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Harly Cabbage or White Butter. 
Early Cabbage or White Butter. An | 
early variety, forming a solid head, but | 
not quite so large as some cthers. It is | 
the best kind for family use, to sow | 
during fall and early spring, as it is very | 
| kind, forms a solid head; good for winter. 
early and of good flavor. 
J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 
Grand Rapids. This superb lettuce is 
especially adapted for greenhouse culture 
in winter; also a good lettuce to sow out- 
side early in the spring for family use. 
Very beautiful in appearance. Of rapid, 
| upright growth, and may therefore be 
| planted quite close; not liable to rot; re- 
| tains its freshness 
a long time after 
being cut, hence much sought after by 
dealers and shippers. Quality the best. 
Caktbage. A very hard 
Brown Dutch 
MELON— Musk or Vanteloupe 
For Price List see Yellow Pages in Back of Book. 
Melon (Fr.), Melone (Ger.), Melon (Sp.), Popone (Ital.) 
CULTURE.—Melons require a rich sandy loam. 
If the ground is not rich 
enough a couple of shovels. full of rotted manure should be mixed into each hill, 
which ought to be from five to six feet apart; drop ten or twelve seeds, and when 
the plants have two or three rough leaves, thin out to three or four plants. 
Canteloupes are cultivated very extensively in the neighborhood cf New Orleans; 
the quality is very fine and far superior to those raised in the North. 
Some 
gardeners plant during February and cover with boxes, the same as described for 
Cucumbers. 
the fruit. 
Osage. This variety has secured a 
quick and wonderful reputation from its 
peculiar luscious, spicy flavor and good 
shipping qualities. It is of egg shape. 
skin very thin, of dark-green color, and 
slightly netted; the flesh is of salmon 
color, remarkably sweet, and a great 
point of merit is, that no matter what 
size the melons are, they are always 
sweet and delicious. It is very productive, 
a good keeper, and will stand shipping 
better than any other sort. 
Texas Cannon Ball. This melon is as 
round as a ball, of medium size, 6 to 8 
inches in diameter and heavily netted. 
Flesh light green, melting and highly 
flavored. Remarkably solid with ex- 
tremely small seed cavity. Very prolific, 
continuing bearing for a long time. 
Hoodoo. This melon is of recent in- 
troduction. It is the same size through 
from top to bottom as the Rocky Ford 
Cantaloupe. It is slightly flattened from 
stem to blossom end. The netting is well 
developed and covers the rijs completely. 
The space between the ribs is not netted 
but is quite narrow. The rind is tough. 
Meat salmon eolored and grained the 
same as the Rocky Ford Cantaloupe. 
The fiavor is pleasant. 
Rockyford. Undoubtedly the best extra 
early, small, round, green fleshed melon 
in cultivation, nearly perfect globe in 
shape. Remarkably uniform in _ size, 
weighing from 14% to 1% pounds. Very 
thick meated with thin rind. Skin green 
and heavily ribbed flesh, light green 
When Melons are ripening, too much rain will impair the flavor of 
in color, melting and uniform, of a very 
luscious flavor. Very prolific and early 
in ripening. 
Early White Japan. 
creamish white color, 
medium size. 
Netted Nutmeg. Small oval melon, 
roughly netted, early, and of fine flavor. 
Netted .-Citron. . This variety is larger 
than the foregoing kind; it is more 
rounded in shape, of medium size and 
roughly netted. 
An early kind, of 
very sweet and 
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