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FOR THE VEGETABLE G ARDEN. 



WATER riELONS. 



One ounce for thirty hills : four to five pounds for an acre. 

 Price : Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; J lb. 20 cts., except where noted. 

 Sweet Heart. An entire'y distinct and handsome new 



Water Melon. Vine vigorous and productive, ripening 



early. Fruit large, oval, very heavy, uniformly mottled 



light and dark green. Flesh blight red, solid and very 



sweet, is sure to become a popular variety. Pkt. 5 cts.; 



oz. 10 cts.; % lb. 30 cts. 

 Dixie. A cross between the Kolb Gem and old- 

 fashioned Mountain Sweet, surpassing the 



former in earliness, productiveness and ship- 

 ping qualities, and fully equalling the latter in 



quality and fine flavor. It has a remarkably 



hard but very thin rind, and will keep longer 



than any other variety. 

 Black Spanish. Solid ; very thin rind, flesh 



scarlet, sweet and lucious ; a profitable 



variety for the market gardener. 

 Mountain Sweet. Early, large, oblong, dark 



green, thin rind, flesh red, solid, rich and 



sweet. 

 Kolb Gem. This Melon grows to a very large size, 



is an excellent shipper. Of a delicious sugary flavor, 



bright red flesh, firm and solid. It is one of the largest 



(3 J to 50 lbs.), most productive and best keeping 



melons grown. Sweet Heart. 



Cuban Queen. One of the largest varieties, ripening to the very centre, heavy cropper, flesh bright red, tender and 



melting, lucious, crisp, and very sugary. 

 Florida Favorite. Of medium size, striped alternately light and dark green, flesh deep red, crisp and deliriously 



sweet. Earlier than Kolb Gem by two weeks. 

 Boss. Color dark green, flesh unusually deep scarlet, rind very hard, but thin ; quality of the best. 



Dark Icing. The flavor of this variety 

 cannot be excelled. It is very solid, rind 

 very thin, and highly prized as a shipper ; 

 ^ seed white. 



Wonderful ( The Mclvcr Sugar 

 Melon.) A variety introduced 

 from North Carolina. A very 

 sweet solid fleshed sort, often 

 grows to the length of two feet, 

 l and from 12 to 16 inches in dia- 

 meter. The rind is marked with 

 broad bands of yellowish green, 

 shading to deep green ; shaped 

 oblong, is entirely stringless, an 

 acquisition to the list of Melons. 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts. ; \ lb. 50 cts. 



Striped Gipsy, or Rattlesnake. 



An early variety, large, oblong, 

 skin green, mottled and striped, 

 rind thin, flesh crimson and tine 

 flavored. One of the best ship- 

 ping sorts. 



Dixie. 





Ice Cream (white seed.) One of the best ; skin mottled gray ; flesh pink, solid, sweet and melting ; of medium size and 



nearly round. 

 Ironclad. Of large size and very solid. The rind, though quite thin, is remarkably strong, thus rendering it an 



excellent shipping sort. It is of a most delicious flavor, and is not surpassed for productiveness. 

 Seminole. An extra early Water Melon, of large size and delicious flavor. 



Flesh a vivid crimson color ; crisp and sugary. The melons are of two colors 



— gray and light green, the latter a darker coloring of the former. Melons of 



both colors are found on the same vine, and are exactly the same in shape, size, 



color of seed, flavor and quality. It is a very productive Melon, and should be 



largely grown by farmers and 

 truckers. 



Colorado Perserving Citron. 



This variety combines all the 

 best characteristics of a preser- 

 ving Melon, and often attains 



a weight of 20 pounds ; Sesh 

 white and very firm. 



Florida Favorite. 



Seminole. 



" DREER'S Vegetables Under Glass " (now ready) treats on all vegetables for forcing. 25 cts. 

 " DREER'S Open Air Vegetables " short notes of our 1896 observations. Ready March 1st. 25 cts. 



We pay postage on Flower and Garden Seeds except wliere noted. Farm Seeds are sent by express or freight at purchaser's expense. 



