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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



MELOJ^S A SPECIALITY. 



We desire to call attention to our very superior stock of melon 

 «eeds, which are grown for us with great care, by different growers, 

 Widely apart, to insure a pure article. Our stock must not be 

 classed with the cheap mixed sorts, usually the odds and end 

 savings, and refuse of the patch, unfit for market, but is saved 

 from all the finest ripe melons. Melon growers can therefor© 

 rely on our stock. 



THE OASABA MELON. 



A musk-melon of extraordinary size and delicious flavor; usual 

 weight from twelve to fifteen pounds. We have received flatter- 

 ing letters from various sections of the country in reference to its 

 superior quality. See page iv. 



Dr. Thurber, editor of the American Agriculturist^ thus notices 

 this fine melon : 



*' Mr. Henry A. Dreer, Seedsman, of Philadelphia, has sent us 

 specimens of a melon, the seeds of wliich he received under the 

 above name. It is, evidently, one of the Persian melons. One 

 of the specimens weighed twelve pounds, and if there is a more 

 sugary, tender-fleshed, and altogether good melon than this, we 

 should like to see it." 



Price, per lb. $4.00 ; per oz. 50 cts. ; per packet, 20 cts. 

 MU^K-MELON, PINE APPLE.— Exquisite flavor ; medium size ; a 

 desirable variety. Per lb. $1.00 ; per oz. 10 cts. ; per pa-^ket, 

 5 cts. 

 MUSK-MELON, TURK'S CAP.— A new variety of exquisite flavor. 



Per lb. 81.50; per oz. 20 cts. ; per packet, 10 cts. 

 MUSK-MELON, ALLEN'S SUPERB.— A new variety of the nut- 

 meg ; flesh green and sweet. Per lb. $2.50 ; per oz. 25 oti. ; 

 per packet, 10 cts. 



