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FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH 



WATER MELON 



To make certain of raising good Water Melons, it Is essential that the plants have a good start and to this end it is 

 important to prepare hills about eight feet apart, by thoroughly working into the soil an abundance of well rotted man- 

 ure — hen manure, guano, or other forms rich in nitrogen, being most desirable. Over this highly manured soil put an 

 inch or more of fresh earth and plant the seeds on this, covering them about an inch deep. It is important that the seed 

 should not be planted before the ground becomes warm and dry. as the young plants are very sensitive to cold and wet. 

 When the plants have formed the first pair of rough leaves, they should be thinned so as to leave two or three of the 

 strongest and best to each hill. Frequent watering of the plants -with liquid manure will hasten tJie gro-«-th. thus dimin- 

 ishing the danger from insect pests. 



U • > 17 !• 3. ^ splendid, large, 

 rlarriS ll.arliest extra early melon of 



exceptionally fine quaUty, Fruit slightly 



oval with irregularly mottled stripes of 



light and dark green. Flesh bright red, sweet 



and tender One of the most desirable for 



planting in the north. Pkt. oc; Oz. 15c; 



2 Oz. 25Ci h Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 



f>l_ . > C 1 This variety is un- 



rhmney S barly usually hardy and a 

 sure cropper. Vines vigorous and produc- 

 tive, fruiting quite early, fruit medium 

 size, oblong, smooth, marbled with two 

 shades of green; rind thin; flesh pink, 

 tender and crisp. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c; h Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



Dlt>I C 0/^1 Sometimes sold 



. M. rerry & Co S as ice Cream 



Peerless ^'^^ °^ ^^^^ ^^^^ sorts for private 



* ^ gardens and for market gar- 



deners who deliver direct to consumers. 

 Vine moderately vigorous, hardy, produc- 

 tive: fruit medium sized, oval, bright green, 

 finely veined or mottled; rind thin, flesh 

 bright scarlet, solid, crisp, tender and very 

 sweet. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 

 %Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



f f • Li ¥ • Our stock of this -- 



J^Ong L.lgllt Icmg sort is much better 



than that usually offered and superior to 



many strains offered as Early Monarch, 



etc. Repeated trials have demonstrated 



that we have very fine stocks of Icing 



melons, each variety 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 uni • 



formly long and large, a little irregular in shape and the 



flesh deep rich red, and of splendid quality, Pkt. 5c; 



Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c: h Lb. 25c; Lb. 80c. 

 D J f * La T • Fruit medium^ sized, round, 



KOUna L.Ignt icmg very light green or white, veined 



and mottled with slightly darker green, Flesh bright, 



light red, very sweet and tender. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 



2 Oz. 15c; ^4 Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 

 r^ IT* Fruit large, nearly round, dark green, very 



LiarK icmg indistinctly veined and mottled with lighter 



shade Flesh very rich, bright red. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 



2 Oz, 15c; h Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



Monte Cristo, or Kleckley's Sweets pal?e^d 



for home use or near markets. Vine vigorous and produc- 

 tive; fruit of medium size, oval; color dark green, often 



showing fine russetting; flesh very bright, rich red and 



exceedingly sweet. So crisp and tender that it will not 



stand shipping, the fruit bursting open if subjected to even 



a slight jar. or when the rind is penetrated with a knife. 



Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; h Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 

 1-«1 .1 ^ ..A splendid melon of largest size 



r-lorida raVOrite and excellent quality, fruit long, 



dark green, mottled and striped with lighter shade; rind 



thin but firm, flesh very bright, deep red, very sweet, 



tender and excellent, Pkt. 5c: Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 



%Lb. 25c; Lb. 85c. 



Harris' Earliest 



Alabama Sweet 



Florida Favorite 



A very large, long melon of fine 

 quality; very popular in the south 

 where it is grown extensively for shipping. Rind firm, 

 rather dark green, slightly striped; flesh bright red, seed 

 white. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; h Lb. 25c; Lb. 85c. 

 »-i > f i_ ^ e introduced this 'splendid melon 



rerry S Iceberg in 1902. in general shape, size and 

 appearance it is similar to the well known Kolb's Gem, 

 btit is distinctly darker and the skin where the melon rests 

 on the ground is rich yellow instead of white as in that va- 

 riety, it has a very firm, hard rind and is as good a shipper 

 as the Kolb's Gem but the fiesh is much deeper colored, 

 extends nearer to the rind, is much more tender and 

 sweet. The best dark colored shipping melon yet produced. 

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



wr 11 > /^ Vines of medium size but remarkably 



JVOlD S Liem vigorous and healthy. Fruit of the larg- 

 est size, round or slightly oval, marked with irregular 

 mottled stripes of dark and light green. Rind exceed- 

 ingly hard and firm, making it a good sort for shipping. 

 Flesh bright red, solid, a little coarse, but sweet and 

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



j^. . A popular market sort. Vine vigorous, large 



i^lXie growing and hardy, ripening its fruits earlier than 



most of the large sorts; fruit medium sized to large, about 



one-third longer than thick. Color of skin dark green, 



striped with a lighter shade; rind thin but tough; flesh 



bright scarlet, ripens closely to the rind and is of the best 



quality. This variety is very 



highly esteemed, especially 



throughout the south. 



Pkt. 5c: Oz. lOc: 2 Oz. 15c; 



H Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



/^L'l* -'^ ^^■^^' melon of 



l^nilian splendid quality 

 which is already very popu- 

 lar on the Pacific coast 

 and will doubtless take high 

 rank elsewhere as soon as 

 its desirable characteristics 

 have become more generally 

 known. Fruits nearly round 

 or slightly oblong, skin rich 

 deep green, mottled and 

 striped with a still darker 

 shade: flesh of decidedly 

 bright vermilion red: re- 

 markably fine grained but 

 firm and very sweet. (See 

 colored plate opposite) 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; 

 ^Lb. 30c;Lb. $1.00 



