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NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 



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JERSEY BELLE MUSKMELON. 



THE CAPTAIN MUSKMELON. 



THE TWO EARLIEST MUSKMELONS KNOWN. 



THE C7^*>T7^Ih| T^hJD JeJ^SE/ ^ELLE. 



The Captain Muskmelon, seed of which is now offered for sale for the first time, attracted our 

 attention last June, by its appearance in Philadelphia markets a week before any other New Jersey grown 



melons. As the grower refused to sell the 

 seed, we were obliged to pay high prices for 

 the melons, in order to obtain seed stock for 

 planting. They are a handsome green-fleshed 

 sort, as shown in our photograph above, also 

 in photograph in colors on back of this book. 

 It will prove a bonanza to every gardener who 

 grows them. Perpkt., loc; oz., 25c.; }( lb., 

 75c.; lb., 12.50. 



Jersey Belle, introduced by us in 1893, 

 although not quite so early as the Captain, 

 does best on light soils, and will develop per- 

 fectly even on white sand. As shown in 

 photograph, it is flattened on the ends, deep- 

 ly ribbed and heavily netted, indicating by 

 its outward appearance the exquisite qual- 

 ity of the beautiful green flesh within. Pkt., 

 5c.; oz.,ioc. ; X lb. , 30c.; lb., |i.oo. 



A new extra early yellow-fleshed sort of 

 the finest quality rapidly gaining popularity 

 in the West, where it has been sold as high 

 as $2.50 per dozen to hotels. Its handsome 

 shape and appearance are well shown in the 

 photograph alongside. Pkt. , loc. ; oz. , 20c. ; 



PHOTO OF THE GRASD RAPIDS MISKMELON. l<( lb., 45C. ; lb., ^r.40. 



