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6 ant TO SUGGEST allé WATER MELON, NO. 3, I] | dl] eCASHs 
_ As follows: $25.00 for the name we select as THE me as = SS SAO SEES 
best, and $5.00 each for what we consider the y S 
next best twelve names; the thirteen 
premiums aggregate $85.00 cash. 
CONDITIONS. The purchaser of the seed is entitled to 
suggest one name for each and every packet of No.3 Water 
Melon bought; every packet sent out by us will be enclosed 
in a ‘‘Coupon Envelope,’’ on which the sender's post-office 
address and the name suggested are to be written in the 
blanks, and to be returned to us before October 1st, 1898. 
The money will be awarded in December, 1898, and the 
names and addresses of the successful competitors will be 
published in the 1899 edition of this catalogue. In event 
of two or more persons sending in the same winning name, 
the one received by us first will receive the money. All 
prize-winning names are to be our property, to be used for 
naming other things if we see fit. 
We are offering cash premiums for names for other seeds and 
plants, aggregating over $1,000.00. For full 
particulars see page 16. 
NEW WATER MELON, No. 3. 
This variety is of Russian origin. We have been 
many years working it up to its present perfection, 
and at last have secured a distinct and valuable 
sort. Many features of this Melon are absolutely 
distinct. The fruits are oval in shape, medium in 
size; the color of the rind is dark green, with 
faint pencillings of a lighter shade, and though 
the rind is thin itis very tough. The flesh is very 
deep, extending to within half an inch of the rind, 
and is entirely different from anything ever known 
in a water melon, the color can best be described 
as a rich orange buff, and it is as sweet as any 
variety in cultivation. Its style and freedom of 
ripening are peculiar. The melon grower in our 
Northern latitudes is often compelled to lose im 
large proportion of his crop by reason of prema- Ih 
turely cold weather. Ordinary varieties completely 
succumb to these early, cold spells, and, of course, 
fail to ripen the fruit left on the vines. But this sort has the peculiarity of ripening 
fruits up quickly, even after such a check, and when fruits are only three- 
quarters grown, and ripening them so thoroughly, too, that at the least 
touch of the knife they burst open with that peculiarly full ripeness 
such as is known in the South. Price, 25c. pkt. 
THE CARMES MUSK MELON. 
This Melon was cultivated exclusively by the Carmelite 
Friars in their convent gardens for many years, and 
would, we suppose, have been lost to the outer world 
but for the fact that a small portion of the seed was 
given to a gardener by a destitute peasant who had 
received one of the fruits when seeking alms at the 
hands of the good Friars. 
Once into the world, it grew rapidly in the esteem 
of the gardening fraternity, and we think ourselves | 
quite fortunate in having secured sufficient to — 
work up @ stock, under American cultivation, 
to offer to our customers. 
It is now thoroughly adapted to our climati¢ 
conditions. The vine is very vigorous, pro- 
ducing an enormous number of fruits. These 
are very dark olive-green in exterior color, 
slightly netted and generally rough in sur- 
., face. The ribs are very deep and strongly 
‘marked, projecting irregularly at each end, 
which gives it an uneven appearance. It 
has but little seed cavity, and the flesh is 
salmon red and is very deep, ripening clear 
»,, to the rind. The texture of flesh is perfect, 
“and the délicious flavor is beyond comparison. 
. It is, without doubt, an acquisition worthy 
,of a wide acquaintance. (See cut.) Price, 
‘15c. pkt., 60c. oz., $2.00 Y% lb. 
i) HENDERSON’S SEEDS are no longer 
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CARMES keepers, and are genuine only when 
MELON procured direct from us. , 
