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



iAiKTER 7VIELON gQNTiNUBP 



Dixie 



TRIlMPtl 



A popular market sort. Vine vigorous, large grow- 

 ing and liardy, ripening its fruits earlier than most of 

 the large growing sorts; fruit medium sized to large, al)out 

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

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

 bright scarlet, ripens closely to the lind, is of the best 

 quality and free from the hard, coarse center whicli is so 

 objectionable a feature of many shipping melons. Pkt. 6c; 

 Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



A southern variety which has become 

 very popular with shippers. The fruit 

 is uniformly large, nearly round, dark 

 green, indistinctly striped with a lighter shade and has a thin 

 and firm rind which makes it an excellent shipper; flesh 

 bright red and of trood quality. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 16c; 

 % Lb. 20c; Lb: 70c. 



Cuban Queen l::^i^it 



large, globular, or oval; skin 

 striped light and dark green in 

 sharp contrast; rind medium 

 thick, but stands shipment 

 well. Flesh bright red, sohd, 

 very crisp and sugary. 

 Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 16c; 

 h. Lb. 20; Lb. 60c. 



Monte Cristo 



orKleckley'sSweets3 



A splendid sort foFlioine use 

 or near markets. Vine vigor- 

 ous and productive; fruit of 

 medium size; oval; color dark 

 mottled green in two shades, 

 forming indistinct stripes; flesh 

 very bright,ricii red andexceed- 

 ingly sweet. This variety is 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. 15c; % Lb. 25c; Lb. 90c. 



A large, oval variety; rind green 

 and rather thick; flesh scarlet and 

 quite solid to the center, very sweet and delicious. This is 

 an old standard sort and one of the best for the home gar- 

 den. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



HQTIT Ininn ^rult large, nearly round, dark green, very indis- 

 Udlh lllli(y tinctly mottled with lighter sliarle "' 



LONG LIGHT ICING 



Our stock of this 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 show- 

 ing the type well instead of lieing a mere mixture of white 

 seeded sorts. The melons of the Long Light Icing variety 

 are uniformly long and large, and the flesh deep, rich red 

 and of splendid quality. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 

 % Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



Round I i^hf Irintf Fruit medium sized, round, very 



I\UU11U Ll^lll ICIII^ ligiit preen or white, mottled 



with slightly darker green. Flesh bright, light red, very 



sweet and tender. By many this is considered t lie best of all 



melons. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz.l6c; h Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



fLORIDA TAVORITE 



Mountain Sweet 



rich, bright red. Pkt.5c; Oz.lOc; 2 Oz. 



Flesh very 

 5c; ^Lb.20c; Lb. 60c. 



Florida Favorite Water Melon. 



A very large, long 

 melon, mottled dark 

 green with stripes of 

 lighter shade. Rind thin but firm; flesh very bright, deep 

 red, very sweet, tender and excellent. A very popular variety 

 in the south. Pkt.Sc; Oz.lOc; 20z.l5c; 3^Lb.20; Lb.70c. 



Ipy, r^roAm Medium sized, with very sweet, scarlet flesh. 



li/C V^IISaill A. good variety for home market. Pkt. 6c; 

 Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



Cifrnn Grows uuiforndy round and smooth, striped and 



V>IIIUI1 marbled with light gieen. Flesh white and solid; 

 seeds red. This variety is not used for eating in the raw 

 state, but for preserves, pickles, etc. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c; h Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



MUSHROOM 



The Mushroom is an edible fungus of a white color, chang- 

 ing to brown when old. The gills are loose, of pinkish red, 

 changing to liver color. It produces no seed, but instead there 

 is developed a white, fibrous substance in broken threads, 

 called spawn, which is developed and pi-eserved in horse ma- 

 nure, pressed in the form of bricks. Thus prepared it will 

 retain its vitality for years. 



Mushrooms can be grown in cellars, in sheds, in hot beds 

 or sometimes in the open air, the great essential being a 

 uniform degree of temperature and moisture. Fermenting 

 horse manure at a temperature of about 70 degrees, mixed 

 with an equal weight of fresh sod loam, is made into beds the 

 size required and eit^ht to twelve inches deep. See to it that 

 the bed is packed very solidly and evenly. In this bed plant 

 the broken pieces of spawn six inches apart, cover the whole 

 with two inches of light soil and protect from cold and rain. 

 One brick will plant eight to ten square feet of bed. The 

 mushrooms will appenr in about six weeks. Water sparingly 

 and with lukewarm water. 



English Mushroom Spawn, in bricks of about 1 lb., 25c per 

 pound prepaid; 5 lbs. for $1.00 prepaid. 



French Mushroom Spawn, 3 lb. boxes, $1.50 each, prepaid. 



MUSTARD 



Mustard is not only used as a condiment, but the green 

 leaves are used as a salad, or cut and boiled like spinage. Sow 

 as early in the spring as the ground will permit, in drills abotit 

 eighteen inches apart, covering one-half inch deep. For suc- 

 cession, sow every few weeks till autumn. Water fi-eely. In 

 the south the seed should be sown in autumn and the plants 

 used early in the spring as a salad and for greens. 

 WHITE ENGLISH. The leaves are light green, mild and 



tender when young; seed light vellow. Pkt. 5c; Oz. lOc; 



2 Oz. 10c; ^ Lb. 15c; Lb. 40c. 



^nilfhorn Tiian^ Clirlpfl This mustard is very highly 



OUUinern UldniVyUneO esteemed in the south.where 



the seed is sown in the fall, and the plants used very early 



in the spring as a salad. Our stock is the true curled leaf. 



Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 16c; ?i Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



NASTURTIUM 



Sow after the ground is warm, in drills one inch deep, by 

 the side of a fence, trellis work, or some other support, to 

 climb upon. They will thrive in good ground in almost any 

 situation, but are more productive in a light soil. 

 TALL MIXED GARDEN. Cultivated both for use and orna- 

 ment. Its beautiful orange colored flowers serve as a gar- 

 nish for dishes and the young leaves are excellent for salads. 

 The green seed pods preserved in vine^^ar make a pickle 

 greatly esteemed by many. Pkt. 5c; Oz.lOc: 20z.l5c; % Lb. 

 25c; Lb. 75c. For other varieties see Flower Seeds, page 82. 



OKRA OR GUMBO 



This is an annual from the West Indies, cultivated for its 

 young seed pods which are used in soups, or stewed and 

 Served like asparagus. It is highly esteemed in the south for 

 making the famous gumbo soup. The pods when young and 

 tender may be sliced in sections and strung on a thread and 

 hung up in the shade to cui-e as one would dry apples; in this 

 condition they can be used for soup at any time. 



Culture— Plant in hills about four feet apart, putting six 

 to eight seeds in a hill and after the plants are well started, 

 cut out all but two. The dwarf sorts can be phmted much 

 closer in hills two to three feet apart or in drills two feet apart, 

 thinning the plants to about one foot apart in the row. Gather 

 the pods when quite green and about an inch and a half long. 

 WKUa VaK/a4 This variety is a great improvement on the 

 YYIIIKS VCIVCl old White or the Green. The plant is of 

 medium height, bearing a large crop of white, smooth, ten- 

 der pods which retain their tenderness until nearly full size. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



Perkins' Mammoth Long Pod ?^,?j;^" is d wiS 



but very productive. The pods are long, slender, deep 

 green and remain tender much longer than most sorts. 

 Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 

 DWARF WHITE. The longest podded variety; vines two 

 feet high and very productive. Mature pods a foot long, 



very thick and fleshy. 

 h Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 16c ^ 



