LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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MUSK MELON. (Zucker Helone.) 



Cultivate about as recommended for cucumbers, 

 except that the hills should be six feet apart, but 

 avoid planting near those plants, as they will 

 mix with and injure the quality of the melons. This 

 and heavy rains at the time of ripening will destroy 

 the flavor of the finest stock. Eich earth for the 

 young plants is far better than manure, but if the 

 latter must be used see that it is well rotted. If the 

 plants grow very rank more and finer fruit will be 

 secured by pinching off the ends of the shoots when 

 about three feet long. 



B^One ounce will plant about eighty hills. 



All varieties of Musk Melon, exceptwhere marked 

 otherwise, are 5c per pkt., loc per oz., 25c 

 per 1^ lb., and 750 per lb. If by mall 

 add 8c per lb. for postage. 



. ' The Banquet. This superb melon represents years 



of careful selection and improvement. The raiser 

 regards it as his greatest production, and likely to 

 supersede all other red fleshed varieties. The cut 

 -shown is a reproduction of a photograph. It 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 granulated character that always indi- 

 cates a good melon. Color dark rich salmon. Pkt. 

 5c, oz. 15c, 14 lb. JOc. (See fig. 10, back cover.) 



y^xtra. Early Hackensack. This valuable new 

 •variety is ready for market fully ten days ahead of 

 ithe well known Hackensack, its progenitor, which it 

 much resembles in shape and quality. The melons 

 eare of good size, weighing five to ten pounds each. 



— Hackensack, or Turk's Cap. Grown more extensively 

 ithan a,ny other single variety. Form round and flattened at 

 the ends, and attains a very large size, of excellent qualitj' 

 and very productive. 



Prolific Nutmeg. A delicious variety introduced some 

 years ago. The fruit is small but produced in abundance; 

 quality excellent. 



^^rt*- Ex=Early Green Citron. Deeply netted, and of medium ^. 

 size, nearly round in shape, flesh green and of delicioste- '^^^ q'^allty 

 ^^'^^^^ I C asaha or Persian 



^^^,„^cme or Baltimore. An elegant shipping variety, elofP 



^"gated and thick in form, green fleshed and delicious in flavor; 

 productive. 



.....^-^■Pine Apple. Dark green in color, oval form, netted, flesh 

 thij>k, very sweet and juicy. 

 l/^Bay View. Fruit large and oblong, green fleshed, stTeeT 

 and spicy, ripens earh-. 



Surprise. Skin thin and cream colored, flesh thick 

 salmon color. Early and very delicious. When well grown 

 is^ne of the finest musk melons extant. 

 /■^Emerald Gem. Of superior flavor and quality. The out- 

 side skin is an emerald green color, and quite smooth. They 

 ripen early and produce well. The flesh is light red or sal- 

 mop,, Tery thick, juicy and crystalline, and luscious in flavor, 

 /^killman's Netted. Early and delicious, flesh sweet and 

 richly perfumed; deep green. 

 Jenny Lind. An early variety, small in size, but of excel- 



Yellowish green flesh and netted 

 skin, oblong, large and of fine flavor. 



^Reedland Giant. Grows to mammoth proportions, and 

 ampng the best in flavor. In form it resembles the Casaba, 

 but is entirely distinct from it. 



»-4*rincess or Miller's Cream. The flesh is rich salmon in 

 color, so thick it is almost solid, flavor is very sweet and deli- 

 cious. The seed cavity is unusually small, rind very thin 

 and little netted, and the vines are strong, growing and pro- 

 ductive. 



