PETEH HEflDEPjSOrl <St CO.— VEGETABliE SEED UOVBUTiBS. 



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HEW WlflTEl^ ^USI^ ]VIEIiO^, "SflflTfl GMDS." 



A wealthy citizen of New Yorli, who is considerable of an epicure, is said to have once offered his gardener $1,000, if he would 

 lace a good edible watermelon, that had been raised in his own greenhouse, on his table Christmas morning. His desire was probably never 

 ratifie^d, but had his taste extended to musk melons it could now be easily done, and that, too, without the aid of a greenhouse This 

 •ould have been impossible until the introduction of this class of musk melons, which, though grown in the open ground in the same 

 lanner as ordinary melons, can be picked off in the fall and kept in a cool cellar, as easily as pumpkins, until February or March The 

 ■ — v--^^~---'^~y variety we offer is entirely new and the finest of all. The color of the flesh is a delicate peach pink 



>f .-, 't- , > ^^ on the inside, although it will at times run yellow in color, and the outer skin is dark green marked 



*" . i.=i.»i»iawTO^ _ ^ with brown. The quality is delicious, having a rich spicy flavor that 



is not possessed by any other fruit. All of this class of melons have 

 much thicker and finer flesh than ordinary musk melons, hence their 

 long-keeping qualities. This variety rarely ripens in the open ground, so 

 the melons must bo picked off in the fall and put in some cool place, 

 where, however, there is no danger of freezing, until they are wanted! 

 It is usually necessary to place them in a warm room for three or four 

 days before using so as to ripen them up thoroughly. (See cut.) 25 cts 

 per pkt., 5 pkts. for $1.00. 



- - New - - 

 nxusk melon. 



"The'IBanquet.' 



This superb melon represents years of careful selection and im- 

 provement of a stock of Musk Melon at the hands of the largest 

 and most experienced grower of melons in the world. The raiser 

 regards it as his greatest production and likely to supersede all 

 other red-fleshed melons. "The Banquet" is a medium-sized 

 melon, flat at both ends and more beautifully netted than any 

 known variet^^ In quality it has no equal, the flesh is uniformly 

 deep and of that granulated character that always indicates a good 

 melon ; the color is a dark rich salmon. The oft-repeated question, 

 "How can I raise good Musk Melons?" can now be answered, 

 "Plant the Banquet." We arc safe in saying that it will produce 

 more fine edible melons to a given area than any other varietj-. 

 (Seecut.) 15 cts. per pkt., 50 cts. per oz., $1.75 per 14 lb. , S6. GO per lb. 



(Copyrightert, 1890. by i-tl^r llrii.ltrM.n 4 Co.) 

 THE BANQUET MDSK MELON. 



We bave bought a great many seeds and plants of you during the past six 

 years, and always fovmd them satisfactory, especially your melon seed, which 

 we buy in large quantities, as we raise them by acres. — Maky T. Caldwell, 

 N. y., November 18th, 1891. 



