NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN VEGETABLES 



DCew U Humph Watermelon 



This new Melon has created quite a furore among Southern shippers the past two seasons on ac- 

 count of the very high prices reaHzed by the few who have grown them. Triumph is a cross between 

 the Duke Jones and Kolb Gem, having the handsome dark green color of the former and the fine 

 shipping qualities of the latter, but infinitely superior in flavor and grows much larger than either. Mr. 

 D. H. Gilbert, a large Florida grower, writes us he gathered from half an acre 523 melons, weighing over 

 43 lbs. each, with no small melons on the vines. The Monticello Constitution publishes the weights of 4 

 prize Triumph Melons, grown in Georgia, at 99 lbs., 952 lbs., 91| lbs and 89 lbs. respectively. Prices, 

 selected seed, pkt., lOc; oz., 20c.; J lb., 50c.; lb., $1.50. 



Stocky Sord Sifluskmelon 



Improved Netted or Rose Gem Strain 



In the past few years Coloi'ado has 

 developed into a great melon-growing 

 State. In 1898 over 800 carloads of 

 these now celebrated Kocky Ford 

 Muskmelons were shipped, reaching 

 almost every large market in the 

 United States, realizing handsome 

 profits, owing to tlieir fine quality and 

 appearance. " Never breaking down 

 in shipping." Nineteen carloads of 

 these melons were also sent to the 

 Omaha Exposition by the Rocky Ford 

 Growers' Association as an advertise- 

 ment. Rocky Ford is unquestionably 

 one of the best early melons in exist- 

 ence for market gardeners and ship- 

 pers, as well as for the home garden. 

 Selected seed, pkt., 10c. ; oz., 20c.; \ 

 ROCKy FOKD. The Great Colorado Nutmeg Melon. lb., 50c.; lb., $1.75. 



