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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



MUSK-MELON. 



Ger. Melone. Fr. Melon. 



One ounce will plant GO liills. 



A rich, sandy loam is most advisable for mel- 

 ons. The seed should be planted in hills five or 

 six feet-apart each way, thoroughly mixing with 

 che 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 small, 

 dust with ashes or air-slacked lime, when the 

 dew is on, to protect from bugs. 



MELEOSE. See Novelties. 



EMERALD GEM MUSK-MELON. 



EMERALD GEM. This variety is early, very 

 prolific and liardy, and the most delicious 

 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 

 luscious beyond description. Everyone should 

 give this variety a trial. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 

 cts., % lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



OSAGE. No variety lias advanced in popularity 

 and become at once so widely known as the 

 Osage. Now the leading favorite of all the 

 yellow-flesJied varieties with growers and 

 shippers. U is large, oval, slightly ribbed and 

 netted; skin very dark green; fiesh a deep, 

 rich salmon, sweet and high flavored to within 

 a half inch of the rind. The whole crop is very 

 even and extra heavy, owing to the thickness 

 of the meat. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., H lb. 25 

 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



MILLER'S CREAM. Hanks high as a market 

 nieion, eit her tor home or shijjping. The flesh 

 is of a rich salmon color, very sweet and melt- 

 ing in quality, and is so very thick that the 

 melon is almost solid, the seed cavity being 

 remarkably small. The vine Is a strong 

 grower, and very productive. Medium in size. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts.. }i lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



CHAMPION MARKET. This melon is very pop- 

 ular. l)olh for market and family iise. The 

 melons are almost a perfect globe in shape and 

 densely netted. Flesh is thick, light green in 

 color and of ricli. sweet flavor. Tlie vines are 

 very vigorous and liealthy; very productive, 

 sometimes having seven perfect melons on a 

 single vine. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. lU cts., lb. 25 

 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



DELMONICO. An oval melon of large size; 

 deeply netted, flesh orange pink and of the 

 same fine quality as Emerald liem. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



EXTRA EARLY HACKEXSACK MELON. 



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 tlie best as well as the earliest, 

 hardiest and most prolific of the netted Musk- 

 Melons to grow for market or family use. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., }i lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



BANANA. An entirely distinct variety, bear- 

 ing long, slender, banana-like fruit; skin 

 creamy white and entirely free from netting; 

 flesh deep salmon color, thick and of good 

 quality. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts., ^ lb. 25 cts , lb. 

 75 cts. 



EARLY GREEN NUTMEG. The standard sort, 

 fruit oval, good size, thickly netted, flesh light 

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

 8 cts., M lb. 25 cts., lb. 65 cts. 



IMPROVED CHRISTIANIA. The flesh is dark 

 rich 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 garden. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., ^ lb. 25 

 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



BANQUET MUSK-MKLON. 



THE BANftUET. This superb melon represents 

 years of careful selection and improvement of 

 a stock of musk-melon at the hands of the larg- 

 est and most experienced grower of melons in 

 the world. The raiser regards it as his great- 

 est production, and likely to snuersede all 

 other red-fleshed varieties. "The Banquet" is 

 a medium-sized melon, very flat at both ends, 

 and more beautifully netted than any known 

 variety. In quality it has no equal: the flesh 

 is uniformly deep and of that granulate char- 

 acter that always indicates a good melon; 

 color, dark, rich salmon. It will produce more 

 fine, edible melons to a given area than any 

 other variety. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., hi lb. 

 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



Rose Citv, Mich., March 1, 1894. 

 We sent to you for seeds last year and were 

 well pleased with them, and send another order 

 this year. R. H. Gifford. 



