WALTEP^P. STOKES 219 Market §fa-eet, PHIbADELPHIA, PA. 



Strawberry Lettuce 



has all the choice qualities of sweetness, flavor and pro- 

 ductiveness of the parent sort, and its flesh is of a beau- 

 tiful golden color. The seed cavity in the center of the 

 melon is exceedingly small, thus making it very thick, 

 fleshy and meaty. It is e.xactly the same shape as the 

 Rocky Ford, well netted and slightly ribbed. These 

 melons will bring top market prices ; one car last Sep- 

 tember, containing 863 dozen, sold for 11,159,80, net- 

 ting over $1 per dozen melons. As it is a strong grower, 

 it should be planted farther apart than the green-fleshed 

 sorts, say lox 12 feet. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., )i\h. 

 Socts., lb. I1.75. 



The Grand Muskmelon 



This is a very good shipping melon with salmon-col- 

 ored flesh, very thick meat and ripens evenly. It is from 

 ten to fourteen days earlier than the Osage, equaling it 

 in flavor. These melons are of a peculiar rich green 

 color on the outside, slisjhtly ribbed and netted. It has 

 a very vigorous vine, with the fruit setting near the root 

 and therefore resisting disease more than most other 



New Strawberry Lettuce 



The French people are great connoisseurs of Lettuce 

 and salads of all kinds, and this new French variety 

 comes to us with strong endorsement from these Let- 

 tuce-loving people. It forms a medium-sized head, very 

 firm, and has a delicious, crisp, buttery flavor. Outside 

 its general appearance is dark reddish 'brown, but the 

 interior of the head has a decided pink color, and, when 

 dressed with oil and prepared for the table, it resembles 

 a dish of crushed strawberries, hence its name. This 

 color, together with its rich flavor, makes it a novelty of 

 the first class, and I predict for it a very general sale for 

 private use. Price, pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., ^Ib. 75 cts., 

 by mail, postpaid. 



BurrelFs Gem Muskmelon 



A PINK-FLESHED ROCKY FORD 



It is a well-known fact among growers of melons for 

 market that the pink- or red-fleshed varieties are stronger 

 growers and less liable to blight than the green-fleshed 

 sorts. Burrell's Gem is a pink-fleshed Rocky Ford. It 



Burreli's Gem Muskmelon 



The Grand Muskmelon 



sorts. It is just the right size, averaging about 6 inches in diam- 

 eter. The "Grand," owing to its uniform size, its uniformly 

 rich, thick, salmon-colored flesh, makes it one of the most favor- 

 able salmon-colored fleshed fruits for the market ever offered. 

 Price, pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., ^Ib. 90 cts., lb. j;3, by mail, 

 postpaid ; by express, 5 lbs. 113.75. 



Stokes* New Jumbo Rocky Ford 

 Muskmelon 



This is a very fine strain of Rocky Ford Muskmelon that has 

 been selected o\ er a series of years in order to bring up the size. 

 They w ill average fully one-third larger than the ordinary run of 

 Rocky P'ord Melons, retain, all the good qualities of the older type 

 of sw eetness and netting and shape ; \ ery thick-meated ; splendid 

 shippers and carriers and desirable in every way. While larger 

 in type, they are ten days to two weeks earlier in maturing ; prac- 

 tically rust- and blight-p'oof ; carries in crates better and farther 

 than other melons. Price, pkt. lo cts., oz. 20 cts., ^4 lb. 60 cts., 

 lb. $2., postpaid ; by express, 5 lbs. f8.75. 



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