D M FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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iareest size, a little longer than thick but nearly globular in 

 shape Skin very bright, beautiful mottled green. Flesh 

 bright red. firm and heavy, but crisp, melting and exceedingly 

 sweet. This melon is not only a good keeper, but it improves 

 in quality for a long time after ripening. Seeds dark gray. 



PHINNEY'S EARLY.— A valuable variety for use in the 

 North; hardv and a sure cropper. Vines vigorous and pro- 

 ductive, fruiting quite early; fruit medium size, oblong, 

 smooth, marbled with two shades of green; rind thin: fiesh 

 pink, very sweet, tender and crisp. 



D. M. FERRY &. GO'S PEERLESS.— The best melon for 

 private gardens and for market gardeners who deliver direct 

 to consumers, but is also grown extensively in some sections 

 for shipping in car-load lots distances of two or three hun- 

 dred miles. Tine moderately vigorous, hardy, productive; 

 fruit medium size. oval, finely mottled; rind thin; flesh bright 

 scarlet, solid to the center, crisp, tender and of the highest 

 flavor. Our stock of this variety is most carefully selected. 



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

 planteil closer than most sorts. Fruit round, very dark green, 

 with sweet, scarlet flesh and black seeds. It is not so large as 

 some of the other sorts, but is verj- hardy and a certain 

 cropper. 



GYPSY, OR GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE.-One of the 

 largest varieties, and stands shipment long distances. Fruit 

 cvhndrical. .square at the ends, smooth, distinctly striped 

 and mottled light and dark green. Flesh bright scarlet and 

 very sweet. 



CUBAN QUEEN.— Fruit medium size to large, globular or 

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

 medium thick, but stands sliipment well. Flesh bright red; 

 solid, very crisp and sugary. 



DIXIE.— A popular market sort. Vines \-igorous, large 

 gniwiug and hardy; fruit medium size to large, about one- 

 third longer than thick. Color of skin dark green striped with 

 a lighter shade; rind thin but tough; flesh bright scarlet, 

 ripens closely to the rind, is of the best qualitj- and free from 

 the hai-d. coarse center, which is so objectionable a feature of 

 many shipping melons. 



KOLB'S GEM. 



KOLB'S GEn.— Vines of medium size, but remarkably vigor- 

 ous and healthy. Leaves of medium size, deeply cut with a 

 peculiar frilled edge. Fruit of the largest size, round or 

 slightly oval, marked with irregular mottled stripes of dark 

 and light green. Outer rind or shell exceedingly hard and 

 firm, making it a popular sort for shipping long distancas. 

 Flesh bright red. solid, a little coarse, but sweet and tender. 

 Seeds dark gray. 



BOSS.— The very dark green long fruit has very bright red. 

 exceedingly sweet flesh, extending to within one-fourth inch 

 of the rind. A splendid sort for the home garden, but too thin 

 rinded for shipping. 



LONG LIGHT ICING.— Our stock of this sort is much bet- 

 ter than that usualh' offered. The melons are uniformly long 

 and large, and the fle.sh deep rich red and of splendid quality. 



ROUND LIGHT ICING.— Fruit medium size, 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. 



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

 indistinctly mottled with lighter shade. Flesh very rich, 

 bright i-ed. The juice, which is very abundant, is of rich, 

 deep color and flows so freely as to be availal)U> as a drink. 

 All of our stocks of Icing Melon are pure and peifectly dis- 

 tinct, showing very imiformly th.e characteristics of each sort 

 as described. Repeated trials have demonstrated that our 

 stocks of the Icing varieties are very much more x>ure and dis- 

 tinct than those obtainable elsewhere. 



MOUNTAIN SWEET.— A large, oval variety; rind gi-een; 

 flesh scarlet and quite solid to the center, very sweet and 

 <lelicious. This is an old standard sort and one of the best for 

 the home garden. 



MUSHROOM. 



