MUSKMEL 



NETTED ( 



oeing earlier, 

 dlreci from i 

 Packet. 5 cen 



rEBI. Pkt., 5 eft 

 I otter seed gr 

 ntroducer, and 

 ts; ounce, 10 c 



NETTED GEM — A small melon weighing 

 from 1'4 to 11^ pounds each. They are tniek- 

 meated, the llesh is light green in color, and 

 uniformly of line, luscious flavor; skin green, 

 regularly ribbed and thickly netted. They are 

 almost as solid as a 

 cannon ball, and will 

 keep well live to seven 

 days after nicking. They 

 are a very heavy cropper, 

 and are extra early in 

 >. ripening— no variety 

 own from stock obtained 

 can recommend it to all. 

 ents; J.i pound, SO cents: 

 pound, 'JO 

 cents. 



MAULE'S PRIZE JENNY LIND — 

 It is astonishing that this, tlic most delicious 

 small melon, is so little known outside of the 

 State of New Jersey. There it is more largely 

 grown than any other variety, aud thousands 

 upon thousands of 



baskets are annually 

 shipped to New York 

 ana Philadelphia 

 markets, where they 

 always meet with 

 ready sale.. My strain 

 of this popular , , „ 



variety has been care- Mi 

 fully selected for years. It is the 

 green-fleshed sort 

 Pkt., 5 cts.; 

 oz.. 10 cts. 

 %lb., 25c 

 lb. 70c 



rize Jenny Lind. 

 earliest of all the * 



BALTIUOUE. Packet, 5 cents. STAltN'S FAVOlll 



STARN'S FAVORITE — This variety, which I introduced in 18S7, was | 

 also catalogued by a brother seedsman the same year under the name of " Cham- 

 pion Market," and has also been sold in South Jersey for several years as the 

 " Bridgeton Favorite." It originated with one of my customers, Mr.'E. N. Starn, 

 of Fairton, N. J., about ten years ago. Mr. Starn has grown it to the exclusion of 

 all other varieties ever since, annually planting from 10 to 20 acres, the products 

 of which have always sold at good prices the entire season, and many times at 

 two to three times the price of other sorts. They are nearly round, just 

 p. little oblong, thickly netted, with thick green flesh. Rich and spicy and ot 



TE. Packet, 10 cents. MAUXE'S BAY VIEW. Packet, 5 cents 



of the very best flavored in cultivation. They are shy seeders ; the cavity for 

 seed in many of them is so small that if .they were all seed inside the flesh they 

 could not contain many. They are very attractive in appearance and a 

 good shipper. Mr. Starn has never had a grower to see or taste them but wanted 

 some of the seed. In addition to their attractive appearance and most excellent 

 snipping qualities, they are also an enormous cropper and will be pronounced 

 by all who plant them as most certainly a favorite and most profitable 

 market variety. I offer the direct headquarters seed, raised by Mr. Starn, 

 whose crop I control, as follows : Pkt.. 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 30 cts.; lb.. SI. OP. 



ARLY IMPROVED CHRISTIANA. 



This is a most popular early in New 

 York State, being 10 days earlier than 

 the Nutmeg. Many market growers, 

 having once planted it, always con- 

 tinue to do so, pronouncing' it just 

 the sort for early market on ac- 

 count of its extreme earliness. 

 Try it. Pkt., 5 cents ; oz., 10 cents ; 

 14 lb., 25 cents ; lb., 70 cents. 



CAS ABA. — It has a thick, 

 green flesh, of delicate and deli- 



eious flavor. Weight from 



■AJfcgC 10 to 12 lbs. Pkt., 5c.;oz. 

 iBjjdfi 10c; V A lb., 25c.; lb., 70c. 



HACKENSACK 



g i if large size and well- 

 flgK known "in the New York 

 jg market. It attains a large 

 = size, round in shape, and 

 j: flattened at the ends ; is 

 bs deeply netted, very pro- 

 ductive, and of excellent 

 gg| quality. One of the very 

 best for the market-gar- 

 dener. Pkt. 5 cts.: oz., 10 

 cts.; V* lb. 25cts.:lh. 7Uets. 



MONTREAL.— Has often weighed as high as 20 to 25 lbs., and in 1883, 

 three melons were raised, ori^ of which weighed 39% lbs., another 3S'r, lbs., and 

 the third 38>4 lbs. in addition to growing to such a large size, flesh is remark- 

 ably thick, of delicious melting flavor, that they are of regular shape, nearly 

 round, flattened at the ends, that skin is green, densely netted, and that they 

 are also very productive. In competition for the premium ,last_year Messrs. 

 Geo. McKarey and G. W. Scott of White's Store, Tenn. secured 

 the S50.00 prize, with a Montreal weighing 25 pounds. I think, taking 



all tlicse points into 

 onsiderat ion, you 

 will want to plant 

 lontreal. At a great 

 expense, I procured 

 i few pounds ol 

 this now famous 

 melon direct 

 from the orig- 

 inal source in 

 Canada. As 

 my supply is 

 limited, my 

 friends desir- 

 ing to secure 

 this seed 

 should favor 

 me with 

 early orders. 

 Packet, 10 

 ounce, 

 15 c e n t s ; }rf 

 pound, 86 

 cents; pound, 

 = 51.10. 



BALTIMORE. — Quite 

 early and very large andshowy 

 A tine netted, green fleshed 

 variety, for either market or 

 X>rivate gardeners. Pkt., 5c; 

 oz., 10c; 14 lb, 25c: lb.. 70c. 



ItlAl'LE'S BAY VIEW. 

 — Under ordinary cultivation 

 will reach 12 to 15 lbs. Very 

 productive, and most excel- 

 lent in many other ways ; they 

 are firm when ripe ; excellent 

 forshipping. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 



lb.. 25 cts.: lb.,70cts. 

 NUTMEG.- Skin deep 

 green, finely netted ; flesh of 

 rich and delicious flavor. Pkt. 5 

 Cj oz. 10c; 34 lb. 25c; lb 70 Cts. 



NFTMKG. Packet. 5 cents. 



Two Most Excellent Foreign Melons % 



Algiers Cantaloupe. Pkt., 10 cts. 



Hardy Ilid«e 



t.. 10 cts. 



HARDY RIDGE.— This is a great favorite in France. Flesh is wonder- 

 fully thick, 1 to5 in. through ; juicv and sugarv, with few seeds, Tkt., 10c: oz.. :;0c 



Algiers cantaloupe; Tn France this is thougl t to be the best. 



At a very high price, I have succeeded in obtaining some of the seed. If is a 

 second early, growing only two melons to a vine. Shape round; skin light, 

 grayish-green ; flesh scarlet, very thick ; flavor most excellent. Pkt.. 10c. ;oz.. 40c. 



BANANA.— At first Banana Melon was cultivated more as a curiosity than 

 anything else, but (he last few seasons have seen them bring such high prices, 

 60 cents to SI. 00 a piece in Philadelphia. New York and Boston markets, that 

 they prove a most profitable market crop. They must not be confounded 

 with the old Log of Wood, as they arc entirely di-titiet and resemble no Other 

 melon. They attain a length nf from eighteen inches to three feet six inches, and ' 

 are from two to four inches thick. Flesh, very thick, of a salmon color ; in flavor 

 remarkably delicious, and equal to almost any melon you have ever eaten. It 

 looks almost like an overgrown banana, and. moreover, smells like one. 

 It is not only a curiosity, but in flavor is unquestionably fine. Packet, 5 cents ; 

 ounce, 10 cents ; '% pound, 30 cents ; pound, 90 cts. 



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