10 PETER HENDERSON & GO., NEW YORK.—VEGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES. 
an 7 Henderson’s Famous 
**Newport”’ 
Musk elon. 
’ The highest-flavored, most luscious green= 
fleshed variety grown, and remarkably early. 
Musk Melon goes into eestasies over 
its rich aromatic flavor, and it cer- 
tainly is, we think, the most deli- 
cious of all the 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 somewhatresembles. Thefruits. 
are deep and almost round, with a dull 
green exterior, changing as they ripen to 
a rich golden color, evenly and closely 
netted. Theribsare quite shallow. The 
flesh is of exquisite texture, rich and 
melting, clear to the rind. Itisabounti- 
ful yielder, though the melons are not 
large, but for early family use, when deli- 
ie VERY person who tastes our Newport 
Henderson's cious quality is the desideratum, we can- 
‘* Newport”’ yA not too highly eulogize Henderson’s New- 
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aan a 2 iS S=_ Price, 10c. per pkt., 35¢e. per oz., $1.00 
A = ——— per 44 Ib., $3.00 per Ib. 
husk Mteton, FLenderson’s ‘Perfected Delmonico.” 
A red-fleshed variety, of most dainty and delicate flavor. 
HIS is an improvement over the well-known Delmonico Musk Melon 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 toa bright yellow. Theribs 
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, and is of very fine grain, with- 
out the slightest stringiness, and of delicate and delightful flavor. Notas musky as the green-fleshed melons, yet more highly prized 
on that account by many epicures. This variety produces melons of uniformly high quality and is likely to displace all other red or 
yellow fleshed sorts. Itis astrong, hardy grower and very prolific. We can recommend it either to the market gardener or amateur. 
Price, 10c. per pkt., 30c. per oz., $1.00 per 14 lb. 
A most delicious and productive variety 
for the family garden, succeeding in 
66 Cole’s Early 99 Water | i elon : Northern States where Melons were 
never matured before. 
OLE’S EARLY is positively the finest ‘‘all round” Water Melon in existence, and for the private family garden it is without a peer. 
People, particularly in our Northern States, who have never before been able to grow this most nectarous 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 continues 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 
50 captivating to the eye; in flavor it is lusciously sweet and refreshing, no pithiness or stringiness. 
The melons are not large, seldom over 12 inches in 
length by nine inches in diameter, but what they lack é . \\ ( = NEW Water Melon, 
in size is more than made up in number and solidity. S \ \ SS 
The heart is unusually large; there is little or no 
cavity, and very few seeds—all solid flesh, the quality 
of which is sustained clear to the rind. : 
In shape the melons are nearly round and of arich 
green color, striped and mottled with lighter shades. 
The rind being brittle renders them undesirable for 
shipping purposes, but for home use everywhere we 
cannot too highly recommend this variety. 
It can be grown, and successfully, too, over a larger 
latitude than any other water melon, and it will invari- 
ably mature large crops in any of the Northern States 
when the season is as long as that of New York. In 
fact, the following letter from one of our customers 
is convincing that COLE’S HARLY can be grown 
where water melons could never be matured before. 
“« Tt gives me pleasure to state that I have been successful 
this season 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 on new ground never before cultivated, 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 
St., New York City, Oct. 3d, 1895. : 
Price, 15c. per pkt., 30c. per oz., 80c. per 14 lb., $2.50 
per lb. (See cut.) 
