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SEMINOLiE.— This new watermelon, which is nowoflered torthe 

 first time, comes from Florida, where it originated with Mr. Girardeau, 

 the introducer of the Florida Favorite. Sir. Girardeau is one of the 

 largest melon growers in the United states, having tested all known 

 varieties, and he claims that while his Florida Favorite is a most 

 excellent and desirable variety, that his new Seminole lays on the 

 shelf every Watermelon at present known. Illustration given^ 

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nature. Flesh a brilliant carmine, very solid, of a rich, melting 

 y flavor: rii»d thin, but so tough as to make it a most superior 

 shipping and market melon. In size, productiveness and delicious 

 flavor, in fact all the good qualities that go to make up a perfect 

 melon. I am sure my customers will find the new Seminole come up 

 to Mr. G's recommendation, and I have no doubt that every one who 

 grows this variety this season will find it will even surpass each and 

 every claim made for it. Packet, 10 cents : ounce, 20cents: % pound 



40.cts. i pound, fl.10. 



GREEN AND GOLD.— .Name comes from its rich green color outside, while productiveness the 

 the flesh is a golden orange color, free from any tinge of white, even around the make a desirable o 

 seeds. They grow to a good average size, 25 pounds and over in weight; in | of other varieties. 



.- equal any of the red flesh varieties. Has a thin rind. They 

 nament for the table, if arranged in contrast with the red flesh 

 Packet. 5 cts.', ounce, 10 cts.; >j pound, 30cts.; pound. i*0 cts. 



MATTLE'S EARLY KIPE.— The remarkable earliness of Earlv Ripe can 

 be plainly shown from the fact that in 1888 G. J. Ludwig. of Jacksonville. Fla.. was j 

 able to secure the $100 by raising a specimen (which by the way was the exact like- 

 «ie>s of the melon illustrated above) weighing 28'.; lbs., 57 days "from the planting of 

 the seed : no other variety ever came within two weeks of this record. 



cheese, with 110 tasteless, useless core wliatever. Many melons that in size do not 

 as if they weighed more that 12 or 15 pounds will be found when placed on the 

 scales to tip the beam at 25 pounds and over. On account of their remarkable 

 solidity, they can be lorwarded long distances in the best possible condition. The 

 ] shape is well shown in illustration given above, taken from a photograph of a melon 

 In 1889. H. H. Farrer. of P.ockport, Texas, received the 8100 prize for raising a weighing 20 pounds. In color thev are lightish green ; seeds being dark and small in 

 1 melon weighing 31' i pounds, in 59 days. In addition to its extreme earliness. Early ' size, while the flesh is of a remarkably rich and attractive crimson, of delicious 



sugary flavor. The further Xorth they are grown, the sweeter the melons prove to 

 be. For the home garden I know of no better variety. Packet. 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts. 



Ripe is remarkable tor its superior" shipping qualities: the rind is onlv in manv 

 cases quarter of an inch in thickness, while tlesh from rind to rind is as solid as a 



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