Jenny Lin«d.—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’ 
YY Pp., 25c.; lb., Tc. 
Extra Early Hackensack.—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 
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Extra Early Jenny Lind. 
The Extra Farly Jenny Lind 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, butthe 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.; % 1b., 50c.; lb., $1.50. 
J Pmerald Gem. 
“Fruit small to me- 
dium-sized, globular 
or slightly flattened 
at the ends, only 
slightly netted and 
ribbed. Skin deep 
green while young, 
becoming tinged with 
yellow as the fruit 
matures, flesh deep 
salmon yellow, thick, 
Emerald Gem. 2 : 
ripening close to the rind, and exceedingly high flavored. 
VY lbh 25c.; lb , 75e. 
(i fPaul nose, or Petoskey.—This new Melon is a 
cross 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. Jn 
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.; 1b., 75c. 
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WZ Baltimore Nutmeg. 
Baltimore Nutmeg.—tThis is without doubt the 
best Cantaloupe for table use and market purposes. It is 
slightly ribbed, beautiful, heavily netted, green skin, olive 
shape} flesh thick, green, very fine flavored and sweet, very 
prolaic. ¥ lb., 25c.; lb., 7c. 
‘Large Hackensack, or Turk’s Cap.—Very popu- 
ar 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.; 
UOC WY Mok, Zaxe.8 Illy. 5 Waxes 
Citron. 
V Colorado Preserving.—This is a large fruiting 
strain of the Citron, growing to several times the size of or- 
dinary small round-fruited variety. Flesh clear white and 
very solid. Olive-green seed. Skin finely striped with mot- 
tled markings of light and dark green. The fruits being so 
much larger havea 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.; % lb., 20c.; lb., 60c. 
