D. M. FERRY & COS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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— because after most careful culture, we have succeeded 

 in securing a pure stock entirely free from the green 

 rind and the inferior flavored melons so often found in 

 what is sold as Surprise. 

 Japan Coral Flesh. — Developed by selection from 

 the Surprise. It is of 

 medium size, nearly 

 round, slightly ribbed, 

 with a little shallow 

 netting on a green 

 ground. The flesh is 

 red, very thick, fine 

 grained, and uniformly 

 of fine flavor. Pre- 

 ferred by some to the 

 Surprise on account of 

 its green color, but we 

 think it inferior in uni- 

 formity and quality to 

 our improved strain of 

 Surprise. 



Japan Coral Flesh. Osage.— This mel- 



on has made its way into public favor from the market 

 rather than from the garden, and seems to be just what 

 the people want. It is large, oval, slightly ribbed, dark 

 green in color. The flesh is deep salmon and is good to 

 within a fourth of an inch of the rind. In quality it is 

 sweet and moderately high flavored, combining the flavors 

 of the old Cantaloupe and the green fleshed Nutmeg sorts. 



Vandalia. — A new variety, the result of careful selec- 

 tion for many years, and combining the size of the old 

 Long Yellow with the quality of the Coral Flesh. Fruit 

 large, oval, slightly ribbed and netted; flesh very thick, 

 yellowish-red, sweet and melting. 



Long Yellow. — A large variety; long, oval shaped, 

 deeply ribbed; flesh thick, light salmon colored, and of 

 a peculiar musky flavor. This variety is used in its 

 green state for Mangoes. 



Green Fleshed Cavaillon.— In Europe they have a 

 class of melons which is quite distinct from our musk 

 melons, having very thick flesh which is firm, very 

 sweet, and by many is preferred to the softer, high fla- 

 vored flesh of our American sorts. Most of the Euro- 

 pean kinds do not do well in this country, but we have 

 secured one which seems to be an exception, and we 

 have grown a fine crop in which the vines were excep- 

 tionally healthy and vigorous. Fruit very large, nearly 

 round, dark green, very slightly netted; flesh very thick, 

 firm and of a peculiar sweet and delicate flavor. 



MELON, WHTER 



Fr.. Melon d'eau. Ger., JVasser Melone. 



Although the Water Melon is a tropical fruit, and can 

 be most easily grown in the South on a warm, rich, 

 sandy soil, yet no one need abandon its culture because 

 he has not these conditions, for one of the sweetest 

 melons we ever ate was grown in Michigan and in the 

 latitude 45 north, and Cuban Queens weighing 69 lbs. 

 have been raised on cold clay soil in northern Ohio. 



Culture. — The essential thing is to get a good, strong 

 vine early in the season, which may be secured by form- 

 ing a large, well drained hill of rich earth, avoiding 

 using the manure in such a way as to cause the plant to 

 dry out under the hot sun. On this hill 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. Vine vigorous and 

 productive, fruiting quite early; fruit oblong, smooth, 



marbled with two shades of green; rind thin; flesh pink, 

 very sweety tender and brittle. 



D. M. Ferry & Co's Peerless.— The best melon 

 for private gardens and for market gardeners who 

 deliver direct to consumers, particularly in the North. 



D. M. Ferry &. Co s Peerless. 



Yine moderately vigorous, hardy, productive; fruit 

 medium sized, oval, finely mottled; rind thin; flesh bright 

 scarlet, solid to the center, crisp and sweet. Our stock 

 of this variety is most carefully selected. 



Dark Icing. — Fruit large, nearly round, dark green, 

 very indistinctly mottled with lighter shade. Flesh 

 very rich, bright red. The juice, which is very abun- 

 dant, is of rich, deep color and flows so freely as to be 

 available as a drink. All of our stocks of Icing Melon 

 are pure and perfectly distinct, showing very uniformly 

 the characteristics of each sort as described. 



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. 



Long Light Icing. — A variety established by selec- 

 tion until it is uniformly long, oval in shape and nearly 

 twice as heavy as the Round. In other respects it is 

 much like the Round and fully equal to it in quality. 

 Boss. — We do not think this name is in good taste, 



Boss. 



