D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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H 4CKENSACK, OK TURK'S CAP.- We have been 

 unwilling to offer this as a distinct variety for although we 

 have tested a great many stocks we could find none which 

 were of uniform type, but we have at last, by careful selec- 

 tion, secured a stock which is pure and true. Fruit of the 

 lar-estsize, much flattened, with large irregular and deep 

 ribs; covered with coarse netting: flesh thick, coarse, of 

 deep green color, and of the finest flavor. 



Hackensack, or Turks Cap. 



MOXTREAL.-Our stock of this variety, unlike most 

 that is offered, is of distinct and uniform type. Fruit of the 

 largest size, often measuring twelve to fourteen inches in 

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

 -hallow ribs, and sparsely covered with netting; flesh firm, 

 light green, sweet and of excellent flavor. 



PINE APPLE.— Vines very productive and hardy. Fruit 

 ovaL tapering to stem, medium sized, slight ribs and dark 

 green at first, but becoming covered with shallow gray 

 netting. Flesh green, very thick, soft, delicate and exceed- 

 ingly sweet and high flavored. One of the best of all the 

 melons for home use. 



BAY VIE W.— Fruit large, often sixteen to eighteen inches 

 long, and will ripen up finely if picked quite green, making 

 it one of the best for shipping long distances, and this, com- 

 bined with its great beauty, makes the variety a favorite 

 with market gardeners. Flesh thick, of rich green color, 

 iuicy and very sweet and rich. 



C\SABA, OK OKEEN PERSIAN. -One of the largest 

 and* best musk melons in cultivation. Fruit long, oval, a 

 little pointed at each end; flesh green, very sweet, melting 

 and delicious. 



RED OR YELLOW FLESHED SORTS. 



EMERALD GEM A small or medium sized, nearly 



round variety, but having very thick flesh. The skin is dark 

 green with a few lighter colored stripes. The flesh is salmon 

 colored very high flavored and sweet. This can be recom- 

 mended to those who wish a very high flavored fruit, as one 

 of the best in quality. 



SURPRISE.— Vines hardy and productive; fruit oval, not 

 deeply ribbed, covered with slight patches of netting; skin 

 yellowish- white: flesh deep salmon color. Quality the very 

 best, and not (as it is often described) variable— because after 



most careful selection, we have succeeded in securing a pure 

 stock entirely free from the green rind and the inferior 

 flavored melons so often found In what is sold as Surprise. 



JAPAN CORAL FLESH.-Developed by selection from 

 the Surprise. It is of medium size, nearly round, slightly 

 ribbed, with a little shallow netting on a green ground. The 

 flesh is red, very thick, fine grained, and uniformly of fine 

 flavor. Preferred by some to the Surprise on account of its 

 green color, but we think it inferior in uniformity and quality 

 to our improved strain of Surprise. 



OSAGE.— This melon has made its way into public favor 

 from the market rather than from the garden, and seems to 

 be iust what the people want. It is large, oval, slight ly 

 ribbed, dark green in color. The flesh is deep salmon, and is 

 good to within a fourth of an inch of the rind. In quality it 

 is sweet and moderately high flavored, combining the flavors 

 of the old Cantaloupe and the green fleshed >utmeg sorts. 



LONG YELLOAV.-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. 



M9LON, MKTER 



French, Melon <T eau. German, Wasser-Melone. 



CtT.TURE.-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 ot 

 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 brittle. 



D. M. Ferry &. Cos Peerless. 



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 som* sec- 

 tions for shipping in car-load lots distances ot two and three 

 hundred miles. Vine moderately vigorous hardy produc- 

 tive- fruit medium sized, oval, finely mottled: rind thin: flesh 

 bright scarlet, solid to the centra, crisp, tender and of the 

 highest flavor. Our stock of this variety is most carefully 



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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 "t 

 Icing Melon are pure 

 and perfectly distinct, 

 showing very uniform- 

 ly the characteristics 

 of each sort as de- 

 scribed. 



BOUND LIGHT 

 ICING. — Fruit medi- 

 um sized, round, very 



5&RS. 3**W. f«~ MLg&lg red. 



Osage. 



very sweet and tender 

 of all melons. 



By many this is cons 



