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Photograph of an OUTREMONT BEAUTY MELON, with an ordinary ROCKY FORD MELON placed on top for contrast, 
also two-foot rule at bottom and side. 
O B The Largest and Finest of all 
utremont beauty Muskmelons 
Early in August last, we were astonished to see the windows and store of a Broad Street fancy fruit 
dealer of this city filled with the most magnificent melons we ever saw, and selling readily at from 
$3.50 to $4.00 each. New Jersey and Colorado grown cantaloupes seemed like pigmies alongside these 
in price, size and handsome appearance. They attracted so much attention that nearly all the daily 
papers of this city had something to say about their merits. Learning that these melons came from 
Canada, the writer (Johnson) started for there at once, to learn the origin, and found that they were 
grown by Mr. T. J. Gorman, at Outremont, Canada. Mr. Gorman’s patch was certainly a sight. Not- 
withstanding he had made several pickings, the vines were literally loaded with melons, weighing from 
15 to 25 pounds each (Mr. Gorman assured us he had grown one specimen to weigh 56 pounds). Ow 
ing to their very thick flesh, which is very delicious, and small seed cavity, only about $ ounce 
of seed could be taken from a melon, and it was only after great persuasion, and at a fabulous price, 
we induced Mr. Gorman to select and save for us a few pounds of the seed, which we have put up in 
packets of 25 seeds each, and will supply our customers at 25c. per packet, or 5 packets for $1.00. 
We cannot, however, supply more than 5 packets to any one customer, With each packet of seed send 
complete directions, as given us by Mr. Gorman, for growing to perfection these truly magnyicent melor 
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