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



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HENDERSON'S 



Genuine Rocky Ford Musk Melon. 



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 green- 

 ish gold; the netting is prominent and light inTcolor; appearance very 

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

 (25 lb. lots, 75c. lb.) 



Others bought " Rocky Fords,' but did 

 C. A. SPJCKNALL, Carmi, 111. 



Every one said they were 

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The Burrell Gem Musk Melon. 



A RED-FLESHED ROCKY FORD. 



This new red fleshed cantaloupe is ideal for either the home garden 

 or for market. The rather elongated fruits average 6 inches in length, 

 4$ inches through and weigh about 2 pounds each. The flesh of red- 

 orange is very thick, fine grained and deliciously rich and spicy in 

 flavor. Seed cavity remarkably small; the rind is thin but tough. 

 Color, green closely interlaced with gray netting; ribs well arched. 

 The vines are healthy, vigorous and very productive. This melon 

 brings the very highest market price. Price, 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 40c. 

 $ lb., $1.25 lb. 



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Your Rocky Ford Melon Seed is all right, 

 get them, only Gems." 



" Your Rocky Ford Cantaloupes gave great satisfaction 

 he best they ever saw. 1 will want more in the spring." 



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THE EVER POPULAR 



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., 30c. i lb., $1.00 lb. 



Netted Gem Musk Melon. 



One of the earliest varieties, generally coming into 

 the New York markets right after Jenny Lind. Our 

 stock is unsurpassed in purity and is selected to an 

 oval type which has proved of great advantage. It is 

 very uniform in size, beautifully netted, flesh deep, 

 fairly solid, but deliciously melting in character The 

 color of flesh is r.ch green. It is very productive and a 

 grand sort. 10c. oz., 25c. 1 lb., 75c. lb. 



HSiSteSSSi Early Hackensack. 



The most extensively grown of all Musk Melons. A 



reliable and bountiful yielder. Large, handsome, 



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 ear- 

 lier. Several years' thorough trial has proven it to be 

 the best as well as the earliest of all large netted mel- 

 ons. 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 

 luxuriant, healthy grower, and exceedingly productive. 

 (See cut.) Price, 15c. oz., 45c. J lb., $1.50 lb. 



" / 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 shape, and every 

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

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



JOHN C. KING, Vineland, N. J. 



Our new leaflet, " How to Grow Best Musk Melons,'.' including spraying, melon louse, etc., free to customers if asked for. 



