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JOHNSON .-.&.•. STOKES .• 



THE BOSS. A distinct variety introduced 

 a few yeai-s since. Skin is black green in color, 

 and shape as shown in our illustration along- 

 side. Flesh deep scarlet, unusually sugary, 

 crystalline and melting. The rind is very thin 

 and tough, rijiens early, and is enormously 

 productive; This is considered by many the 

 very best table melon for family use. Pkt., 

 5c.; oz., lOc: % lb., 25c.: lb., 75c.; 5 lbs. and 

 over, 60c. per lb. 



GKATMOXAKCH, or LONG TVHITE 

 ICING. This distinct melon is. without 

 doubt, one of the iargest of all, frequently 

 attaining a weight of ninety pounds and over. 

 The skin is a mottled gray color, shape long, 

 flesh bright crimson and of sweet, delicious 

 flavor. It is also a fine shipper, carrying well 

 long distances and bringing verv high prices. 

 Pkt., .5c.; oz., lOc; }ii lb., 2.5c.; lb., 90c.; 5 

 lbs., $3.75. 



JERSEY BLUE. This variety has been 

 grown with great profit by a few truckei-s in 

 Northern New Jersey, where it originated a 

 few years since. They grow to very large size, 

 rather oval in shape, skin of deep blue color, 

 slightly ribbed, with tough rind. Flesh deep 

 scarlet and of fine quahty. We recommend 

 themliighlv as a shipping melon. Pkt., .5c.; 

 oz., lOc; 14 lb., 25e., lb., 75e.; 5.;<s., S3.00. 



Oz., lOc; J4lb., 20c.; lb., 65c.; 5 lbs. and over, 50c. per lb. 



KOLB GEM. Tliis variety is more largely grown by 

 Southern shipijers than any other. It originated with R. F. 

 Kolb, one of the largest melon growers of Alabama, and isa 

 Hybrid of Scaly Bark and Rattlesnake. The rind, though 

 quite thin, is very tough, standing handling and shipment 

 long clistances without breakage. The flesh is bright red 

 and of fair quality. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c. ; J4 lb., 20c.; lb., 65c.; 

 5 lbs. and over, 50c. per lb. 



CTJB.\N QUEEN. Skin beautifully striped, dark and 

 light green. Their flesh is6ri!//i( red, remarkably solid, htscious, 

 crisp and sin/ary ; very solid and the best of keepers; excellent 

 to shij) to distant markets. They have been grown to weigh 

 over one hundred pounds aii<l are eiiurmotish/ productive. 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz.,10c.; Ji lb., 2.5c.; lb., 75c.; 5 lbs., S3.6o. 



HUTVGARIAN HONEY. A new variety brought from 

 Hungary a few years since. They grow round as a cannon 

 ball, are very uniform in size and weight, running from ten to 

 twelve pounds. The outside skin is dark green, rind very 

 thin, flesh red and unusuallv sweet and luscious to the taste. 

 Pkt., oc; oz., lOc; % lb., oOc; lb., Sl.OO. 



M.43DIOTH IKON-CLAD. This melon grows to a 

 very large ««i/or»i sue, frequently weighing eighty pounds 

 and over, and resembles in its markings the popular Cuban 

 Queen. lnsha}>e and seed, however, it i& quite distinct, heing 

 deeper and fuller at both ends, with seeds of drab-white 

 color. They are enormous yielders, flesh red, solid and of 

 excellent flavor. The rind is extremely tovigli and hard — 

 hence their name, Iron-Clad — remlering them valuable for 

 shipping. Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; % 'b-. 25c.; lb., 70c.; 5 lbs., 

 S> 75. 



RED-.SEEDED VAUCLUSE. 



NEW RED-SEEDED A AUCLUSE. This is not only 

 the best foreign watermelon we have ever gro«n. but is one 

 of the most promising of all the many sorts lately intro- 

 duced. It is of French origin, very early, of large size, elon- 

 gated egg-shape, with stem end slightly inclined to a i)oint. 

 The flesh is a bright crimson, very sweet, not in the least 

 stringy, and coming to within one-eighth of an inch f>f the 

 skin ; the seeds are also bright red. The rind, though so 

 thin, is very tough and the shell glossy, so that this meloa 

 is an excellent .shipper. It is of dark green color, beauti- 

 fullv threaded with a still darker green. Pkt., oc; oz., 10c.; 

 i<ilb.,30c.; lb., Sl.OO. 



AMONG THE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS WRITE THIS : 1 WILL HAVE A GOOD GARDEN NEXT YEAR, 

 AND THEN SIT DOWN AND WRITE OUT YOUR ORDER FOR JOHNSON & STOKES' SEEDS. 



