60 PETER HENDERSON & CO. 's CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



LETTUCE— Continued. 



plants to set out in April; but these are never so good as those wintered over. For successive 

 crops, sowings may be made in the open ground as early as spring opens, until July. 



Per pkt. Per oz. J£ lb. Lb. 

 Early Curled Simpson, (See Cut.) This variety, properly speak- 

 ing, does not head, but forms a compact, close mass of leaves; 



the earliest, and leading market sort 10c. 30c. $1 00 $3 00 



Early Curled Silesia. Closely resembles the above ; a valuable 



early kind r . 10c. 15c. $0 50 $150 



Tennis Ball. (Black seeded.) Forms a close, hard head, with 



few outer leaves, a favorite forcing variety 10c. *30c. 1 00 3 00 



Black-Seeded Butter. Similar to Tennis Ball, but larger in all 



its parts; used extensively as an out-door variety 10c. 30c. 1 00 3 00 



Boston Market, (True.) A superb variety, grows very compact, 



and is beautifully white and crisp 10c. 30c. 1 00 3 00 



Large India. Withstands summer heat better than most kinds ; 



forms an immense solid head 10c. 40c. 125 4 00 



Large "White Summer Cabbage. Excellent for summer ; heads 



of gocd size, close and well formed 10c. 30c. 1 00 3 00 



Drumhead, or Malta. {See Cut.) Heads very large, crisp, tender 



and of good flavor; one of the best summer varieties 10c. 20c. 60 2 00 



Boston Curled. A variety of superior quality, very symmetrical 



and ornamental in growth 10c. 30c. 1 00 3 00 



All the Year Round. A hardy, crisp eating and compact grow- 

 ing variety, with small close heads of a dark green color ; an 



excellent summer Lettuce, and valuable for forcing 10c. 40c. 1 25 4 00 



Hardy Green Winter. One of the best winter varieties, very 



hardy, and forms a solid bead 10c. 30c. 100 3 00 



Brown Dutch.. Very hardy; one of the best for winter use 10c. 30c. 1 00 3 00 



Paris White Cos. One of the best of the upright varieties; tender 



and crisp; should be tied up to insure blanching 10c. 30c. 1 00 3 00 



MELON, "(MUSK.) 



German, M elonc — French, Melon. — Spanish, Melon. 



Melons thrive best in a moderately enriched light soil; the hills should be six feet apart each 

 way. Previous to planting, incorporate well with the soil in each hill a couple of shovelsful of 

 thoroughly rotted manure; plant twelve or fifteen seeds in each hill, early in May, and when well 

 up thin out to three or four of the most promising. Pinch off the leading shoots as the growth 

 becomes too luxuriant, and if the fruit sets too numerously, thin out when young, which will in- 

 crease the size of those remaining, and cause them to ripen quicker. 



*Per pkt. Per oz. % lb. Lb. 



Green Citron. (See Cut.) Fruit medium size, deeply netted ; 

 shape nearly round, from six to eight inches in diameter ; 

 flesli green and of rich, delicious flavor 5c. 15c. $0 35 $1 10 



Nutmeg. Fruit nutmeg shape ; skin deep green, finely netted ; 



flesh greenish yellow, rich and sugary 5c. 15c. 35 1 10 



Skillman's Netted. Form roundish oval ; flesh deep green, sweet, 



and richly perfumed; an early and delicious variety 5c. 15c. 35 1 10 



Pineapple. Medium size, dark "green, oval, netted, flesh thick, 



sweet and juicy 5c. 20c. 50 150 



Casaba. A iarge variety of delicious flavor 5c. 20c. 50 1 50 



Ward's Nectar. A green-fleshed variety of fine quality, being ex- 

 ceedingly sweet, rich and delicious 10c. 80c. 1 00 3 00 



Sills Hybrid. A rather new sort of great merit; flesh salmon col- 

 ored ; flavor sweet and delicious 5c. 20c. 75 2 00 



White Japan. An early medium-sized, roundish variety ; skin 



cream white and fine flavored 5c. 20c. 50 1 50 



Jenny Lind. A moderately early variety, of small size, but excel- 

 lent flavor 5c. 15c. 40 135 



Large Yellow Cantaloupe. Flesh reddish orange, sweet, and of 



good flavor; an early and productive variety 5c. 15c, 35 1 10 



Large Yellow Musk. A very large variety, deeply ribbed, and 

 thickly netted ; flesh salmon yellow, thick and sweet. Used in 

 the green state for ' ' Mangoes. " . 5c. 15c. 35 1 10 



Pomegranate. Very fragrant and ornamental, but not edible. . . . 10c. 



