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WE grow our Melon Seed almost exclusively on our own farm^ and those of our private growers in 

 New Jersey, a State famous for producing the finest melons in the world. We are to-day the 

 largest growers of melon seeds in the United States, our annual production amounting to many 

 tons. During past years we have annually supplied them, not only in the United States, but 

 to customers in nearly every country in Europe, Africa, South America, Mexico and West Indies. We 

 also supply, fevery season, over our counter, hundreds of New Jersey truck gardeners with our superior 

 strains. We" attribute the popularity of our melon, as well as of other seeds, to our careful selection of 

 the very finest specimens for our seed stocks, thus improving and breeding up our stocks to the highest 

 state of perfection. As will be noted in the following descriptions, several of the best and most popular 

 melons now known were first introduced by us : 



MELONS— Musk or Cantaloupe. 



One ounce will plant about seventy hills; three pounds 

 will plant one acre. 



NEW GKfcEN FLKSHED OSAGE. The best green 

 fleshed sort. See photograph and description under Novel- 

 ties, page 13. Pkt.,5c.;oz., 1.5c.; %\b , 35e.; lb., $1.25. 



JEKSEY BELLE. The earliest and best muskmelon 

 for light and sandy soils. See photograph and description 

 under Novelties, page 13. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; J4 lb., 35c.; 

 lb., 81.25. 



photogSaph op a netted beauty. 



NETTED BEAUTY. This new variety, first named 

 and introduced by us. has met with large sale, and many 

 leading melon gro.rers have realized handscrmely on their 

 crops of Netted Beauties, owing to tlieir great earliness and 

 distinct handsome appearance, as shown in the above photo- 

 graph. It is very early, coming in a few davs after oiir 

 Extra Early Prize and Jersey B«'lle, which are the 

 earliest melons known. It is completely covered with a 

 dense netting, and entirely free from any tendency to rib like 

 other sorts. It is also very productive ; our whole crop 

 averaged in past seasons overten melons to the vine, on good 

 ground. The flesh is pale green, very thick, sweet and high 

 flavored. Since our introduction of this variety three years 

 since, a melon introduced under another name by a promi- 

 nent firm is so similar, on our trial grounds, as to seem identi- 

 cal with it. Pkt., 5c.; oz , lOc; % lb., 30e.; lb., $1.00, post- 

 paid ; 5 lbs., $4.(10, by express. 



PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEW^ EARLY BACKENSACK. 



NEW EAKI.Y HACKENSACK. (See Photograph.) 

 This valuable variety is ready for market fully ten days 

 ahead of the well-known Hackensack, its progenitor, whioh 

 it much resembles. The melons are almost equal in size to 

 the old Hackensack, weighing from five to ten pounds each. 

 It is very productive, averaging five to six melons on the 

 vine, all very deeply netted. Its carrying and shipping 

 qualities are equal to those ofanyknown variety, and itisfast 

 becoming popular in the South, where it is grown for ship- 

 ment to Northern markets. Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; ^ lb., 20c.;. 

 lb., 65c., post-paid ; 5 lbs. and over, 50c. per lb., by e.-cpress. 



MILEER CKEAM, or KED-ELESHED OSAGE. N» 



variety of muskmelon has become so widely known in such 

 a short time as the Osage, or Miller Cream, as it is called 

 in some sections.' In the Chicago and otherWestern markets 

 it is now the favorite sort. It is also well known by commis- 

 sion men and the general public, being offered on the hotel 

 and restaurant bills of fare by its own name — "0*AG^."■ 

 It grows to a medium size, and is egg or globe-shaped. The 

 skin is very thin, of dark green color, and well netted. The 

 flesh is of a salmon pink color, remarliably sweet and 

 spicy in flavor, extremely thick and delicious to the rind. 

 Pkt., 5c.;oz., lOc; % lb., ^ic; lb., 75c., post-paid ; 5 lbs. and 

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



GOLDEN GEM (Netted Gem, or Golden Jenny). 



This valuable cantaloupe, first introduced by us, is admitted 

 by prominent melon growers to be one of the very best 

 grown. They grow very uniform in shape and size, weigh- 

 ing about two pounds each, skin green and thickly netted. 

 They are very thick meated, flesh of a light green color, the- 

 Inside surface, when cut ojien, being of a beautiful golden 

 color. In quality and flavor tliey are superior, being uni- 

 formly rich, svgary and luscious. They are extra early, ripen- 

 ing a week after our Jersey Belle and Extra Early Prize. 

 The vines keep green longer and produce better than any 

 variety we have ever known. They sell in markets, where^ 

 known, right alongside of other varieties, at double price. 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c ; ^ lb., 25c.; lb., 70c.; 5 lbs. and over, by- 

 express, 50c. per lb. 



