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sider it worthy of 

 being classed as one 

 of our leading- vari- 

 eties. It is the best 

 market and ship- 

 ping Melon thus far 

 introduced. The 

 rind is dark green, 

 the flesh deep r€ 

 and very sweet. 

 The Melon is very 

 large, weighing 

 from 40 to 80 

 pounds. 



Mclver's Won- 

 derful. An oblong 

 shaped Melon o f 

 uniformly large 

 size, and hand- 

 some in appearance. The skin shows broad 

 bands of white, shading into narrower bands 

 of dark green. The quality is very superior, 

 flesh of a soft, pale pink, crisp and free from 

 any stringiness and very juicy. These Melons 

 have a solid heart free from cracks, while the 

 seed rows are close to the rind. 



Monte Cristo. A variety unsurpassed for 

 home use or near markets. Vine vigorous 

 and productive; fruit of medium size, oval; 

 color dark green, often showing fine russeting; 

 flesh very bright, rich red, and exceedingly 

 sweet. This variety is so crisp and tender 

 that it will not stand shipping, the fruit 

 bursting open if subjected to even a slight 

 jar. 



Marie Louise. This new variety is 

 one of the finest yet introduced. It 



Early Triumph True Strain. 



Alabama Sweet. 



is a cross between the Lone Star and 

 Florida Favorite; shape similar to the latter, 

 but larger; just as early, and far superior 

 than either. Dark striped, thin rind, and 

 flesh red and very succulent, ripening almost 

 to the rind. The seed resembles that of the 

 Lone Star, but is darker in color. We had 

 some of the Melons weighing from 20 to 25 

 pounds. Recommend same highly. 



Cole's Early. Oval in form, small in 

 size, handsomely striped with light and 

 dark green. The fruits are too small to 

 be of value for shipping to market, but of 

 good quality and desirable for raising for 

 home use. 



Bradford. This Melon is long in shape 

 and color dark green with darker wavy 

 bands flesh melting and of excellent flavor. 

 Seed white, an excellent variety. 



Early Dark Icing. This is an early 

 variety, round, with thin, dark skin, 

 yet very solid and of superior quality. 

 Not well adapted for shipping pur- 

 poses. 



Alabama Sweet. The best Melon 

 grown for shipping. Oblong, very large, 

 dark green, feintly striped, very sweet, 

 entirely stringless; very prolific; we can- 

 not recommend this Melon too highly. 

 Fancy selected Southern grown seed. 



Black Diamond. We have tried 

 very hard the past season to popularize 

 this fine large Melon, but our customers 

 do not "take to it" as they should. Do 

 not be partial and cling too long to old 

 favorites. We admit that but half the 

 so-called "novelties" are really novel 

 or an improvement on others, but when 

 we know that we have an improved 

 variety, we do not hesitate to recom- 

 mend it. Put at least a portion of 

 your Melon patch in Black Diamond 

 and you will plant more of it the next 

 season. It is nearly round, solid, rind, 



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