D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 37 



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 

 shallow cultivation, until the plants make runners so long that this is impracticable. Rich eartla for the young plants 

 is far better than manure, but if the latter must be used, see that it is well rotted and thoroughlv 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 oif 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 with 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 



C" 1. CI r^'M. A small, round melon, valuable 



CiXtra Harly i^ltron on account of its extreme 

 earliness, hardiness and great productiveness. The skin 

 is green, beconaing yellowish at maturity. The flesh is 

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

 2 Oz. 25c; H Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 

 I I • J ^'ine rather small but vigorous and pro- 



Jenny LdllCt dtictive. Fruit small, somewhat flattened, 

 deeply ribbed and well netted. Flesh green and exceed- 

 ingly sweet. This variety ripens earl j' and on account of 

 its size is particularly good for hotel use. We know of 

 no green fleshed melon maturing eqtially as early that is 

 of more excellent quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 

 % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 



Er> ^ t T 1 1 We offer under this 



xtra Larly Hackensack name distinct stock, 



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

 tra' Early Hackensack. The fruit is nearly two weeks 

 earlier than Hackensack, medium to large sized, nearly 

 round or somewhat flattened, evenly and deeply ribbed 

 and with very coarse netting. The skin is green, slightly 

 tinged with yellow as the fruits mature. The flesh is green, 

 a little coarse but very juicy, sweet, and well flavored. 



r'k«,««*^;^,« JiA^Jl^^t. Fruit large, round or slightly 

 L^nampiOn Market oval, shghtly ribbed and cover- 

 ed with dense netting. Flesh green, of medium texture, 

 very thick and sweet. The variety is an improvement on 

 Montreal in earliness and productiveness and will suit 

 those who like a large, sweet, green fleshed sort. It can 

 always be depended upon for a good crop. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; ^ Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 

 III 1 T'i>/~« Fruit very large, 



Hackensack, or lurks Cap nearly round, 



sometimes a little flattened: 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 '"Ttirk's Cap" type and after careful com- 

 parison with that of other growers we do not hesitate to 

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

 2 Oz. 25c; H Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 



Improved Large Green Nutmeg oiis!Vafd5% 



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. $1.25 



Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; H Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 o \f Fruit of largest size, frequently weighing 



This has become Day VlCW ten to fifteen pounds, long, deeply ribbed 



Netted Gem, or Rocky Ford 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. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; 

 H Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 



Baltimore, medium 

 or>\cme ^^ ^^^^ 



oval, slightly pointed 

 at stem end. slightly 

 ribbed, covered when 

 ripe with coarse net- 

 ting. Flesh thick 

 green, very finely 

 flavored and sweet. A 

 very prodtictive. sure 

 cropper and one of the 

 most uniformly good, 

 green fleshed 'melons 

 on our list. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 

 H Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 



Cosmopolitan 



This variety, combin- 

 ing, as it does, the 

 firm, sweet flesh of the 

 French Cantaloupe 

 and the delicious flavor 

 of the American Musk 

 Melon, 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. $1.25 



and is covered with coarse netting. Skin green, becom- 

 ing slightly yellow as fruits ripen. 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; 

 2 Oz. 25c; H Oz. 40c; Lb. $1.25 



Netted Gem, or Rocky Ford 



