POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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MELONS— Watermelon 



One ounce will plant about fifty hills and 

 four pounds will plant one acre. 



Paul Rose, or Petoskey Muskmelon 



A cross of Osage and Netted Gem, and best of 

 the salmon or red-ileshed sorts. Flesh unusually 

 thick, firm and delicious ; well netted and fine for 

 market. Pkt., 5c.; oz.,10c.; i lb., 35c.; lb., $1.20. 



THE ANNE ARl'SDEL MfSKMKI.ON. 



Anne Arundel Muskmelon 



An improvement on the well-known Acme or 

 Baltimore, growing to larger size, with thicker 

 flesh. Notwithstanding its large size, it is ready 

 for picking immediately after the extra early sorts, 

 is a heavy yielder and bears shipment well, its 

 shape enabling it to resist pressure much better 

 than the rounder melons. The Anne Arundel is 

 fast becoming the most popular green-fleshed sort 

 for both market and family use. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 

 15c.; ilb., 40c.; lb., $1.40. 



SHORT SEED CROPS Owing to attacks of in 



sects and bad climatic 



conditions in many seed-growing sections seed 

 crops of both muskmelons and watermelons have 

 been shorter than for many years. There is not 

 half enough seed in the country for normal require- 

 ments. Before going to print with this catalogue, 

 we have declined wholesale orders for thousands of 

 pounds of the leading sorts, preferring to supply 

 our retail customers with their wants, and hope 

 our action will be appreciated. 



Varieties not listed are a total failure. 



SPECIMEN OF Paul's bonny best — ripened in 62 days. 



Paul's Bonny Best Watermelon 



The earliest w'atermelon in cultivation. It 

 originated with the late Aaron Paul, the famous 

 New Jersey melon grower and hybridizer. In our 

 trials in past seasons we had good-sized melons^ 

 plenty large for market, weighing 15 to 20 lbs. eaCh^ 

 on July 10th, from seed planted May 9th, while 

 most other varieties could not be eaten until about 

 August 1st. Flesh red, deliciously sweet, with but 

 few seed. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 20c.; i lb., 60c.; lb., $2.00. 



New Triumph Watermelon 



This new melon has created quite a furore 

 among shippers on account tf the very high prices- 

 realized by those who have grown them. Triumph 

 is a cross between the Duke Jones and Kolb Gem, 



havingthe handsome dark green colorof the former 

 and the fine shipping qualities of the latter, but 

 infinitely superior in flavor and grows much larger 

 than either, having been known to attain a weight 

 of over 100 lbs. Pkt, 5c.; oz., 10c. ; J lb., 25c. ; lb., 

 75c., postpaid; by express or freight, lb., 65c. ; 5 lbs. 

 and over, 60 cts. per lb. 



