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D. M. FERRY & CO^ DETROIT, MICH. 



WATER MELONS 



SWEET HEART WATER MELON. 



gWEET HEART 



This rielon was 

 Introduced by us in 1894. 



It Has No Equal as a Shipping Melon. 



Vine vigorous and productive, ripening its fruit early. 

 Fruit large, oval, very heavy, uniformly mottled light and 

 very light green. Rind thin but firm. Flesh bright red, firm, 

 solid but very tender, melting and sweet. Fruit retains its 

 good quality for a long time after ripening. Get yoursup- 

 plyfrom headquarters. Fkt. 5c; Oz.lOc; 2 0z.l5c; ^ Lb. 20c; 

 Lb. 60c. 



DIXIE. A popular market sort. Vine vigorous, large 

 growing and hardy; fruit medium sized to large, about one- 

 third longer than thick. Color of skin dark green, striped 

 with a lighter shade; rind thin but tough; flesh bright scarlet, 

 ripens closely to the rind, is of the best quality and free from 

 the hard, coarse center which is so objectionable a feature of 

 many shipping melons. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; H. Lb. 

 20c; Lb. 50c. 



KOLB'S GEM. vines of medium size, but remarkably 

 vigorous and healthy. Leaves of medium size, deeply cut 

 with a peculiar frilled edge. Fruit of the largest size, round 

 or slightly oval, marked with irregular mottled stripes of dark 

 and light green. Outer rind or shell exceedingly hard and 

 firm, making it a good sort for shipping long distances. Flesh 

 bright red, solid, a little coarse, but sweet and tender. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; %Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



GYPSY, OR GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE, one of the 



largest varieties, and stands shipment long distances. Fruit 



CULTURE.— The essential thing is to get good, strong vines early 

 in the season, which may be secured by forming large well drained 

 hills of earth, about eight feet apart, made very rich with an abund- 

 ance of well rotted manure, which should be thoroughly mixed with 

 the soil, for if left in a mass it will lead to the plants burning out 

 under the hot sun, and thus to the failure of the crop. In these hills 

 plant the seed as soon as the ground is warm and dry, and carefully 

 protect the young plants from insects, and hasten their growth 

 by the use of liquid manure. 



PHINNEY'S EARLY, a valuable variety for use in the 



North; hardy and a sure cropper. Vines vigorous and pro- 

 ductive, fruiting quite early; fruit mediiun sized, oblong, 



smooth, marbled with two shades of green; rind thin; 



flesh pink, very sweet, tender and crisp. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. oOc. 



D. M. FERRY & CO'S PEERLESS. The best 

 melon for private gardens and for market garden- 

 ers who deliver direct to consumers, but is also 

 grown extensively in some sections for shipping 

 in car-load lots distances of two or three hundred 

 miles. Vine moderately vigorous, hardy, pro- 

 ductive; fruit medium sized, oval, finely mottled; 

 rind thin; flesh bright scarlet, sohd to the center, 

 crisp, tender and of the highest flavor. Pkt. 5c ; 

 Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; h Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



MONTE CRISTO. a new variety which seems 

 to be very popular in the West and Southwest. 

 Vine vigorous and productive; fruit of medium 

 size: oval; color dark, mottled green in two shades, 

 forming indistinct stripes; flesh bright red, very 

 sweet and tender. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 

 h Lb. 20c ; Lb. 60c. 



FLORIDA FAVORITE, a very large, long 

 melon mottled dark green with stripes of lighter 

 shade. Rind thin but firm; flesh very bright deep 

 red, very sweet, tender and excellent. A very 

 popular variety in the South. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c; h Lb. 20c; Lb. OOc. 



BLACK SPANISH, vines small, so that they 

 may be planted closer than most sorts. Fruit 

 round, very dark green, with sweet, scarlet fiesh 

 and black seeds. It is not so large as some of the 

 other sorts, but is very hardy and a certain cropper, 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



CUBAN QUEEN. Fruit medium sized to large, 

 globular, or oval; skin striped light and dark green 

 m sharp contrast; rind medium thick, but stands 

 shipment well. Flesh bright red, solid, very crisp 

 and sugary. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 

 %Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



LONG LIGHT ICING. Our stock of this sort is much bet- 

 ter than that usually offered, and superior to many strains 

 offered as Early Monarch, etc. The melons are uniformly 

 long and large, and the flesh deep rich red and of splendid 

 quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; h Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



ROUND LIGHT ICING. Fruit medium sized, round, very 

 light green or white, mottled with slightly darker green. 

 Flesh bright, light red, very sweet and tender. By many this 

 is considered the best of all melons, Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c; ^Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



DARK ICING. Fruit large, nearly round, dark green, very 

 indistinctly mottled with lighter shade. Flesh very rich, 

 bright red. Repeated trials have demonstrated that ovu* 

 stocks of the Icing varieties are much superior to those gen- 

 erally offered, each sort being distinct and showing the type 

 well, instead of being like many of the Icing stocks, a mere 

 mixture of white seeded sorts, Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. loc; 

 3^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



ICE CREAM. Medium sized, with very sweet, scarlet flesh. 

 A good variety for main crop, Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 

 H Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



MOUNTAIN SWEET, a large, oval variety; rind green; 

 fiesh scarlet and quite solid to the center, very sweet and 

 delicious. This is an old standard sort and one of the best for 

 the home garden. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; %£ Lb. 20c; 

 Lb. 50c. 



ORANGE. An oval melon, skin green; fiesh scarlet, of 

 good quality, and is peculiar, in that the flesh may be easily 

 separated from the rind like that of an orange. Pkt. 6c; 

 Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 16c; 3^ Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



CITRON. Grows uniformly round and smooth, striped and 

 marbled with light green. Flesh white and solid; seeds red. 



cylindrical, square at the ends, smooth, distinctly striped and It should be borne in mind that this variety is not used for 

 mottled liffht and dark green. Flesh bright scarlet and very eating in the raw state, but for preserves, pickles, etc. Pkt. 6c; 

 sweet. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. Oz. lOc; 2 Oz. 15c; H Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



