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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 4] 
MUSK MELONS CONTINUED 
MONTREA Our stock of this variety, unlike most offered, 
distinct and uniform type. 
ical, or slightly oval in shape, with regular, shallow ribs, and 
sparsely covered with netting; flesh light green, very juicy, sweet 
and ofexcellent flavor. Pkt.5e; 0z.10c ; 2 Oz.15e; % Lb.20c; Lb.60¢ « 
PINE APPL Vines very productive and hardy. Fruit 
oval, medium sized, slightly ribbed and 
dark green at first, but becoming covered with shallow 
gray netting as they mature. Flesh green, thick, deli- 
cate, exceedingly sweet and high flavored. 
Pkt.5c; Oz.10c: 2 Oz.15c: % Lb. 20¢; Lb.55c 
Fruit long and of the largest size, fre- 
quently weighing fifteen to seventeen 
pounds, deeply ribbed and covered with coarse netting; 
flesh green, thick and of fine flavor. By far the best of 
the large melons, and so hardy as to be the best sort for 
inexperienced cultivators. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c3 & Lh. 20c3 Lb. d5dc. 
Orange Fleshed Varieties 
Petoskey orPaul Rose 
SEE COLORED PLATE PAGE 48, 
or Improved 
OSAG Miller’s Cream 
This Melon has made its way into public favor 
from the market rather than the garden, and 
is highly prized by those who like an exceed= 
ingly sweet and high flavored Melon. 
It is medium sized, oval, slightly ribbed, dark green 
in color, covered more or less with shallow netting. 
The flesh is deep salmon color and very thick, there 
being but a slight cavity in the center of even the 
largest fruit. A favorite variety for the market. 
We have taken a great deal of pains to develop the 
thick, deep, rich colored and fine flavored flesh of 
this sort, and a careful. comparison on our trial 
grounds proves it to be unequaled even by ‘‘Special 
selected seed” offered at very high prices. : 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c: Lb. 60¢ 
McCOTTER’S PRIDE 
This variety is the result of long continued skill- 
ful breeding and selection with the purpose of se- 
curing a very large melon of spherical shape, with flesh 
of fine grain and high quality. The effort has been most 
successful, and we send out this variety with confi- 
dence that 
It will Please all who Plant it. 
The Fruit is Very Large, 
nearly round, evenly and moderately ribbed, dark green 
in color, partially covered with gray netting. 
The Orange=Red Flesh is Very Thick, Sweet 
and of Fine Flavor. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c: 2 Oz. 25¢; % Lb. 40e; Lb. $1.25 
Fruit small to medium sized, globular, 
EMERALD GE or slightly flattened at the ends, only 
slightly netted and ribbed. Skin deep green while young, 
becoming tinged with yellow as the fruit matures; flesh deep 
salmon-yellow, thick, ripening close to the rind, and exceed- 
ingly high flavored. This variety has steadily grown in pop- 
ular favor, and in many large markets leads all other kinds. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c 
Fruit of the largest 
size, often measuring twelve to fourteen inches in diameter; spher- 
is of 
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OsAGE Musk MELON. 
McCorTtTer’s PRIDE Musk MELON. 
This old variety is still highly esteemed by 
SURPRIS many. Vines hardy and productive; fruit 
oval, not deeply ribbed, covered with slight patches of netting; 
skin yellowish-white; flesh deep salmon color. 
Pkt. 5c: 0z.10c: 2 Oz. 15e; 4 Lh.20e: Lb.55e 
LONG YELLO A large variety; long, oval, deeply ribbed; 
flesh thick, light salmon colored, and of a 
peculiar musky flavor. This variety is used in its green state for 
mangoes. Pkt. 5c: Oz.10e: 2 Oz. Lic: %& Lb. 20c; Lb. 5c 
WATER MBLONS.. 
CULTURE-—In Water Melon culture, the essential thing is 
to get good, strong vines early in the season, which may be se- 
cured by forming large, well drained hills of earth, about 
eight feet apart, made very rich with an abundance of well 
rotted manure, which should be thoroughly mixed with the 
soil, for if left in a mass it will lead to the plants burning out 
under the hot sifn, and thus to the failure of thecrop. In 
these hills plant the seed as soon as the ground is warm and 
dry, and carefully protect the young plants from insects, and 
hasten their growth by the use of liquid manure. 
PHINNEY’S FARL A valuable variety for use in the 
North; hardy and a sure cropper. 
Vines vigorous and productive, fruiting quite early; fruit me- 
dium sized, oblong, smooth, marbled with two shades of green; 
rind thin; flesh pink, very sweet, tender and crisp. 
Pkt. 5c: Oz. 10e; 2 Oz. 15e; %4¢ Lh. 20c: Lh. 50¢ 
