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M . F E R R Y 



GO'S 



Culture. — Although the finest melons are produced 

 on lights sandy soil of pure quality, a vigorous start for 

 the young vines is necessary, and for this we need a hill 

 ot rich earth, similar to that for cucumbers. If very 

 large fruit is desired, pick off all but one of the fruit. 



Early Jersey.— One of the earliest varieties grown. 

 Above the medium size, oval-round, dark green, striped 

 with lighter shades. Flesh scarlet, solid, fine-grained, 

 very sweet and juicy. A most excellent variety, either 

 for market or home use. The rind is quite thin, but it 

 bears carriage well 



Phinney s Early 



Phinney's Early.— A valuable variety for near 



market. Vine vigorous and pfoductive, fruiting quite 



early. Flesh pink, zjery sweety tender and brittle. 



Rinc r 1 tl r ■ 1 1 •riagewell. 



D. M, Ferry & Go's Peerless, 

 D. M. Ferry & Go's Peerless.— T/zzj is unques- 

 tionably the best water 7nelon in cultivation. Of 

 medium size, thin rind, light mottled green ; flesh 

 bright scarlet,, solid to the center,, crisp, melting, and 

 sweet as honey. Our stock of this variety all came 

 from one melon, selected several years a':-o. 



Gypsy. 



Black Spanish.— Vine small, so that they may be 

 planted closer than most sorts. Round, very dark green, 

 with scarlet flesh and black seeds. It is not so large as 

 some of the other sorts, but has a very thin rind, and a 

 rich, sugary flavor. 



Gypsy.— One of the largest varieties, and stands 

 shipment long distances better than any other. Fruit 

 long, smooth, distinctly striped with mottled light and 

 dark green. Flesh bright scarlet, and very sweet. 



Cuban Queen. — Described as one of the largest 

 melons known, specimens having been grown that 

 weighed eighty-two pou7ids. Vine vigorous ; skin 

 striped light and dark green. Rind medium thick, but 

 the frui; stands shipment well. Flesh bright red, solid, 

 very criso and sugary. 



Long Island.— This is the variety commonly grown 

 for New York market, and is either round or long : flesh 

 red ; seeds dark grey. 



Mountain Sweet. — A large, long, oval variety; skin 

 striped and marbled with different shades of green; flesh 

 scarlet, and quite solid to the center ; very sweet and 

 delicious. 



Mountain Sprout. — A large, long, striped variety, 

 with bright scarlet flesh and drab colored seeds ; it dif- 

 fers from the Mountain Sweet in color and shape, is 

 rather late, and will keep longer in the fall. 



Orange. — 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. 



Ice Cream.— 

 Medium size,scar- 

 Jet flesh, and very 

 sweet: a good 

 variety for main 

 crop. 

 Chinese Sculp- 

 tured-Seeded. - 

 Remarkably early 

 and of most deli- 

 cious flavor. Flesh 

 cream color ; shel I 

 light green. The 

 seeds are of sin- 

 gular form. 



Citron. — Employed in making preserves ; grows uni- 

 formly round and smooth, striped and marbled with 

 light green. Flesh white and solid ; seeds red. 



MUSHROOMS. 



The Mushroom is an edible fungus, rounded in form, 

 of a white color, changing to brown when old. The 

 gills are loose, of a pinkish red, changing to liver color. 

 It is used in a variety of culinary preparations, and is 

 esteemed a great delicacy. It 

 produces no seed, but instead, a 

 white, fibrous substance in brok- 

 en threads, which is prepared 

 and preserved in horse manure, 

 being pressed in the form of 

 bricks. Thus prepared, it will 

 retain its vitality for years. The 

 ttle broken pieces of this ma- 

 nure are planted two inches be- 

 low the surface, and in due time 

 the mushrooms appear. 



Culture. — Mushrooms can be 

 grown in the cellar, in sheds, or 

 in hot-beds in openair,on shelves, 

 or out-of-the-way places. Fer- 

 mented horse manure, of equal 

 temperature, say 70 degrees, is 

 made into beds the size required, 



Citron. 



