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worthy of cultivation for table decoration, although the 

 quality is not the very best. 



The Cos varieties of lettuce are of quite distinct habit 

 of growth, and must be tied up or blanched under pots 



Green Fringed. 



to develop their good qualities. The blanched leaves 

 are exceedingly sweet and tender. 



White Paris Cos. — The heads are long, upright, 

 with oblong leaves. Tt is very hardy, of large size, and 

 long in running to seed; tender, brittle, and high flav- 

 ored. Considered in England to be far better than the 

 other varieties. 



MHRTYNIH, 



A strong growing, hardy, annual plant, with curious 

 shaped seed pods, which, when young and tender, are 

 highly prized for pickling. The pods are produced in 

 great abundance, and should be gathered when about 

 half grown; after the hardening of the flesh they are 

 worthless. 



Proboscidea. — The common variety. Sow in rich, 

 warm soil after corn is well up, in drills three feet apart, 

 and thin the plants out to two feet in the row. 



MELON, 7VY\JSK. 



Fr. , Melon. Ger.. Zucker-Melone. 



The Musk Melon is too universally popular to need 

 any special description. 



Culture. — Cultivate as recommended for cucumbers, 

 except that the hills should be six feet apart, but avoid 



netted. Flesh green and very sweet, but not high 

 flavored. 



Skillman's Fine 

 Netted.— A very early 

 melon of small size, vary- 

 ing in shape from almost 

 oval to a flattened globe. 

 Skin green until the 

 fruit is over ripe, when 

 it becomes yellow, cov- 

 ered with fine netting. 

 Flesh light green, very 

 thick, sweet and of mod- 

 erately high flavor. 



Small Green Nut- 

 meg. — Fruit of medium 

 size, slightly ribbed, globular. Skin dark green, becom- 

 ing yellow when over ripe, and nearly covered with 

 broad, shallow netting. Flesh green, very thick, a little 

 coarse, but of fine flavor. 



Baltimore. — Fruit medium in size, ova!, drawn to a 



Jenny Lind. 



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. Rich 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. 



Jenny Lind. — The earliest green fleshed melon, and 

 we think the sweetest variety in cultivation. Quite 

 small, round, much flattened at the ends, ribbed, finely 



Small Green Nutmeg. 



Baltimore. 



point at stem, and slightly ribbed, covered when ripe 

 with coarse netting. Flesh thick, green, very fine flav- 

 ored and sweet. We think this one of the most 

 2i7iiformly good melons we have on our list — indeed, 

 we have never seen a poor flavored melon of this variety. 



White Japan. — An old variety but of very fine 

 quality. Fruit small, 

 oval, white, with green 

 flesh. One of the best 

 for home garden. 



Improved Green 

 Fleshed Canta- 

 loupe. — Fruit above 

 medium size, oval, 

 moderately ribbed 

 skin very dark green, 

 partially covered with 

 coarse netting. Flesh 

 very thick, sweet, and 

 of fine quality. 



Improved Large 

 Green Nutmeg. — 

 We think we have by 

 careful selection and 

 growing secured in this 

 a variety of the largest 

 size, but having all the good qualities .of the old Green 

 Nutmeg. We consider this the best variety in cultiva- 

 tion for family use. Vines vigorous, hardy, productive; 

 fruit very large, round, slightly flattened at both ends, 

 ribbed, covered with coarse netting , flesh very thick, 

 green and of the highest flavor. 



Hackensack. — We have been unwilling to offer this 

 as a distinct variety, for although we have tested a great 

 many stocks we could find none which were of uniform 



White J/ 



