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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



WATER MELONS ^oontinu^ 



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.. Heart 



THIS MELON WAS 

 INTRODUCED BY US IN 1894. 



IT HAS NO EQUAL AS A 

 SHIPPING MELON 



Vine vigorous and productive, ripening its 

 fruit early. Fruit large, oval, very heavy, uni- 

 formly mottled light and vei'y light green. 

 Rind thin but Arm Flesh bright red, firm, 

 solid but very tender, melting and sweet. 

 Fruit retains its good quality for a long time 

 after ripening. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 

 % Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



Our stock of 

 this sort is 

 much better 



Long Light Icing 



than that usually offered, and superior to many 

 strains offered as Early Monarch, etc. Re- 

 peated trials have demonstrated that our Icing 

 melons are much superior to those generally 

 offered, each sort being distinct and showing 

 the type well, instead of being a mere mixture 

 of white seeded sorts. The melons of the Long 

 Light Icing variety are uniformly long and 

 large, and the flesh deep, rich red and of splen- 

 did quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 

 h Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



Round Light Icing 



Mk 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. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 3^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



Fruit large, nearly rounds dark green, 

 very indistinctly mottled with lighter 

 shade. Flesh very rich, bright red. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 0z. 15c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



Medium sized, with very sweet, scarlet 

 flesh. A good variety for main crop. 

 Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz 15c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



Ice Cream 



Sweet Heart Water Melon. 



DlA^lr- ^t^sinSfili Vines small, so that they may 

 E>iai»lt €9|Jaill91l be planted closer than most 

 sorts. Fruit round, very dark green, with sweet, scarlet flesh 

 and black seeds. It is not so large as some of the other sorts, 

 but is very hardy and a certain cropper. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



Mountain Sweet ^. 'Sf fle°sr s'cfAti ^S^ 



quite solid to the center, very sweet and delicious. This is an 

 old standard sort and one of the best for the home garden. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



An oval melon, skin green; flesh scarlet, of 

 good quality, and is peculiar, in that the flesh 



may be easily separated from the rind like an orange. 



Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; h Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



Orange 



Citron 



Grows uniformly round and smooth, striped and marbled with light green. Flesh white and solid; 

 seeds red. It should be borne in mind that this variety is not used for eating in the raw state, but for 

 preserves, pickles, etc. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; h Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



The mushroom is an edible fungus of ^a white color, changing to brown when old. The gills are loose, of pinkish-red, 

 * changing to liver color. It produces no seed, but instead, a white, fibrous substance in broken threads, called spawn, 

 which is preserved in horse manure, being pressed in the form of bricks. Thus prepared it will retain its vitality for years. 



Mushrooms can be grown in cellars, in sheds, in hot-beds or sometimes in open air. Fermenting horse manui'e at a tem- 

 perature of about 70 degrees, mixed with an equal weight of fresh sod loam, is made into beds the size required, eight inches 

 deep. See to it that the bed is packed very solidly and evenly. In this bed plant the broken pieces of spawn six inches apart, 

 covering the whole with two inches of light soil, and protect from cold and rain. One brick will plant eight to ten square feet 

 of bed. The mushrooms will appear in about six weeks. Water sparingly and with lukewarm water. 

 English Mushroom Spawn, in bricks of about 1 lb., 25c each, prepaid; 5 lbs. for $1 .00 prepaid. 



French Mushroom Spawn, 3 lb. boxes, $1.50 each, prepaid. 



MISTARD 



Mustard is not only used as a condi- 

 ment, but the green leaves are used as a 

 salad, or cut and boiled like spinage. 



The culture should be the same as that of cress. 

 WHITE ENGLISH— The leaves are light green, mild and 



tender when young; seed light yellow. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 



2 Oz. 10c; ^ Lb. 15c; Lb. 40c. 

 SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED— This mustard is very 



highly esteemed in the south, where the seed is sown in the 



fall, and the plants used very early in the spring as a salad. 



Our stock is the true curled leaf. Pkt. 5c; Oz.lOc; 2 Oz.l5c; 



h Lb. 25c; Lb. 80c. 



NASTIRTIIM 



Sow after the ground is warm, in 

 drills one inch deep, by the side of 

 a fence, trellis work,or some other 

 support, to climb upon. They will thrive in good ground in 

 almost any situation, but are more productive in a light soil. 

 TALL MIXED GARDEN— Cultivated both for use and 

 ornament. Its beautiful orange colored flowers serve as a 

 garnish for dishes, and the young leaves are excellent for 

 salads. The green seed pods preserved in vinegar, make a 

 pickle greatly esteemed by many. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. For other varieties see 

 Flower Seeds, page Sh. 



