PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



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HENDERSON'S GENUINE 



ROCKY FORD MUSK Melon 



World' Famous For its Captivating Flavor. 



" ROCKY FORD " has proven to be a most valuable 

 Musk Melon; its size, shape and quality exactly suit 

 melon epicures. It somewhat resembles the old 

 " Netted Gem." but is more oval in shape. The vines 

 are exceedingly healthy and vigorous, bearing an 

 enormous quantity of fruits the entire season. No 

 melon has ever come into markets which has sold so 

 readily and at such high prices. The skin is of a rich 

 greenish gold; the netting is prominent and light in 

 color; appearance very attractive. The flesh is deep, 

 ripening to the rind, and it has an exceedingly small 

 seed cavity. It is very sweet and luscious in flavor, 

 and is entirely devoid of any stringy character. Our 

 seed was specially grown for us by a careful grower at 

 Rocky Ford, and is the best type of the genuine 

 " Rocky Ford " Musk Melon. It has been used in 

 many sections and is pronounced by melon growers a 

 very superior strain. {See cut.) Price, 10c. oz., 

 25c. i lb., 75c. lb., (25 lb. lots, 70c.) 



" Your Rocky Ford Melon Seed is all right. Others bought " Rocky 

 Fords," but did not get them, only Gems." 



C. A. SPICKNALL, Carmi, III. 



THE BUKKELL GEM MUSK MELON. 



A RED-FLESHED ROCKY FORD. 



This new red fleshed cantaloupe is ideal for either the home 

 garden or for market. The rather elongated fruits average 6 

 inches in length, 4J inches through and weigh about 2 pounds 

 each. The flesh of red-orange is very thick, fine grained and 

 deliciously rich and spicy in flavor. Seed cavity remarkably 

 small; the rind is thin but tough. Color, green closely inter- 

 laced with gray netting; ribs well arched. The vines are 

 healthy, vigorous and very productive. This melon brings the 

 very highest market price. Price, 15c. oz., 40c. i lb., $1.25 lb. 



HENDERSONS 



EARLY HACKENSACK. 



A reliable and bountiful yielder. Large, 



handsome, early. Flesh green, 



rich and sugary. 



We were the first to distribute 

 generally throughout the country the 

 now famous Hackensack. This New 

 Early is a selection or improvement al- 

 most equal in size to the Hackensack, 

 and at least ten days earlier. Several 

 years' thorough trial has proven it to 

 be the best as well as the earliest of all 

 large netted melons. The melons weigh 

 from four to six pounds each. The 

 skin is green and thickly netted; flesh 

 is light green, of delicious flavor, rich 

 and sugary. It is also a luxuriant 

 healthy grower, and exceedingly pro- 

 ductive. (See cut.) Price, 15c. oz., 

 40c. i lb., $1.25 lb. 



" / find Early Hackensack remarkably healthy 

 and vigorous. They are the most prolific melons I 

 have ever raised, the ground being literally covered, 

 and every specimen of fine size and shape, and every 

 melon being fine-grained and possessing the same 

 siveet delicious fiavor. They stand at the head of 

 the varieties I have tried." 



JOHN C. KING, Vineland. N. J. 



NETTED GEM MUSK MELON 



One of the earliest varieties, generally 

 coming into the New York markets right 

 after Jenny Lind. Our stock is unsur- 

 passed in purity and is selected "to an oval type which has proved of 

 great advantage. It is very uniform in size, beautifully netted, 

 flesh deep, fairly sohd, but deliciously melting in character. 

 The color of flesh is rich green. It is very productive and a 



grand sort 



JENNY 



lOc. oz., 25c. i lb., 70c. lb. 



LIND MUSK MELON. 



This is the eariiest market variety. The fruit is small, round- 

 flat in shape, deeply but evenly ribbed, of a most attractive 

 greenish-gold color when ripe. It is safe to say that its flavor 

 is unsurpassed by any. It is an enormous cropper and bears for 

 a long time. 10c. oz., 30c. 1 lb., $1.00 lb. 



Our new leaflet, *' How to Grow Best Musk Melons," including spraying, melon louse, etc., free to customers if asked for. 



