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FROTSCHE B'S NEW 

 OBXiEANS MARKET. — A 



larg^e species of the citron 

 kind, extensively grown for 

 this market. It is very 

 roug-hly netted and of lus- 

 cious flavor; different alto- 

 grether from the Northern 

 Netted Citron, which is 

 earlier but not so fine in 

 flavor, and not half the size 

 of the variety grown here. 

 The New Orleans Market 

 cannot be excelled by any 

 other variety in the world. 

 In a favorable season it is 

 a perfect gem. It has been 

 tried alongside of varieties 

 raised in the North, such 

 as are brought out every 

 year, but none of them 

 could compare with the 

 New Orleans Market. If 

 the best and earliest speci- 

 mens are selected for seed, 

 in three or four years the 

 fruit will be large and fine. 



Z.ONG ISI.AND BEAUTY. 



This is one of the best 

 shipping varieties, is very 

 early, of good size, green 

 fiesh, roughly netted, and of 

 luscious flavor. Besides 

 being the most beautiful it 

 is also earliest of all. 



Frotscher's New Orleans Market. 



PINE AFFIiE. — A .medium sized early 

 variety, oval in shape, and of fine flavor. 



NETTED CITRON. — This variety is cul- 

 tivated to a greater extent for market than 

 any other sort, and for this purpose it has 

 no superior. WJien grown from seed that 

 has been well selected, it is of very fine 

 flavor; fruit round, flattened at both ends, 

 roughly netted, and of a pale yellowish 

 green when ripe. 



Bockyford. 



ROCKYFORD. — Undoubtedly the best ex- 

 tra early, small, round, green fleshed 

 melon in cultivation, nearly perfect globe 

 in shape. Remarkably uniform in size, 

 weighing fron 1 U to 1 1/^ pounds. Very 

 thick netted with thin rind. Skin green 

 and heavily ribbed; flesh, light green in 

 color, melting and uniform, of a very lus- 

 cious flavor. Very prolific and early in 

 ripening. A leading variety for shipping. 



TIP TOP. — This splendid melon has 

 "held its own" during the past dozen 

 years or more with all introductions in the 

 melon line, and no melon of which we have 

 any knowledge -compares with it in uni- 

 formly good eating qualities. The testi- 

 mony of all who have used Tip Top is that 

 every melon produced, whether big or lit- 

 tle, early or late, is a good one; sweet, 

 juicy, finest flavor, firm (but not hard) 

 fleshed, and eatable to the outside coating. 

 Its appearance on the market is very at- 

 tractive — sells on sight. 



PAUI. ROSE OR PETOSKEY. — This 



splendid melon is one of the very best 

 varieties for either home use or the market 

 that has been introduced for many years. 

 It has a firmness of rind and structure of 

 flesh peculiarly its own, superior in this 

 respect to any other melon in existence, 

 surpassing all other varieties as a shipper 

 and a long keeper; has a very small seed 

 cavity, deep orange-colored flesh, and is of 

 very uniform shape, average diameter of 

 about 5 inches. 



TEXAS CANNON BAI.I.. — 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 extreme- 

 ly small seed cavity. Very prolific, con- 

 tinuing bearing for a long time. 



, EMERAIiD GEM. — A medium sized melon 

 which originated in Michigan, is almost 

 round, of good quality, the skin is green 

 and smooth; flesh salmon, fine grained and 

 thick. A good variety. 



EARI.Y HACKENSACK.— A very popu- 

 lar variety which attains a large size, is 

 round in shape and flattened at the ends; 

 skin sreen and thickly netted; the flesh 

 also is green, rich and sugary in flavor. It 

 is very productive, and extensively grown 

 by market gardeners. 



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