ICE CREAM.— Medium size, with scarlet flesh and very 

 sweet ; a good variety for main crop. 



ORANGE.— An oval melon, skin green: flesh scarlet, of 

 good quality, and is peculiar, in that the flesh may be easily 

 separated from the rind like an orange. 



CITRON.— Grows uniformly round and smooth, striped and 

 marbled with light green. Flesh white and sfjlid; seeds red. 

 It should be borne in mind that this variety is not ased for 

 eating in the raw state, but for presei'ves. pickles, etc. 



MUSHROOM. 



Ayaricus campestris. 

 The 3Iushroom is an edible fungus, of a white color, chang- 

 ing to brown when old. The gills are loose, of a pinkisn- 

 i-ed, changing to fiver color. It produces no seed, but instead, 

 a white, fibrous substance in 

 broken threads, called .spawn. 

 \\hich is preserved in horse 

 manure, being prassed in the 

 foi-m of bricks. Thus prepared 

 it will retain its vitality for 

 years. 



Culture. — Mushrooms can 

 be grown in a cellar, in sheds, 

 or in hot-beds in open air, 

 on shelves, or out-of-the-way 

 places. Fermenting horse man- 

 ure at a temperature of about 

 70 degrees, mixed with an 

 equal weight of fresh sod loam, 

 is made into beds the size re- 

 quired, eight inches deep. See 

 to it that the bed is packed very 

 solidly and evenly. In this bed 

 plant the broken pieces of 

 spa%vn six inches apart, covering the ^\■hole with two inches of 

 light soil, and protect from cold and rain. One brick will 

 jjlant eight to ten square feet of bed. The mushrooms will 

 appear in about six weeks. Water sparingly and with luke- 

 warm water. ^' 



MUSTARD. 



French. Moutard. German, Senf. 



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

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



Culture.— Should be the same as that of cress. 



WHITE ENGLISH.— The leaves are light green, mild and 

 tender when young; seed light yellow. 



SOUTHERN GIANT CUrLeD.-TWs mustard is very 

 highly 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. The seed is brown and pro- 

 duces plants which often grow two feet lugh and of greater 

 breadth, fomiiug enormous bunches. 



NASTURTIUM. 



French, Capucine. German, Kapuziner Kress. 



Culture. — Sow after the ground is warm, in drills one inch 

 deeiJ, by the side of a fence, trellis work, or some other sup- 

 port, to climb upon. They will thrive in good ground in 

 almost any situation, but are more productive in a light soil. 



TALL MIXED.— Cultivated both for use and ornament. 

 Its beautiful orange colored flowers serve as a garnish for 

 dishes, and the young leaves are excellent for salads. The 

 flower buds, scarcelj' formed, and the green seed pods pre- 

 served in vinegar, make a pickle greatly esteemed by many. 



For other varieties see Floirer Seeds. 



OKRA. 



French, Gomho. German, Ocher. 



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

 green seed pods, which are used in soups, or stewed and serveii 

 like asparagus. It is highly esteemed in the South for making 

 gumbo soup. The jx)ds when young and tender should Ix' 

 sliced in sections and strung on a thread and hiuig up in the 

 shade to cure like dried apjiles; in this condition they can be 

 used for soup at any time. 



CuLTiTjE.— Sow the seed thinly in dry. warm soil, in shallow 

 drills two feet apart. After the" plants are up. thin them oui 

 to nine inches apart; hoe frequently and tlraw a little earth to 

 the stems as they continue to grow. Gather the pods when 

 quite green, and about an inch and a half long. 



WHITE VELVET.— This vai-iety is a great improvement 

 on the old White or the Green. The plant is of nuHlium height, 

 bearing a large crop of white, smooth, tender pods which 

 retain their tenderness until nearly full size. 



DWARF WHITE.— The longest yxxldetl variety. Two feet 

 high, very productive; mature pods a foot long, very thick 

 and fleshy. 



