36 D.M.FERRY&CO., DETROiT, MICH. 



MUSK MELON 



Plant the seed in hills six feet apart each way, dropping ten to twelve seeds in a hill. After the plants begin to 

 crowd and the striped beetles are pretty well gone thin to four of the most vigorous plants in a hill. Give frequent but 

 shallov/ cultivation, until the plants make runners so long that this is impracticable. Rich earth for the young plants 

 is far better than manure, but if the latter must be used, see that it is well rotted and thoroughly mixed with the soil. 



If the plants grow very rank, more and finer fruit will be secured by allowing the main branch to continue growing 

 but pinch olf the end of each side branch after it has one fruit set. The quality of melons of all varieties is largely de- 

 pendent upon conditions of growth and ripening. Unhealthy vines or unfavorable weather produces fruit of compara- 

 tively poor flavor. 



The plants are liable to attack from the striped beetles which are so numerous in some cases as to destroy them. The 

 beetles may be kept off by frequent dusting with air-slacked lime, soot or sifted ashes diluted Avith fine road'earth. Care 

 should be taken not to use too much of any of the above materials or the vines will be injured. Should even the diluted 

 material prove injurious to the vine, use road earth only, as frequent dusting with this alone will often prove effective, 

 especially if a wind is blowing. 



GREEN FLESHED VARIETIES 



i-« . r- 1 r^'. A small, round melon, valuable 



Extra harly Citron on account of its extreme 

 earliness, hardiness and great productiveness. The skin 

 is green, becoming yellowish at maturity. The flesh is 

 light green, sweet and of good quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 

 2 Oz. 35c; % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.35 

 T I * J Vine rather small but vigorous and pro- 



Jenny Laind ductive. Fruit small, somewhat flattened, 

 deeply ribbed; flesh green and exceedingly sweet. This 

 variety ripens early and on account of its size is particu- 

 larly good for hotel use. We know of no green fleshed 

 melon maturing equally as early that is of more excellent 

 quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; S Oz. 85c; h Lb. 40c; 

 Lb. $1.25 



Elxtra Early Hackensack name dfstkJct^stoci! 



very different and much superior to that often sold as Ex- 

 tra Early Hackensack. The fruit is medium sized, nearly 

 round, evenly and deeply ribbed and with very coarse 

 netting. The flesh is green, a little coarse but very juicy, 

 sweet and well flavored. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 

 ^ Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 

 KT *.*. J /^ D 1 17 J This has become 



Netted Gem, or Rocky rord one of the most 



popular of small or basket melons and is shipped in large 

 quantities from Colorado and Arizona. The fruit is oval, 

 slightly ribbed, densely covered with fine netting. Flesh 

 thick, green, very sweet and highly flavored. We offer an 

 exceptionally fine stock of this early sort, the fruit being 

 very uniform in shape 

 and quality and of the 

 even size that is so 

 desirable in a ship- 

 ping melon. Pkt. 5c ; 

 Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 35c; 

 % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.35 



Baltimore, medium 



X sized, oval, 



or Acme siightiy 



pointed at stem end, 

 slightly ribbed, cover- 

 ed when ripe with 

 coarse netting. Flesh 

 thick green, very finely 

 flavored and sweet. A 

 very productive, sure 

 cropper and one of the 

 most uniformly good, 

 green fleshed melons 

 on our list. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 15c; aOz. 25c; 

 %Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



Cosmopolitan 



This variety was intro- 

 duced by us in 1894 and 

 combining, as it does, 

 the firm, sweet flesh of 

 the French Cantaloupe 

 and the delicious flavor 

 of the American Musk 

 Melon, it is truly cos- 

 mopolitan in charac- 

 ter. It is the most beau- 

 tiful of the green flesh 

 ed melons. Fruit 

 slightly oval, nearly 

 round, without ribs. 

 Color light green but 

 becoming covered at 

 maturity with dense 

 silver gray netting. 

 The flesh is green, firm, 

 sweet and uniformly 

 high flavored. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 

 % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.60 



Champion Market 



Fruit large, round or slightly 

 oval, with very shallow depres- 

 sions and covered with dense netting. "^Flesh green, of 

 medium^ texture, very thick and sweet The variety is 

 an improvement on Montreal in earhness and productive- 

 ness and v.ill suit those who like a large, sweet, green 

 fl.eshed sort It can al-vavs be depended upon for a good 

 crop. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz, 25c; % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



Hackensackj or Tiirk's Cap the^' dYam?t?r 



much more than the length; ribs large and of irregular 

 width, densely covered with coarse netting: flesh green, 

 thick, coarse but very sweet and finely flavored. Our stock 

 is true to the '"Turk's Cap" type and after careful com- 

 parison with that of other grov\-ers we do not hesitate to 

 pronounce it the best in the country. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 

 2 Oz. 25c: % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



Improved Large Green Nutmeg ous!\a?dy^ 



productive; fruit very large, round, slightly flattened at 

 both ends, ribbed, covered with coarse netting; flesh very 

 thick and of the highest flavor. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 



2 Oz. 25c; h Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



n \r' Fruit of largest size, frequently weighing 



I5ay V lew ten to fifteen pounds, long, deeply ribbed 

 and is covered with coarse netting, flesh green, thick 

 and of fine flavor. By far the best of the large late 

 maturing melons and so hardy that we especially recom- 

 mend it to inexperienced cultivators. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 



3 Oz. 25c; h, Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



