f£K Dixie Watermelon. 



A watermelon that has out-sold the last two seasons in the 

 Philadelphia and New York markets, all other varieties. The 

 Dixie Melon has come to stay. It is well known that for 

 several years past Kolb Gem has been the most popular market 

 melon, and I am perfectly safe in making the statement that the 

 Kolb Gem has done more to injure the watermelon trade than any 

 other variety ever introduced. While its shipping qualities have 

 recommended it to the market grower, yet its flavor has been so 

 utterly miserable in many cases when picked before they were 

 thoroughly ripe that it has unquestionably injured the sale of other 

 melons to a great extent. Now in the Dixie, we have a melon superior 

 to Kolb Gem in every way — productiveness, superior shipping quali- 

 ties, and above all, delicious flavor. All who grew this fine melon 

 the past season are so enthusiastic in its praise that I doubt in the 

 coming season of '93 if there will be half enough seed to supply the 

 demand. I cannot do better in describing the Dixie than quote as 

 follows from the introducer's description : 



"It is a cross between the Kolb Gem and Old Fashioned 

 Mountain Sweet, made by one of the largest truck and melon 

 growers of North Carolina, surpassing the former in shipping 

 qualities, and fully equaling the latter in fine eating quality and 

 flavor, being a week to ten days earlier than either, with a 

 remarkably thin rind, almost impenetrable, which preserves it for 

 a great length of time, keeping three times as long as either before 

 showing decay. Its great productiveness is shown from the fact 

 that the past season each vine matured from seven to eight large 

 melons, while the Kolb Gem rarely produced more than three. 

 The vines grow strong and rapidly, with more laterals than any 

 other melon, and have the singular and very valuable quality of 

 rooting from every joint, adding greatly to the productiveness and 

 life of the vines. The meat is more scarlet, finer and of much 

 better quality. These strong claims have been more than verified 

 by ourselves, and hundreds of other'growers. " 



I wish to call the particular attention of my customers to its 

 strong point of rooting at every joint. Towards the middle 

 of September, when other melons, particularly the Kolb Gem, are 

 absolutely dead, the Dixie will be sending out new shoots, and the 

 foliage will be as luxuriant as at any time of its growth. This one 

 quality alone, if nothing else, would recommend Dixie above every 

 other variety for market purposes. In conclusion would say, there 

 is seldom a year when I can offer my customers two such water- 

 melons as Girardeau's New Favorite and this justly celebrated Dixie 

 Melon. Pkt, 5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 30c; lb.; $1.00. 



Denver Market Lettuce 



Has so far made a name for itself wherever tried, and is 

 unquestionably a most desirable hard heading variety. I quote 

 as follows from the introducer's description: "We obtained a 

 few seeds of this new Lettuce some years ago from a market 

 gardener in Denver, Col., and succeeded this year in raising a 

 limited supply of the seed. It is an early variety of Head Lettuce, 

 either for forcing or open ground. It forms large, solid heads, of 

 a good light green color and is very slow to run to seed. The 

 leaves are beautifully curled and crimped (like the Savoy 

 Cabbages) and are very tender, crisp and of excellent flavor. The 

 crimped leaves distinguish it from any other kind of Lettuce now 

 grown. The shape of the head somewhat resembles the Hanson, 

 but is more oblong. " C. C. Morse & Co., seed growers, California, 

 say: "It is the best novelty ever seat to us, and tried in our 

 trial grounds, together with ninety-six other varieties of Lettuce, 

 we found it to be the best." Pkt., 10 cts.joz., 25 cts.; jjlb., 75 cts. 



