FAUST'S NOVELTIES A^^^D SPECIALTIES FOR 1897. 



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MAMMOTH PRI7r.TAKrR nNinN Most everyone is familiar with the appearance of the beautiful straw-colored 

 wiwmmuin rmi.c m ixcn uniun onions, imported from Bermuda and Spain, offered for sale at the fruit 

 stands every fall in all our large cities and which command such good prices. They can now be grown the first 

 year in America from our home-grown seed. Our Genuine Prize-Taker Onions are of a clean, bright straw color, 

 the flesh being pure white, very sweet and tender. Of perfect globe shape, as shown in the illustration, and are 

 always uniform. The immense bulbs measure from 12 to 16 inches in circumference, and under special cultivation 

 they have been raised to weigh four to six pounds each. Either for market, family use or exhibition purposes it has 

 no equal, and as a keeper it is unsurpassed. It will yield 950 bushels and over per acre. The seed here offered is all 

 AMERICAN GROWN. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; lb.. 35 cts.; lb., $1.25. By express or freight, 5 lbs. at $1.15 per lb. 



MELROSE MELON. 



Late in the fall of 1885, one of our most expert 

 melon growers, in going over afield after the vines 

 had died, was surprised to find a few specimens 

 " holding up," while for some time all others had 

 gone. Upon examinntion he was btill further sur- 

 prised to find that the melons retained their full 

 sweetness and flavor. He at once began to inves- 

 tigate as to its exact origin, but without succes^s, 8 

 >r 10 varieties having been grown close together 

 that season. The seed, however, was carefully 

 saved, and after careful selection Ave now offer it 

 fixed in tyi)e, and as true as any melon grown. It 

 is a very hardy, strong and vigorous grower, the 

 vines remaining green longer than any other vari- 

 ety. The melons are produced abuiidantlv, and 

 very close to the hill,— a feature of the greatest 

 value. The color is rich, dark green ; the shape is 

 oval, of very good proportions. The melons aver- 

 age in weight about 4 pounds, and are finely and 

 densely netted, showing but slighttendency toiib ; 

 the form is remarkably perfectand true ; all in all, 

 the handsomest and 'most showy of all melons. 

 The flesh is very thick and solid ; clear, light green 

 in color, shading to a rich salmon at the seed cavitf/. 

 In flavor, this, The Melrose, cannot be equalkd bj/ 

 any other variety, and carries its superior qual'ty and 

 sweetness to the extreme edge of the skin, thus making 

 it the best either for home or market purposes. 

 Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15c.; ^ lb., 40c.; lb., $1.25. 



