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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



MUSK HELON 



Ger. Melone. Fr. Melon. 

 One ounce will plant 60 hills. 

 A rich, sandy loam is most advisable for melons. 

 The seed should be planted in hills five or six feet 

 apart each way, thoroughly mixing with the soil in 

 each hill a couple of shovelsful of thoroughly rotted 

 manure, which will produce a strong and healthful 

 growth; plant when the earth becomes warm, in as 

 warm a situation as can be found; put ten or twelve 

 seeds in each hill, and after they are out of danger 

 from bugs, thin out to three or four plants; when 

 anaall, dust with ashes or air-slacked lime, when the 

 dew is on, to protect from bugs. 

 THE STRAWBERRY. See Novelties. 



Emerald Qem Musk Melon. 



EMERALD GEM. This variety is early, 



very prolific and hardy, and the most delicio\is 

 melon grown. Skin smooth and of an emerald 

 green; flesh very thick, of a salmon color It is 

 very juicy and rich. The flavor is sweet and lus- 

 cious beyond description. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 8 

 cts., 14 lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts. 



OSAGE. This variety is the leading 



favorite of all the yellow-flcshcd varieties with 

 p-owers and shippers. It is large, oval, slightly 

 ribbed and netted; skin very dark green; flesh a 

 deep, rich salmon, sweet and high flavored to with- 

 in a half inch of the rind. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 8 

 cts., V4. lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts. 



MILLER'S CREAM. Ranks high as a 



market m.lon, either for home or shipping. The 

 flesh is of a rich salmon color, very sweet and 

 melting in quality, and is so very thick that the 

 melon is almost solid. The vine is a strong grower 

 and verv productive. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 8 cts., 

 V4 lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts. 



CHAMPION MARKET. This Melon is 



very popular, both for market and family use. The 

 melons are almost a perfect globe in shape and 

 densely netted. Flesh is thick, light green in color 

 and of rich, sweet flavor. The vines are very vigor- 

 ous and healthy; very productive. Per pkt. J c(e., 

 oz. 8 cts., 14 lb. 15 cts.. lb 50 cts. 



EARLY GREEN NUTMEG. The stand- 

 ard sort fruit oval, good si7,e, thickly netted, flesh 

 light green, rich, sweet and melting. Pkt. 4 cts., 

 oz. 7 cts., lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts. 



IMPROVED CHRISTIANA. The flesh is 



dark rifli yellow, very thick and of delicious flavor. 

 When ripe the melons separate from the stem. They 

 mature early. One of the best for the home gar- 

 den. Pkt. 4 cts.. oz. 7 cts., % lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts. 



BANANA. An entirely distinct variety 



bearing lonp, slender, banana-like fruit; skin 



creamy white and entirely free from netting; flesh 



deep salmon color, thick and of good quality. Pkt. 

 4 cts., oz. 8 cts., % lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts. 



Extra Early Hackcnsack Helon 



i EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK. ' A 



! selection of the old Hackensack, which it resembles, 

 but is fully ten days earlier. The melons weigh 

 from four to ten pounds, and are of excellent flavor. 

 It is one of the best as well as the earliest, hard- 

 iest, and most prolific of the netted musk melons 

 to grow for market or family use. Per pkt. 5 eta., 



' oz. 8 cts., % lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts. 



THE BANQUET. "The Banquet" is a 



i medium-sized melon, very flat ai both ends, and 

 I more beautifully netted than any known variety. 

 In quality it has no equal; the flesh is uniformly 

 deep and of that granulate character that always 

 indicates a good melon; color, dark, rich salmon. 

 Per pkt. 4 cts., oz. 8 cts., 14 lb. lo cts., lb. 50 cts. 



Paul Rose Husk Melon. 



PAUL ROSE. The introducer says:> "In 



the 'Paul Rose' we are offering the best Musk 

 Melon introduced for many years. It is a success- 

 ful cross of the Osage with the Netted Gem and 

 combines the sweetness of the former with the fine 

 netting of the Gem. It also has a firmness of rind 

 and 'cheesy' structure of flesh peculiarly its own 

 and superior in these respects to any melon in ex- 

 istence. It surpasses all melons as a shipper and 

 long keeper and no melon equals it in smallness 

 of seed cavity, nor approaches it in firmness." 



Mr. Paul Rose, one of the most extensive and 

 successful growers in the United States, has pro- 

 duced this as a result of six years' critical selection 

 for a basket melon of perfect .juality for the ship- 

 ping trade. They are of uniform shape, as shown 

 in cut, and average about 1% pounds each in 

 weight, a size most convenient to market in bas- 

 kets. Never breaks dov^Ti in shipping. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Vi lb. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



