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NEWPORT. 



THE HIGHEST FLAVORED, MOST LUSCIOUS 



GREEN-FLESHED VARIETY GROWN, 



AND REHARKABLY EARLY. 



7^7 VERY person who tastes our Newport Musk Melon 

 \ c goes into ecstacies over its rich aromatic flavor, and 

 it certainly is, we think, the most delicious of all 

 green-fleshed sorts, and as a class the green-fleshed musk 

 melons are more highly flavored than the red-fleshed. The 

 Newport is a very early melon, ripening with the Jenny Lind, 

 which it somewhat resembles. The fruits are deep and al- 

 most round, with a dull green exterior, changing as they 

 ripen to a rich golden color, evenly and closely netted. The 

 ribs are quite shallow. The flesh is of exquisite texture, 

 rich and melting clear to the rind. It is a bountiful yielder, 

 though the melons are not large, but for early family use, 

 when delicious quality is the desideratum, we cannot too 

 highly eulogize Henderson's Newport. (See cut.) 10c. 

 pkt.,*20c. oz., 40c. 14 lb., $1.25 lb. 



MILLER'S CREAM. This is, in our opinion, one of the 

 very finest red-fleshed varieties in cultivation. The 

 fruits are medium to large in size, slightly oval in shape, 

 and handsomely netted. The flesh is extremely and 

 uniformly deep, of a rich salmon color, of peculiarly firm 

 texture, yet thoroughly melting, having no stringy char- 

 acter whatever. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. J4 lb., 80c. lb. 

 Jenny Lind. This is the gem of the Musk Melons. The 

 fruit is small, round-flat in shape, deeply but evenly ribbed, 

 of a most attractive greenish gold color when ripe. It is 

 safe to say that its flavor is unsurpassed by any, and for 

 private use none is better, as it is an enormous cropper, 

 and bears for a longer season than any sort. 5c. pkt., 10c. 

 oz., 25c. 14 lb., 80c. lb. 

 Improved Nutmeg. Fruit, nutmeg shape ; skin, deep green, 

 finely netted ; flesh, greenish yellow, rich and sugary. 5c. 

 pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. % lb., 70c. lb. 



j^lM j^ELON OR QMTfUOUPE. 



THE CARMES. 



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 our- 

 selves quite fortunate in having secured 

 sufficient to work up a stock, under American 

 cultivation, to offer to our customers. 



It is now thoroughly adapted to our cli- 

 matic conditions. The vine is very vigorous, 

 producing an enormous number of fruits. 

 These are very dark olive-green in exterior 

 color, slightly netted and generally rough in 

 surface. 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 delicious flavor is beyond comparison. 

 It is, without doubt, an acquisition worthy 

 of a wide acquaintance. (See cut.) 10c. pkt. 

 20c. oz., 60c. i 4 lb., $2.00 lb. 



PERFECTED 

 c^DELMONICO. 



A RED-FLESHED VARIETY, OF /10ST 

 DAINTY AND DELICATE FLAVOR. . . 



VT7HIS is an improvement over the well-known Delmonico Musk Melon, 

 JJ I which we introduced several years ago. This improved type is almost 

 a perfect globe in shape ; the skin is a peculiar grayish green until ripe, 

 when it changes to a bright yellow. The ribs are wide and covered thickly 

 with prominent netting. The melons average about six inches in diameter, 

 have a very small seed cavity, and are exceedingly solid and heavy for their 

 size. The flesh is a deep rich orange-yellow color, is of very fine grain, and 

 of delicate and delightful flavor. lOc.pkt., 15c. oz., 40c. y A lb., $1.00 lb. 



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