PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



HENDERSON'S GENUINE ROCKY FORD MUSK MELON. 



"lour Rocky Ford Melon Seed is all 

 right. Olhirs bouglU 'Roiky Fords' but 

 did mil gel Ihem, only Gems." 



C. A . SF1CKNALL, Carmi, III. 



A SWEET, LUSCIOUS MELON THAT 

 HAS BECOME WORLD-FAMOUS 



FOR ITS CAPTIVATING FLAVOR. 



"ROCKY FORD" has proven to be 

 a most valuable Musk Melon ; its size, 

 shape and quality exactly suit melon 

 epicures. It somewhat resembles the 

 old "Netted Gem," but is more oval 

 in shape. The vines are exceedingly 

 healthy and vigorous, bearing an • 

 enormous quantity of fruits during 

 the entire season. It is safe to say 

 that no melon has ever come into 

 the New York markets which has 

 sold so readily and at such high 

 prices as the "Rocky Ford," often to 

 the exclusion of other varieties. The 

 color of the skin is of a rich greenish- 

 gold; the netting is prominent and 

 light in color; appearance very at- 

 tractive. The flesh is very deep, 

 ripening clear to the rind, and it has 

 an exceedingly small seed cavity. It 

 is very sweet and luscious in flavor, 

 and is entirely devoid of any stringy 

 character. Our seed was specially 

 grown for us by a careful grower at 

 Rocky Ford, and is the best type of 

 the genuine "Rocky Ford" Musk 

 Melon. It has been used in many 

 sections and is pronounced by melon 

 growers a very superior strain. (See 

 , ui | Price, 10c. oz., iSOc. -J lb. 

 60c. lb. •'*• •■' 



"Your Rocky Ford Cantaloupes gave 

 great satisfaction. Every one said they 

 were the best they ever saw. I will 

 want more in the spring.' 



D. B. F. SUTTLE, Shelby. N. C- 



"FHE EVER POPULAR £ jl j* 



Jenny Lind Musk Melon* 



This is the earliest market variety. The fruit is 

 small, round-flat in shape, deeply but evenly ribbed, 

 of a most attractive greenish-gold color when ripe 

 It is safe to say that its flavor is unsurpassed by any 

 It is an enormous cropper and bears for a long time 

 10c. oz., 25c. 1 lb., 70c. lb. 



NETTED GEM MUSK MELON. 



One of the earliest varieties, generally coming intr 

 the New York markets right after Jenny Lind. Ow 

 stock is unsurpassed in purity and is selected to a 

 oval type which has proved of great advantage. It > 

 very uniform in size, beautifully netted, flesh deep 

 fairly solid, but deliciously melting in character. The 

 color of flesh is rich green. It is very productive and ; 

 grand sort. 10c. oz., 20c. \ lb., 60c. lb. 



HFNDFRSON'S early HACKENSACK 



The most extensively grown of all Musk Melons. 

 A reliable and bountiful yielder. Large, hand- 

 some, early. Flesh green, rich and sugary. 



We were the first to distribute generally through- 

 out the country the now famous Hackensack. This New 

 Early is a selection or improvement almost equal in 

 size to the Hackensack, and at least ten days earlier. 

 Several years' thorough trial has proven it to be the 

 best as well as the earliest of all large netted melons. 

 The melons weigh from four to six pounds each. The 

 skin is green and thickly netted; flesh is light green, 

 of delicious flavor, rich and sugary. It is also a lux- 

 uriant, healthy grower, and exceedingly productive. 

 (See cut.) Price, 10c. oz., 25c. J lb., 80c. lb. 



"J find Early Hackensack remarkably healthy and vigorous. They 

 are the most prolific melons I have ever raised, the ground being liter- 

 ally covered, and every specimen of fine size and shave, and every 

 melon being fine-grained and possessing the same sweet delicious flavor. 

 They stand at the head of the varieties I have tried." 

 JOHN C. KING, Vineland, N. J. . ^_ 



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