PETER HENDERSON &- CO.— VEGETABLE SEED NOVELiTIES. 



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A •wealthy citizen of New York,' who is considerable of an epicure, is said to have once offered his gardener $1,000, if he would 

 place a good edible watermelon, that had been raised in his own greenhouse, on his table Christmas morning. His desire was probably never 

 gratified, but had his taste extended to musk melons it could now be easily done, and that, too, without the aid of a greenhouse. This 

 would have been impossible until the introduction of this class of musk melons, which, though grown in the open ground in the same 

 manner as ordinary melons, can be picked off in the fall and kept in a cool cellar, as easily as pumpkins, until February or March. The 

 variety we offer is entirely new and the finest of all. The color of the flesh is a delicate peach pink 

 ■, ,-^v on the" inside, although it will at times run yellow in color, and the outer skin is dark green marked 

 with brown. The quality is delicious, having a rich spicy flavor that 

 is not possessed by any other fruit All of this class of melons have 

 much thicker and finer flesh than ordinary musk melons, hence their 

 long-keeping qualities. This variety rarely ripens In the open ground, so 

 the melons must be picked off in the fall and put in some cool place, 

 ''where, however, there is no danger of freezing, until they are wanted. 

 It is usually necessary to place them in a warm room for three or four 

 days before using so as to ripen them up thoroughly. (See Cut.) 25 cts. 

 per pkt., 5 pkts. for $1.00. 



• • New • • 

 Musk Melon, 



"TS?e*Baxquet.' 



This superb melon represents years of careful selection and im- 

 provement of a stock of Musk Melon at the hands of the largest 

 and most experienced grower of melons in the world. The raiser 

 regards it as his greatest production and likely to supersede all 

 other red-fleshed melons. "The Banquet" is* a medium-sized 

 melon, flat at both ends and more beautifully netted than any 

 known variety. In quality it has no equal, the flesh is uniformly 

 deep and of that granulated character that always indicates a good 

 melon; the color is a dark rich salmon. The oft-repeated question. 

 "How can I raise good Musk Melons?" can now be answered, 

 "Plant the Banquet." We are safe in saying that it will produce 

 more fine edible melons to a given area than anv other varietv. 

 (Seecut.) 15 cts. per pkt.. 50ct9. per oz., $1.75 per i 4 lb., $6.00 per lb. 



We have bqught a great nuny seeds and plants of you during the pa«t six , 

 Tears, and always found them satisfactory, especially your melon seed, which 

 we buy In large quantities, as we raise them by acres.— Mar* ,T. Caldwell. ' 

 K. V., November ISth, 1891. 



