56 PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



LETTUCE— Continued. 



Per oz. X lb. Lb. 



Tennis Ball. Forms a close, hard head, 'with few outer leaves, a 



favorite forcing variety 40c. $125 $4 00 



Black-Seeded Butter. Similar to Tenuis Ball, but larger in all its 



p arts ; used extensively as an out-door variety 40c. 1 25 4 00 



Hardy Green Winter. One of the best Winter varieties, very hardy, 



and forms a solid head 30c. 100 3 00 



Large India. Withstands Summer heat better than most kinds ; 



forms an immense solid head 40c. 125 4 00 



Large White Summer Cabbage. Excellent for Summer; heads 



of good size, close and well formed 40c. 1 25 4 00 



Drumhead, or Malta. Heads very large, crisp, tender, and of good 



flavor; one of the best Summer varieties 30c. 1 00 3 00 



Boston Curled. A variety of superior quality, very symmetrical 



and ornamental in growth 40c. 1 25 4 00 



Perpignan. A German variety, stands Summer heat well, and does 



not run quickly to seed 40c. 1 25 4 00 



Victoria. Black seeded ; a very superior variety ; stands the 



Summerwell 30c. 100 3 00 



Brown Dutch. Very hardy; one of the best for Winter use 40c. 1 25 4 00 



Stanstead Park. A new variety, very hardy, crisp, and excellent 



for Fall sowing Per packet, 15c. 50c. 



Paris Green Cos. One of the best of the upright varieties, tender 



and crisp ; should be tied up to ensure blanching 40c. 1 25 4 00 



Paris White Cos. Of lighter color than the preceding, crisp and 



excellent 40c. 125 4 00 



Hicks' Hardy White Cos. A fine new variety, said to stand 



Summer heat well ; adapted for Spring or Fall sowing. Per 



packet, 15c 50c. 



MELON-(MUSK.) 

 German, Melone. — French, Melon. — Spanish, Melon. 



Melons thrive best in a moderately enriched light soil ; the hills should be six feet 



apart each way. Previous to planting, incorporate well with the soil in each hill a 



couple of shovelfulls of thoroughly rotted manure ; plant twelve or fifteen seeds in each 



hill, early in May, and when well up thin out to three or four of the most promising. 



Pinch off the leading shoots as the growth becomes too luxuriant, and if the fruit sets 



too numerously, thin out when young, which will increase the size of those remaining 



and cause them to ripen quicker. 



Per oz. ^ lb. Lb. 



Green Citron. Fruit medium size, deeply netted ; shape nearly 

 round, from six to eight inches in diameter, flesh green, and 

 of rich, delicious flavor 15c. 40c. $125 



Nutmeg. Fruit nutmeg-shaped, skin-deep green finely-netted, flesh 



. greenish yellow, rich, and sugary 15c. 40c. 1 25 



Skillman's Netted. Form, roundish oval ; flesh deep green, sweet, 



and richly perfumed ; an early and delicious variety 20c. 50c. 1 50 



Pineapple. Medium size, dark green, oval, netted, flesh thick, 



sweet and juicy 20c. 50c. 150 



Christiana. Medium size, flesh reddish yellow, sweet, and of good 

 quality ; chiefly recommended for its earliness, as it is in- 

 ferior iu flavor to most of the green fleshed sorts 20c. 50c. 1 50 



White Japan. An early medium-sized, roundish variety; skin 



cream white and fine-flavored 25c. 75c. 2 50 



Jenny Lind. A moderately early variety, of small size, but ex- 

 cellent flavor 20c. 50c. 150 



Allen's Superb. A variety of the Nutmeg, flesh green and very 



sweet 20c. 50c. 150 



Large Yellow Cantaloupe. Flesh reddish orange, sweet, and of 



good flavor ; an early and productive variety 15c. 40c. 1 00 



Large Yellow Musk. A very large variety, deeply ribbed, and 

 thickly netted, flesh salmon yellow, thick and sweet. Used 

 in the green state for " Mangoes." 15c. 40c. 125 



Pomegranate. Very fragrant and ornamental, but not edible. Per 

 packet, 15c. 



