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D. M. FERRY & COS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



pink, very deep, fine grained and of excellent flavor. A 

 desirable melon for home or market garden use. 



OSAGE, OR IMPROVED MILLER'S CREAM.— This 



naelon has made its 

 way into public favor 

 from the market 

 rather than the garden 

 and seems to be just 

 what the people want. 

 It is medium sized, 

 oval shghtly, ribbed, 

 covered more or less 

 with shallow netting, 

 dark green in color. 

 The flesh is deep 

 salmon, and is good 

 to within a fourth of an 

 inch of the rind. Very 

 tsweet and good flavor- 

 ed. A favorite variety 

 in some markets. 



Cream . 



LONG YELLOIV. 



—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. 



MBLON, WAT^BR. 



French, Melon d''eau. German, Wasser-Melone. 

 Culture.— The essential thing is to get a good, strong vine 

 •early in the season, which may be secured by forming a 

 large, well drained hill of rich earth, avoiding using the 

 manure in such a way as to cause the plant to dry out under 

 the hot sun. On this hill 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 EARLY.— A valuable variety for use in the 



North; hardy and a sure cropper. Vine vigorous and pro- 

 ductive, fruiting quite early; fruit oblong, smooth, marbled 

 with two shades of green ; rind thin; flesh pink, very sweet, 

 tender and free from stringiness. 



have failed to show Jordan's Gray Monarch to be different 

 from this. 



BOSS.— Vines small, but vigorous, with small, finely 

 divided leaves. Fruit above medium size, long, with rounded 

 ends, very dark green skin, and exceedingly bright red flesh, 

 which extends to within one-half inch of the surface, and is 

 very sweet. Seed small, dark brown. It is an excellent sort 

 for home use, but the rind is too thin for a good shipper. 



Black Spanish. 



BLACK SPANISH.— Vine small, so that they may be 

 planted closer than most sorts. Round, very dark green, 

 with scarlet flesh and black seeds. It is not so large as som^ 

 of the other sorts, but very sweet and of fine flavor. 



Phinney's Early. 



D. M. FERRY & CO'S PEERLESS.— The 

 best melon for private gardens and for market 

 gardeners who deliver direct to consumers, and 

 is grown extensively in some sections for ship- 

 ping in car-load lots distances of two and three 

 hundred miles. Vine moderately vigorous, hardy, 

 productive; fruit medium sized, oval, finely 

 mottled; rind thin; flesh bright scarlet, solid to 

 the centre, crisp, tender and of the highest flavor. 

 Our stock of this variety is most carefully 

 selected. 



DARK ICING — Fruit large, nearly round, dark green, 

 very indistinctly mot- 

 tled with lighter shade. 

 Flesh very rich, bright 

 red. The juice, which 

 is very abundant, is of 

 rich, deep color and 

 flows so freely as to be 

 available as a drink. 

 All of our stocks of ' 

 Icing melon are pure 

 and perfectly distinct, 

 showing very uniform- 

 ly the characteristics 

 of each sort as de- 

 scribed. 



ROUND LIGHT 

 ICING. -Fruit medi- 

 um sized, round, very 

 light green or white, 

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

 very sweet and tender. By many this is considered the best 

 of all melons. 



_ LONG LIGHT ICING.— A variety estabhshed by selec- 

 tion until it is uniformly long, oval in shape and nearly twice 

 as heavy as the Round Icing. In other respects it is much 

 like that sort and fully equal to it in quality. Repeated trials 



Dark Icing. 



Gypsy, or Georgia Rattlesnake. 

 GYPSY, OR GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE.- One of 



the largest varieties, and stands shipment long distances. 

 Fruit cylindrical, square at the ends, smooth, distinctly 

 striped and mottled light and dark green. Flesh bright 

 scarlet and very sweet. 



CUBAN QUEEN Fruit medium sized to large, globular 



or oval; skin striped light and dark green in sharp contrast; 

 rind medium thick; but stands shipment well. Flesh bright 

 red, solid, very crisp and sugary. 



DIXIE.— This new and desirable variety, of Southern 

 origin, is a cross between the Kolb's Gem and Mountain Sweet, 

 having the tough rind and long keeping qualities of the 

 former combined with the great productiveness, high flavor 

 and freedom from stringiness of the latter, and is destined to 

 become, we think, a leading market sort. Vines vigorous, 

 large growing and hardy; fruits medium size to very large, 

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

 striped with a hghter shade, making it very attractive; rind 

 thin but tough; flesh bright scarlet, ripens closely to the 

 rind, is of the best quality and free from all the toughness 

 and stringiness which is so objectionable a feature of many 

 shipping melons. We hope all our customers will give this 

 very desirable sort a trial, as we feel sure they will be greatly 

 pleased with it. 



KOLB'S GEM The most profitable variety to grow for 



shipping long distances, and is probably used more than all 



