Netted Gem. 



MELON~Musk, or Canteloupe. 



1 oz. for 60 hills ; 4 lbs. to the acre. 



All Melons thrive best in a'light, dry. sandy soil. Sow after all danger of frost is past, in hills six feet 

 each way. ten seed in a hill. When the plants have made the second pair of leaves, and all danger of 

 insects is past, thin our four to a hill. If the plants grow very rank the tips of the leading shoots should 

 be pinched off when about three feet long. 



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 thick and highly flavored. We offer an exceptionally fine 

 stock of this sort, the fruit being wonderfully uniform in shape and quality. Pkt., 5c; 

 X lb., 15c; lb., 50c. 



Paul Rose, 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 pack- 

 ing in baskets than the Osage, while as a shipper and long 

 keeper, it surpasses all other red fleshed Melons. X lb., 

 Lb. 50c 



Emerald Gem. 



Emerald Gem. — 



Fruit small to medium 

 sized, globular or 

 slightly flattened at 

 the ends, only slightly 

 netted and ribbed. 

 Skin deep green while 

 young, becoming ting- 

 ed with yellow as the 

 fruit matures, flesh 

 deep salmon yellow, 

 thick, ripening close 

 to the rind, and ex- 

 ceedingly high flavor- 

 ed. Pkt., 5c; % lb., 

 :20c.; lb., 60c. 



Jenny Lind. — An extra early green 

 fleshed Melon, and one of the sweet- 

 est flavor. Fruit small, globular, 

 oval, little flattened, ribbed and cov- 

 , ered with shallow netting. One of 

 the best small Melons for hotel and 

 restaurant use. Pkt., 5c; X lb., 

 15c; lb., 40c 



Extra Early Hackensack. — We offer 

 under this name a very distinct stock 

 different and much superior to that 

 often sold as Extra Early Hacken- 

 sack. 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; X lb., 15c; 

 lb., 40c. 



Baltimore Nutmeg. — This 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, very fine flavored and sweet; 

 very prolific. % lb., 15c; lb., 40c 



Tip-Top. — It is a yellow-fleshed Melon of the very best quality, every 

 Melon produced big or little, early or late in the season, is a good one. 

 They are sweet, juicy, of finest flavor, eatable to the very rind. It is a 

 strong grower and a heavy yi elder, and of handsome appearance. Pkt., 

 5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 20c; lb. 75c. 



CITRON. 



Colorado 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; X lb-, 15c; lb. 50c. 



18 



15c; 



Extra Early Jenny Lind or Jersey Button. — This is an im- 

 proved type of Jenny Lind. There is a distinct knob or but- 

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

 attempted to make a second growth. This growth is a 

 peculiarity of the earliest ripening 

 strain, and indicates the finest flavor, 

 not often found in any other melon. 

 Pkt. 5c; oz., 10c; X lb.. 20c; 

 lb., 60c 



New Sweet Home. — This is a very 

 fine market or family melon. It is 

 oblong in shape, very beautifully net- 

 ted, thick green flesh, and of delicious 

 flavor. The melons run medium to 

 large in size and exceedingly uniform, 

 and a basket of them makes a very 

 handsome appearance in market. 

 Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; X lb. 25c; 

 lb., 75c 



Large Hackensack or Turk's Cap. — 



Very popular variety. It attains a 

 large size, is round in shape and flat- 

 tened at the ends. Skin green and 

 thickly netted. Flesh is also green, 



rich and sugary in flavor. Pkt., 5c; X lb., 



15c; lb. 40c. 



Baltimore Nutmeg. 



Extra Early Jenny Lind. 



