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fine in flavor, and not half the size of the 

 variety grown here. The New Orleans 

 -Market cannot be excel ied by any other va- 

 riety in the world. In a favorable season it 

 is a perfect gem. It has been tried along- 

 side of varieties praised at the North, such 

 as are brought out every year, but none of 

 them could compare with the New Orleans 

 Market. 



Northern grown seed do not thrive here. 

 It requ res a Southern sun to bring the seed 

 to perfection. Small varieties of melons 

 will improve in size if cultivated here for a 

 number of years, and if care is taken that 

 no Cucumbers, Squashes, Gourds or Pump- 

 kins are cultivated in the vicinity. If the 

 bett and earliest specimens are selected for 

 seed, in three or four years the fruit will be 

 large and fine. 



New Uarly Hackensack. A newly 

 introduced variety, resembling the well 

 known Hackensack, but not quite so large. 

 It is productive and of good flavor. The 

 •seed we offer are Southern grown. It is 

 earlier than the New Orleans Market. 

 Recommend same highly. 



ISmsrald Gem. A medium size Melon 



which originated in Michigan. It is almost 

 round, of very good quality, the skin is 

 green and smooth; flesh salmon, fine grained 

 and thick. Good variety for family use. 

 / Long Island Beauty. A splendid new 

 variety of the Hackensack type, originated 

 on Long Island. It is of very superior qual- 

 ity, with green flesh, and densely netted. 

 In shape it resembles the Hackensack, but 

 is slightly more ribbed, and is decidedly 

 the most attractive looking melon we have 

 ever seen. Besides being the most beauti- 

 ful, it is also the earliest of all. 



Paul Rose. This splendid new melon is 

 *one of che very best varieties for either home 

 use or the market that has been introduced 

 for many vears. It is a successful cross of the 

 Osage with the Netted Gem. combining the 

 rweetness of the former with the fine netting 

 of the Gem. It has a firmness of rind and 

 structure of flesh peculiarly its own, and su- 

 periorinthis resp-rct to any other melon in 

 existence, surpassing all other varieties as a 

 shipper and long keerer; has a very small 

 seed cavity. I: has a deep orange-colored 

 flesh, and is of very uniform shape, averag- 

 ing a uniform diameter of about five inches. 



MELONS- Water. 



v Melon d'Eau (Fr.), Wassermelone (Ger. 



Mammoth Iron Clad. * * Rattle Snake. , V Bradford. 

 ^Pride of Georgia J Kolb Gem. Florida's Favorite 



^Mclveis Wonderful. W Early Dai k Icing %rktfrly Triumph. 



Ixleckley's Sueets. ^p^bweettwetrt \ y 'Black Diamond. 



ySJce Cream, white seeded. 



Sandia (Sp. } 



Seminole. 

 Lone Star, 



f Duke fanes. 



( Alabama Sweet. 



Water Melons will grow and" produce in places where Canteloupes will not do well. 

 The soil for this plant must be light and sandy. Plant in hills about eight feet apart, 

 eight to twelve seeds in a hill: when the plants are well up thin out to three. The plants 

 .-should be hoed often, and the ground between the hills kept clean till the vines touch. 



Mammoth Iron Clad. 



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