PHILADELPHIA 



Melons — watermelon. 



One ounce -n-ill plant about fifty hills 

 and four pounds will plant one acre. 



l^\eLci{ Moulder Watermelon. 



A magnificent new variety, offered this season for the first 

 time. See illustration on front of this book, and Novelties 

 pages. Pkt.,10c.; oz.,20e.; i^lb., 60c.; lb.,S2.00. 



NEW SWEET HE.\RT WATERMELON. 



New Sweet Heart Watermelon. 



A magnificent new- shipping melon, of uniformly large 

 size and fine quality^^ Vine vigorous and productive, ripen- 

 mff »iT", ';'"''^; ^"■"'^ '"■&*'• °^''^'' ^-^^y I'eavy, uniformly 

 mot led light and very light green. Rind thin but firm, flesh 

 bright red, firm, solid but very tender, melting and sweet 

 Fruit remains in condition for use longer than any other sort' 

 Ihis vanety has no equal as a melon to ship to distant mar- 

 kets, and it is so attractive in appearance that it is readily 



20c Tb 60c ^'"'' ^ '^'■"^- ^'^'•' ^■■' "''■' ^*'''-= ^ "^ • 



Stores' extra 6cirl\? Water= 

 melon. 



H^„h/"H <l'st>n.<^t melon, first introduced by us, is, without 

 doubt, the earliest of all. Their shape is nearlv round, dark 

 green skill, slight y mottled with white. The flesh is deep 

 scarlet, reraarkal>ly solid and in deliciotis sugary flavor is 

 unsurpassed by any other melon. Their average weight is 



Sh^I" L^ff." P"""''f 7^" ^^'"^ '^ '-^^y small^ being only 

 about hall the size of other melon seeds. Thev are also much 

 more p,ydu^tive than the larger sorts. Pkt., 5c.: oz 10c • 

 % ID., zoc; lb., 8oc. '' 



New Watermelon, Cole's GarlxJ. 



t„r^y«lT''^^'\ ^ 1"!'^ cropper, and extremely delicate in tex- 

 ture of flesh which IS of a dark red color ; the rind i^ thin 

 and the quality of the flesh is sustained clear to the nnd' 

 M^Li ^^^^'"'' exceedingly brittle, hence not desirable for 

 shipping purposes, but, possessing all the other most desira- 

 M^nf!;^"''''^' ■^^ T" '"^'.''.•'' i-ecommend it for home use. 

 liih. 1 ^^^- "*'^'','^' '■"""'* '" ^'"'Pe. '■""d green, striped with 

 lighter shades. Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; % lb., 23c • lb 75c 



JOHNSON'S CHRISTMAS. This melon, introduced 

 by us a few years since, has already become a most popular 

 melon for shipping long distances. Hundreds of customers 

 write us every year tliat they keep until Christmas in perfect 

 condition. Their valuable keeping and shipping qualities 

 are due to a peculiar, hard, tenacious coating or outside 

 enamelhng of the skin, wliich also gives them an exceedingly 

 Handsome and fresli appearance, even after being kept or 

 allowed to remam on the vines for months after ripening 

 the flesh is of a beautiful rich scarlet, very solid and of deli- 

 cious sugary flavor. Its uniform size and handsome fresh ap- 

 pearance at all times make it a niosfso/ah^e lariXu. Pkt 5c- 

 oz., lOc; 14 lb., loc; lb., -Joe; 5 lbs. and over, 40c. per lb. ' " 



DARK ICING. This variety combines all the good 

 qualities essential to perfection. Thev grow to medium size 

 averaging in weight from twenty-five to thirty pounds' 

 although we have known them to reach fifty pounds. The 

 ,V^? d:»rk green and firm. Tlie flesh is adeep, rich scarlet 

 of delicious flavor ,• it is one of the best shipping and carrvine 

 melons grown. Pkt , 5c.; oz., 10c.; i/4lb., 1,5c.; lb., 45c.; 5 lbs 

 and over, by express or freight, 40c. per lb. 



UGHT ICING, or ICE KIND. Of round form, skin 

 light color, thin nnd and good quality, nearlv or quite equal 

 to the dark-skinned Icing, which it resembles in shape Pkt. 

 5c.; oz., lOc; ],i lb., luc; lb., .50c.; 5 lbs., S2.25. 



GRAY MONARCH, or LONG WHITE ICING. TMe 



distinct melon is, without doubt, one of the largest of all 

 frequently attaining a weight of seventv pounds and over' 

 1 he skin is a mottled gray color; shape long; flesh bright 

 cnmson, and of sweet, delicious flavor. It is also a fine ship- 

 per, carrying well long distances and bringing very hieh 

 prices. Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; H lb., 2(0c.; lb., 60c.; 5 lbs., $2.75. 

 GIRARDEAU'S FLORIDA FAVORITE. This va- 

 riety IS a hybrid of the Rattlesnake and Pierson, the latter 

 being a celebrated home variety in Florida. It is pronounced 

 one ofthe finest table melons extant; oblong in shape grow- 

 ing to a very large size; rind dark, with light green stripes; 

 flesh light crimson, very crisp and delieiouslv sweet It 

 ripens about ten days eariier than Kolb Gem or Iron-Clad 

 Pkt., 5c., oz., 10c.; J^ lb., 20c.; lb., .50c.; 5 lbs., 82.25. 



NEW RED-SEEDED VAUCLUSE. This is not only 

 the best foreign watermelon we have ever grown, but one of 

 the most promising of the many sorts latelv introduced It 

 IS of French origin, very early, of large size", elongated, egg- 

 shaped. The flesh IS a bright crimson, very sweet not 

 stringy and edible to within one-eighth of an inch of the 

 skin; the seeds are also bright red. The rind, though so thin 

 IS very tough, and the shell glossy, making it an excellent 

 shipper; dark green color, beautifully threaded with a stin 

 darker green. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c. ; % lb., 20e.; lb., 65c. 



SCALY BARK. The skin is dark green, quite smooth, 

 and has a peculiar scaly appearance. It is an unusually pro- ' 

 ductive sort, the average weight ofthe melons being forty to 

 fifty pounds, although it isnot unusual forspecimens to reach 

 seventy pounds. . The flesh is light crimson, solid, tender and 

 ot exquisite flavor ; remains in choice eating condition lone 

 after being pulled. The rind, though quite thin, is remark- 

 ably tough. Pkt., .5r.: r,7 If, 1,11, 'JOr lb fiOc 



M« Jl-UHO V \Tl.K3IELON. 



JtJJIBO. The shape of this new melon is well shown in 

 Illustration above. The skin is green, with faint stripes of 

 lighter green Iii form and habit of resting on the blossom 

 end IS like the Pride of Georgia, but is free from the ribs 

 of that variety. As indicated by the name, they grow to a 

 hue, large size, with a very tough rind, making it a valuable 

 shipping vanety. Flesh red and very sweet. It also ripens 

 quite early, and is rapidly becoming a most popular sort for 

 market. Pkt., .5e.; oz., lOc; i4 lb., 20c.; lb., 65c.; 5 lbs. and 

 over, 60c. per lb., by express. 



