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r. JOHNSON .-.&.•. STOKES/. PHILADELPHIA .• 



THE PRINCESS nMSKHELON. 



We feel justlv proud of lieiiiR the first seedsmen to offer to the public a new variety of such cxiraordinary value. IN 

 1888 ami 1889 bA^EK ONE THOUSAND MARKET GAKDENEKS PRONOUNCED THE PRINCESS TO BE THE 

 FINEST AND S"WEETEST OF ALL BIELONS. It is quite distinct from all other varieties, and possesses so many strong 

 points of superiority that it must speedily become the most popular variety for family and market purposes. The Princess 

 is a chance seedling:, discovered some years since by one of our customers, a large melon grower near Boston, who claims to 

 have sold them as high as S2..50 each to fancy restaurants in Boston, owing to their extremely hawlsome appearance, uonder- 

 fuiteeiglit and thick flesh when opened. Our engraving, made from nature, shows their .shape, which is nearly round, with 

 heavily-netted dark-green skin ; the flesh is of a rich salmon color, thicker than in any other melon, and in flavor is sweet 

 and luscious beyond description. They ripen early and grow to good size, frequently weighing eight to ten pounds each. The 

 vines grow vigorous^ly and are very productive. We have counted eight perfect melons on a single vine. Gardeners have ' 

 heretofore used every effort to procure seed, paying very high retail prices for melons in order to do so. We are glad to 

 estate, however, that our crop of seed of this grand melon was so good the past season that we can now offer it at a moderate 

 price, within the reach of all. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 2()c.; I4 lb.. 60c.; lb, 52.00. 



HE o5/qQE 



nU5KnEL0N. 



No variety of muskmelon has ever 

 advanced in popularity and become so 

 "widely known in such a. short time as this 

 variety. The past summer has been only 

 the third season in the Chicago market, 

 but it is now the favorite sort in all of the 

 leading hotels and restaurants, and is also 

 well known by all commission men and 

 largely by the general public, beingoffered 

 ■on the hotel and restaurant bills of fare 

 under its own name^" OSAGE." 



THE OSAGE grows to medium size 

 rand is egg-shaped, as shown in our illus- 

 tration. The skin is very thin, of flark 

 ^reen color, and slightly netted. The 

 flesh i.! of a salmon color, remarkably 

 sweet and spicy in flavor, extremely 

 thick and delicious to the rind. The seed 

 <avity is very small. All lovers and .ship- 

 pers of fine melons should' try THE 

 OSAGE. After the PRINCESS we be- 

 lieve it to be the best melon grown, and it 

 is so pi'onounced by hundreds of market 

 gardeners and melon growers. Pkt., 10c.; 

 -oz., 20c.; li lb., 40c.; lb., S1.40. 



A. J. .ToxEs, Newport News, Va., 

 T\rites: "The Princess melon is all that 

 you represent. They "were claimed to be 

 the finest brought to this market. Many 

 purchased to obtain the seed. All other 

 seeds were fine." 



^-EW OSAI.]; Mr-KMICT-llS. 



Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c.; 1 tlb., 40c.; lb 



SI. 40. 



