FOR THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 



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WATER MELONS. 



One ovince for thirty hills, four to live pounds for an acre. 



Price : Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., J lb. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts., excei't where noted. 

 Sweet Heart. (See cut.) An entirely dislinct and hand- 

 some new Water Melon. Vine vigorous and productive, 

 ripening early. Fruit large, oval, very heavy, uniformly mot- 

 tled light and dark green. Flesh bright red, solid and very 

 sweet; is sure to become a popular variety. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., 1 lb. 30 CIS., lb. §1.00. 



very thin rind, flesh 

 ; a profitable variety 



Black Spanish. Solid 



scarlet, sweet and luscious 



for the market gardener. 

 Mountain Sweet. Early, large, oblong, dark 



green, thin rind, flesh red, solid, rich and sweet, 



especially good for Northern gardens. 

 Cuban Queen. One of the largest varieties, 



ripening to the very centre, heavy cropper, flesh 



bright red, tender and melting, luscious, crisp, 



and very sugary. 

 .Florida Favorite. Of medium size, striped 



alternately light and dark green, flesh deep red, 



crisp and deliciously sweet. Earlier than Kolb 



Gem bv two weeks. 



Kolb Gem 

 Kolb Gem. (See cut.) This Melon grows to a very large 

 size, and is an excellent shipper. Of a delicious, sugary flavor, 

 bright red flesh, firm and solid. It is one "f the largest (30 to 

 50 lbs.), most productive and best keeping melons grown. 





Sweet Heart. 



Boss. Color dark green, flesh unusually deep scarlet, 

 rind very hard, but thin ; quality of the best. 



Dai'k Icing'. The flavor of this variety cannot be 

 excelled. It is very solid, rind very thin, and highly 

 prized as a shipper; seed white. 



Wonderful (77/f Mclver Sttgnr Melon). A va- 

 riety introduced from North Carolina. A very sweet 

 solid.fleshed sort, often grows to the length of two 

 feet, and from 12 to 16 inches in diameter. The 

 rind is marked with broad bands of \eIlowish-green, 

 shading to deep green; shaped oblong; is entirely 

 stringless , an acquisition to the list of Melons. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., \ lb. 40 cts., lb. ?1.25. 



Striped Gypsy, or Rattlesnake. An early 



variety, large oblong, skin green, mottled and striped, 

 rind thin, flesh crimson and fine flavored. One of 

 the best shipping sons. 

 Ice Cream {White Seed). One of the best, skin 

 mottled gray, flesh pink, solid, sweet and melting, of 

 medium ^ize and nearly round. 

 Ironclad. Of large size and very solid. The rind, 

 though quite thin, is remarkably strong, thus ren. 

 daring it an excellent shipping sort. It is of a most 

 delicious flavor, and is not .^ui parsed f ^r productiveness. 

 Seminole. An extra early Water Melon, of large size and 

 delicious flavor. Flesh a vivid ciimson color; crisp and 

 sugary. The Melons are of two colors — gray and light green ; 

 the latter a daiker coloring of the former. 

 Melons of both colors are found on the same 

 vine, and are exactly the same in shape, size, 

 color of seed, flavor and quality. It is a very pro- 

 ductive Melon, and should be largely 

 grown by farmers and truckers. 

 Dixie. (See cut.) A cross between 

 the Kolb Gem and old-fashioned 

 Mountain Sweet, surpassing the for- 

 mer in earliness, productiveness and 

 shipping qualities, and fully equal- 

 ing the latter in quality and fine 

 flavor. It has a remaikably hard but 

 very thin rind, and will keep longer 

 than any other variety. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 10 cts., :} lb. 20 cts., lb. 75 cts. 

 Coloi-ado Preserving" Citron. 

 This variety combines all the best 

 charncterisiics of a Preserving Mel- 

 on, and often attains a weight of 20 

 pounds; flesh white and very firm. 







Dixie. 



" Dveer's Open- Air Vegeta- 

 bles.^' Shoit notes of our 1896 

 observations. 25 cts. 



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