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A most delicious and productive variety for the 
family garden, succeeding in Northern States 
where Melons were never matured before. 
COLE’S EARLY is positively the finest ‘‘allround” 
Water Melon in existence, and for the private family 
garden it is withouta peer. People, particularly in 
our Northern States, who have never before been able 
to grow this most nectareous of fruits, can now enjoy 
from the beginning to the close of the season the most 
delicious of all water melons, for COLE'S EARLY is 
not only the earliest variety in cultivation, but it con- 
tinues to bear most bountifully throughout the entire 
season. 
The flesh is of a beautiful bright red color, crisp, and 
extremely delicate in texture—that granulated, cool 
sparkling appearance that is so captivating to the eye; 
in flavor it is lusciously sweet and refreshing, no pithi- 
ness or stringiness. 
The melons are not large, seldom over 12 inches in 
length by nine inches in diameter, but what they lack 
in size is more than made up in number and solidity. 
The heart is unusually large; there is little or no 
cavity, and very few seeds—ail solid flesh, the quality 
of which is sustained clear to the rind. j ‘ BARON Ar 
It can be grown, and successfully, too, over a larger latitude than any other water melon, and it will invariably mature latge’¢rops in 
any et pores ate States when the season is as long as that of New York. Price, 10c. per pkt., 20c. per oz., 40c. per 14 1b., $1.25 
per lb. ee cut.) ~ : 
“Cole’s Early Water Melon has attracted universal admiration. It has hitherto been considered impossible to ripen water melons in Santa) Fe; at an altitude 
of over 7,000 feet above sea-level, on account of the comparatively short summer here and cool nights, the thermometer never averaging oVver60° at night even 
during July and August. From the package of seed I grew fifteen hills that bore some sixty melons weighing from eight to fourteen pounds, and\ not a single 
melon failed to ripen fully, and several persons who tried them were unanimous in pronouncing them excellent. Sweet, juicy and delicious,'far superior to the 
big coarse melons we get from the South, on account of their thia rind, they contain as much flesh as the big melons shipped here which weigh (gross) nearly 
double the weight of Cole’s. I am informed that these melons were the only ones successfully raised in this place.’—J. F, WIELANDY, Santa Fé, New Mexico. 
“TI have been successful in growing Cole’s Early Water Melon in my garden on the summit of the Shawangunk Mountains, at. a measured elevation of 
1,875 feet above sea-level. The melons matured, and were superior in flavor and sweetness to anything in the market. No melons were ever before matured 
in this neighborhood,’'—Mr. C. W. DurHAM, of 110 West 27th Street, New York City. | 
Hegmsess MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
The Spawn we offer is made especially for us three or four times each season, and is always fresh and in proper condition for planting. 
Mushrooms produce a most profitable crop when successfully grown, and the American market is the best in the world for this most 
delicious of foods. We shall be pleased to mail free to all purchasers of Spawn our 
leaflet on ‘‘Mushroom Culture” if requested. 
English. 15c. lb., 8 lbs. for $1.00; by mail, 25c. lb. 
French. The French Spawn is much more concentrated than the English, and the 
Mushrooms are larger, more succulent and of delicate flavor. (See cut.) 
In boxes of 2 lbs., 75c.; by mail, 95c. 
Thes yods, x 
MARTYNIA. enier ate used tor pickling 
Martynia Proboscidea. 10c. pkt., 30c. oz., $1.00 14 lb., $3.00 lb. 
MUSTARD for « MUSTARD AND CRESS.”’ 
WHITE LONDON. Best forsalads. 5c. 0z., 15c. 14 lb., 40e. lb. 
Brown or Black. More pungent in flavor than the white. 5c. oz., 15c. 14 
|  lb., 40c. lb. 
| Giant Southern Curled. A favorite sort in the South. 10e. oz., 25c. 14 
lb., 75¢. Ib. 
Wew Chinese. Leaves large and succulent, pleasant, 
sweet and pungent. 10c. 0z., 30c. 14 lb., $1.00 lb. 
NASTURTIUM, or INDIAN CRESS. 
Tall. 5c. pkt., 15c. oz., 50c. 14 Ib., $1.50 Ib. 
Dwarf. 5c. pkt., 15c. oz., 50c. 4 lb., $1.75 lb, 
OKRA, or GUMBO. or culture 
see page 14. 
The pods when young are used in soups, stews, etc. 
WHITE VELVET. The pods are round and smooth, 
and are much larger than those of any other Okra; are 
never prickly to the touch, and are produced in the 
greatest abundance. 5c. pkt.,10c. 0z., 25c. 14 1b., 70c. Ib. 
Dwarf Prolific. Dwarf, very early. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. 
Y4 Ib., 65¢. lb. 
Improved Dwarf Green. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 20c..14 Ib. 
50e. lb. 
FRENCH MUSHROOM GROWN FROM HENDERSON’S SUPERIOR MUSHROOM SPAWN. Long Green. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 20c. 14 Ib., 50c. Ib. 
, DO NOT OMIT YOUR PREMIUM WHEN ORDERING. See page 6. 
