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TELON... 
Musk, or 
Cantaloupe. 
PETER HENDERSON & GCO., NEW YORK.—VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
German, Melone.—French, Melon.—Spanish, Melon. 
1 oz. for 60 hills; 2 to 3 Ibs. in hills for an acre. ™ 
Melons thrive best in a moderately enriched light soil; the hills should be from three to six feet apart each way, according to the richness of the soil. If soilis poor or 
sandy, plant at four feet. 
Previous to planting, incorporate well with the soil in each hilla couple of shovelfuls of thoroughly rotted manure ; plant twelve or fifteen 
seeds in each hill early in May, for latitude of New York ; for South, earlier; for farther North, later; 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 increase the size of those remain- 
ing and cause them to ripen quicker. Melons may also be forced under glass, like Cucumbers, but it is not often done in this country, for the reason that they can be 
grown and shipped so easily from the Southern States. 
- 2 gp zeneg! lll 
EARLY HACKENSACK. We were the first to distribute gen- 
erally throughout the country the now famous Hackensack. 
This New Early is a selection or improvement almost equal 
in size to the Hackensack, and at least ten days earlier. Several 
years’ thorough trial has proven it to be the best as well as 
The melons weigh from 
(See cut.) 
the earliest of all the netted melons. 
four to six pounds each, and are of delicious flavor. 
10c. pkt., 20e. oz., 40c. 14 1b., $1.50 Ib. 
MILLER’S CREAM, or PRINCESS. Most delicious. The flesh 
is a rich salmon color, very thick, sweet and rich; rind very thin 
and finely netted. 5c. pkt., 10c. 0z., 25¢. 14 Ib., 80c. lb. 
EMERALD GEM. This variety is of rich, delicious flavor and 
fine quality. Distinct, very early and prolific; skin ribbed, yet 
smooth, and of a deep emerald green, with a few lighter-colored 
stripes. The flesh is thick, of asuffused salmon color. Specially 
recommended to those who wish a very high-flavored fruit. 
(See cut.) 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 30c. 14 Ib., 90c. 1b. 
MONTREAL MARKET. Excellent variety of the largest size; 
we have had them weighing over 20 lbs. In shape almost round, 
flattened at ends, deeply ribbed; skin green and netted. Flesh 
green, very thick. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. 14 lb., 80ce. Ib. 
NEWPORT. (See Novelties, page 10.) 10c. pkt., 35c. oz., $1.00 14 
Ib., $3.00 Ib. 
SKILLMAN’S NETTED. Form, roundish oval; flesh deep 
green, sweet and richly perfumed; an early and delicious variety. 
5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. 14 lb., 80ce. 1b. 
Improved Christiana. A very fine variety of peculiar flavor, 
relished by many people. Its chief merit is its extreme earliness. 
Flesh bright orange. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 30c. 14 1b., $1.00 Ib. 
Netted Gem. One of the earliest, best and most prolific small 
melons. Globe-shaped, uniform in size, weighing from 114 to 
116 lbs. each. Flesh light green and of very fine flavor. (See cut.) 
10c. pkt., 15e. oz., 30¢. 14 Ib., $1.00 Ib. 
Jenny Lind. A popular small early variety, flattened at each 
end, ribbed and closely netted. Flesh green and of excellent 
flavor. Largely grown in the South for early shipment to the 
Northern markets. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 30c. 14 lb., $1.00 Ib. 
Improved Nutmeg. Fruit nutmeg shape; skin deep green, finely 
netted; flesh greenish yellow, rich and sugary. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 
25c. 14 |b., 80c. lb. 
BALTIMORE, or ACME. A green-fleshed, productive and ex- 
cellent shipping melon that can always be found in its season in 
the best hotels and restaurants in New York, Philadelphia and 
Baltimore. It is a green-fleshed variety of oblong form. (See cut.) 
5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. 14 Ib., 80e. lb. 
HACKENSACK. It attains a large size, is round in shape and 
flattened at the ends; skin green and thickly netted; the flesh 
also is green, rich and sugary in flavor. It is wonderfully 
productive; very popular with market gardeners. 5c. pkt., 10c. 
oz., 25e. 14 Ib., 80e. Ib. 
Large Yellow Cantaloupe. 
good flavor; early and productive. 
80e. Ib. 
PERFECTED DELMONICO. (See Novelties, page 
10.) 10c. pkt., 30c. oz., $1.00 14 Ib. 
This 
PINEAPPLE, a Winter Musk Melon. 
ings 
Flesh reddish orange, sweet, and of 
5c. pKt., 10c. oz., 25¢. 14 lb., 
represents a 
class of Musk 
Melons that is 
likely to prove 
ofmuch value. 
The color of 
the flesh is 
delicate 
lemon-yellow, 
and the outer f/\\ 
skin is dark fi 
green marked 
with yellow. 
The quality is 
delicious, hay- 
ing a rich 
spicy flavor 
that is not 
possessed by 
any other 
pebline AGS 
pkt., 35¢. oz., 
$1.00 144 1b., 
$3.00 Ib. 
PERFECTED DELMONICO MUSK MELON. 
(See Novelties, page 10.) 
WE DELIVER FREE to any post office in the United States, ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS offered in this Catalogue by the packet, ounce, 
quarter-pound, pound, half-pint, pint and quart. 
