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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



SMALL GREEN NUTMEG.-Fruitof medium size, slightly 

 ribbed, globular. Skin dark green, becoming yellow when 

 over ripe, and nearly covered with broad shallow netting. 

 Flesh thick, a little coarse, but of fine flavor. This variety is 

 in universal demand for both home and market use. It is the 

 size so much sought after by hotels and restaurants. Our 

 stock is carefully grown and selected, and will be found fii'st 

 class in every particular. 



EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK.— A strain of Small Green 

 Nutmeg, which is very popular in some markets, and in which 

 the ribs are more pronounced and the netting coarser than in 

 the above sort. Flesh green, very juicy and sweet. 



BALTIMORE, OR ACME.— Fruit medium size, oval, 

 slightly pointed at stem end, slightly ribbed, covered when 

 ripe with coarse netting. Flesh thick, green, very fine flavored 

 and sweet. We think this one of the most uniformly good 

 melons we have on our list. 



EARLY WHITE JAPAN An old variety, but of very fine 



quality. Fruit oval, white, with green flesh. One of the best 

 ior the home garden. Very early. 



IMPROVED LARGE GREEN NUTMEG. 



IMPROVED LARGE GREEN NUTMEG.— Vines vigorous, 

 3iardy. productive; fruit very large, round, slightly flattened 

 at both ends, ribbed, covered with coarse netting; flesh very 

 thick, and of the highest flavor. 



PINE APPLE.— Vines very productive and hardy. Fruit 

 oval, medium size, slight ribs and dark green at first, but 

 becoming covered with shallow gray netting. Flesh green, 

 thick, delicate and exceedingly sweet and high flavored. One 

 of the best of all the green fleshed melons for home use. 



HACKENSACK, OR TURK'S CAP.-Fruit very large, 

 flattened globe shape, ribs large and of irregular width, 

 •densely covered with coarse netting; flesh green, thick, 

 •coarse, but very sweet and fine* flavored. We have taken 

 ;great pains to have our stock of this true to the "Turk's 

 •Cap" type, and after careful comparison with that of other 

 growers do not hesitate to pronovmce it the best in the 

 ■country. 



MONTREAL.— Our stock of this variety, imlike most 

 offered, is of distinct and uniform type. Fruit of the larg- 

 •est size, often measuring twelve to fourteen inches m 

 diameter; spherical, or slightly oval in shape, with regular, 

 •shallow ribs, and sparsely covered with netting; flesh light 

 green, very juicy, sweet and of excellent flavor. 



BAY VIEW.— Fruit long and of the largest 

 size, frequently weighing fifteen to seventeen 



pounds; deeply ribbed and covered with coarse netting; flesh 

 green, thick and of fine flavor. A favorite in some markets 



CASABA, OR GREEN PERSIAN. -One of the largest and 

 best musk melons in cultivation. Fruit long, oval, a little 

 pointed at each end; flesh green, very sweet. 



RED OR YELLOW FLESHED SORTS. 



OSAGE, OR IMPROVED MILLER'S CREAM.-This melon 



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 med- 

 ium size, oval, 

 slightly ribbed, 

 dark green in col- 

 or, covered more 

 or less with shal- 

 low netting. The 

 flesh is deep sal 

 mon color, ex 

 ceedingly sweet 

 and high flavor 

 ed, and is good 

 to within a fourth 

 of an inch of the 

 rind, and very 

 thick, there be 

 ing but a slight 

 cavity inthecen 

 ter of even the 



OSAGE. 



largest fruit. A favorite variety in some markets. 



EMERALD GEM.— The standard of excellence among the 

 salmon fleshed varieties. Fruit small to medium size, globu 

 lar, 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 is unsurpassed in flavor. This 

 variety has steadily grown in popular favor and in many large 

 markets leads all other kinds. 



SURPRISE.- This old variety is still highly esteemed by 

 many. Vines hardy and productive; fruit oval, not deeply 

 ribbed, covered with slight patches of netting; skin yellowish- 

 white ; flesh deep salmon color. 



LONG YELLOW.— A large variety; long, oval, deeply rib- 

 bed; flesh thick, light salmon colored, and of a peculiar musky 

 flavor. This variety is used in its green state for mangoes. 



MELONrWATER. 



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 earth, 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 sun, and thus to the failure of the 

 crop. 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. 



SWEET HEART.— This variety has no equal as a melon to 

 ship to distant markets, and it is so attractive in appearance 

 that it is readily sold when all others are a drug. Of the 



MONTREAL. 



SWEET HEART. 



