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'T' '^ E grow our Melon Seed almost exclusively on our ovrn farms and those of our private 



£ I \ growers in New Jersey, a State famous for producing the finest melons in the world 

 ■ I I We are to-day the largest growers of melon seeds in the United States, our annual pro- 

 % I M duction 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, every season, over 

 our counter, hundreds of Xew Jersej- truck gardeners with our superior strains. We attribute the popu- 

 larity 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 bv us. 



MELONS.— Musk or Cantaloupe. 



One ounce will plant about seventy hills; three pounds 

 will plant one acre. 



3JEW GRKEX FLESHED OSAGE. Offered last 

 season for the first time. See photograph and description 

 under Novelties, page 13. Pkt., lOe.: oz., 30e.: % lb., 80c.: 

 lb., S3.00. 



What Others say of Xew Green Fleshed Osage. 



CH.tuscEY P. Coy. Waterloo, Xeb.. Xov. 10. lf&3. writes : 

 " The Xew Green Fleshed Osage we call here the King of all 

 Green-fleshed Muskmelons." 



F. H. XOBLIT, Peach. Tenn., Oct. 21, 189.3, writes: "Your 

 Xe^v Green Fleshed Osage is the best and finest flavored 

 melon I have ever seen. It is "worth its "weight in gold.'' 



A. 51. FAiEHrBST. Emison. Ind.. Xov. 17. 1S93, writes : 

 "The Green Fleshed Osage Muskmelon did splendidly. 

 Tliey are most handsome in appearance, and in quality are 

 unsurpassed hv anv other melon." 



>'EWBANQt"ET. A beautiful new red fleshed melon. 

 See photograph under Xovelties. page 14. Pkt., 5e.: oz..lOc : 

 14 lb., 30c.: lb., Sl.OO. 



THE DELMOXTCO. Another new melon from the 

 same source as the Banquet, of large size and oval in 

 shape. The flesh Is of a beautiful orange pink, and for ex- 

 cellence in qualitv. all lovers of good cantaloupes shoold try 

 the Delmonico. Pkt.. 5c: oz.. lOe.; J^ lb., 30c.: lb.. 90c. 



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PHOTOGEAPH OF THE XEW E.VELV HACKESSACK. 



XETV EAKLT HACKEXSACK. (See photograph.) 



This valuable variety is ready for market fully ten days 

 ahead of the well-known Hackensaek. its progenitor, which 

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

 the old Hackensaek, 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 of any known varietv, and is fast 

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

 ment to Xorthern markets. Pkt., 5c; oz., lOc; 34 lb.. 25c.: 

 lb.. SOc: 5 lbs. and over. 60c. perlb. 



PHOTOGEAPH OF A XETTED BEArTY. 



XETTED BEArXT. This new variety, first named 

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

 leading melon growers have realized handsomely on their 

 t;rops of Xetted Beauties, owing to their great earliness and 

 distinct handsome appearance, as sho^vn in the above photo- 

 graph. It is verv eariv, coming in a few davs after our 

 EXTRA EARLY PRIZE and JERSEY BELLE, 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 over ten 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 prominent firm is so similar, on our trial grounds, as to 

 seem identical with it. Pkt.. .5c.; oz., 15c.; Jilb., 35c.; lb., 

 S1.25; 5 lbs.. 55.00. 



"Xetted Beauty is more than you claim, wonderfully 

 prolific; stood np well in our wet season while .ill others- 

 rotted." — W. M. GEEARDEAr. Monticcllo. Fla. 



JERSEY BELLE. The earliest and best muskmelon 

 for light and sandy soils. See photograph and description 

 under Xovelties, page 11. Pkt., lOc; oz., 25c.; Ji lb., 75c; 

 lb., S2.50. 



EXTRA EARLY PRIZE. The earliest and best 

 muskmelon for strong soil. See Specialties, page 13. Pkt., 

 5c.; oz.,10c.; J41b..30c; lb., Sl.OO; 5 lbs. and over, 85c. i>er lb. 



