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WATERMELON. 
Watermelon. 
Citrnlluti vxdfiaris—Mdon d '£n«— Sffiaffcrmtloiicn— Sanc/ta. 
Three Ounces of Seed to loo Yards of Row. 
Four Pounds to the Acre. 
Landretbs' Boss-— We still adhere lo oiu- claim that no Melon has 
over been introiliu'ed w lik'h ran be eonipared with the Boss in delicacy 
of flavor, tlazzliug briUinncy oi color of llesli, solidity of flesh, depth of 
flesh, iiieltini; quality, fiiiil evorythins going to make- a perfect Melon. 
The edible jiortion of tbc ilesh fxteiidinK to within less than half an 
inch of the skin, and yet the rind is so hard that no Melon in existence 
is so giiod a shiii|icr. I'erfoctly ripe Melons will snppovt tlie weight of a 
heavy man willviiit any injury to the interior. Success wilii the Boss, 
however, i - only ni.jt with v,-hv\\ tlic soil is strong; and rich, both natur- 
ally and artilk-ially, and it requires a .■^pace of nine by nine or nine by 
ten feet to the hid. Under good conditions Melons weigh from thirty to 
forty pounds, and we ha\'0 had frequent reports of them reaching a 
weight of sixty and seventy pounds to the Melon. True stock can only 
he had direct from us. Pkts. 5c. and lOc ; iier oz. 10c. 
Ice Cream.— Form oblong, skin ligrht in color, seeds white, flesh solid 
and red. I'kts. 5c. and lOe. ; per oz, lOc. 
Peerless. —Good, hnt not ecpial to the Ice Cream. Kind thin, light 
green ; ilesli solid, bright in color, sugary. Pkts. 5c. and lOc; per oz. 10c. 
I.,anclreUis' Lonar I^itjlit Iciiigr-— A good cropper, heavy, atir.ic- 
tive, and very desirable ui quality. I'icLs. .'5c. and lUc. ; per oz. 15c. 
Grav :i»Ioiiarcli (JoitnAN's)- T.ong, large, heavy, ilesli soUdj deep rod 
and of good llavor. I'kls. 5e. uud llJe. ; per Oi. iOc. 
SeniiJiole.— This Melon resembles the l.andrcth.s' Long Mght Icing. 
Very sweet and nieltiug. I'kts. 5c. and We. ; per oz. 10c. 
Cieni (Kolb).— Fkts. 5c. and lOe ; per oz. 10c. 
Jackson, Gypsy, Rattlesnafee.— A famous Melon in the Sotith- 
ern .Slates. I'Uts. 6c. and 10c.; per oz. IOc. 
9Iouiitai» Sweet, -rkls. 5c. and lOe. ; per oz. 10c. 
James River.- Along dnrlc-rind ^Tclon of second size, similar to the 
Jones Melon. I'kts. 5e. and lOe. ; per oz. 10c. 
Georjf ia.— Pkts. 5c. and lOc. ; per oz. lOe. 
IVat.'rnielons .10 well upon sod gromid or upon laua 
lireijared for their reception by plowing down u 
cro]) of ^Vinter wheat or Winter rye llie sod or 
grain aeraling or keeping loose tlie soil. When 
Ibe Apple is in liloi.in the .seed is i)lnntod in 
bills at ten i'eet apart in ea<:li direction, Two 
large shovelsl'ul of well-rolled stable rnauiirc 
dug and tramped into eaeli hill and covered 
wilb earth. 
The cultivator should be prepared with qiiiic 
four pounds of seed to the acre that he may liuve 
a reserve for replanting in case of de.'-tructiott 
of his plants by insect, depredations or beatlnj! 
rains. 
One vine alone to the hill should be allowe'l 
to attain perfection; with four hundred and fifty 
hills lo the acre, lliero sliould be uiue bunclreil 
fnsl-cla.ss Melons. 
Philadelphia Commission Jlerchants pav fnt 
prime Melons, as a highest price, forty tliiUuiv 
(jflO.OO) per hundred, .^s an average pricp, luu 
dollars per hundred. They cease i.i 1m_- piotUaljl.; 
to the trucker when bringing less iban luur dol- 
lars per hundred. Firs; -class Melons itre nlwavf 
in demand, but th(i market is frequently oviir 
stocked with small fruit. 
Much of the Melon seed offered throughoui 
the country is the product of immature and dr 
formed Melons remaining in the tield after all tin 
choice fruit has been selected. 
Extra Early.— Very desirable as the first Wulei 
melon to rii>en. Kveryonc slionld lin\-e it. I'Yiri, 
oblong. Weight from lifleen to si:accH poumU 
Color green dashed witli \vliite. c;ualny fau 
I'kts. 5c. and Ittc. ; per o?.. 15c. 
I^ig-lit Green Riiicl Icing-.- One of the ms: 
OF ALL Melons; alw ays of good flavor, rind ver', 
thhl. UnKXCELLED IN ALL GOOD QUALlXII'^S. I'kl- 
5c. and lOc. ; per oz. 10c. 
Dark: Green Rind Icing.— Shaw, size air 
flavor same as Light Icing, but dark skniiieu 
PJtts. 5c. and lOc. ; per oz. lOc. 
Arkunsu: 
Arkansas Traveler (Specialty).— A lar^e, Inng, weighty Mehn 
Rind dark green, with vraving: stripes of Ijluclt; iiitfrior alwa - 
solid, (Tie ediljle jiortion extending to -o-itliiii hal!" an inch of I b 
skill, flesh brilliant red, sweet, tender, crystalline, very juicy ai 
altogether quite sui)crior. Seeds very Bmall and distinct. Kii>c^ 
inga.sjin intermediate. A very liard rind and therel..re a go. .1 
shipper. No Ix-tter jMilon. except tlie lioss, has ( ^ 4>r been otVec- 
ed to lovers of choice Watermelons; in size it is n<it a mammiK'i 
—no large Melons are first-class in quality. la c<dor of flcsl. A 
is deepest red, intexlur.- crystalline, in flavor sugary. The fl h 
is solid throughout, willioul any sign of eilliereoro tir cavi ;., 
and the edible portion exiend.s to witliin a Half ineli of tlie si- 
We cannot say enough in praise of tlie Arkansas Traveler. Tit^. 
5c. and lOe. ; per os!. 15c. 
" IWARKET GARDENING ^^'-^^ of 213 pages by Bumet Landreth, of Mes.srs. Landrcth & Sori!--, 
the well known seedsmen. It contain.s the experiences and o)>.servations of a practical man in liif 
AND FARIVI NOTES." garden and field, and will be found especially valuable to the truck trrovver, anvuteur jiardeiicr or 
farmer, as it treats upon thla important branch of horiicnltnre in all of it.s details, from the sijlccii'tr; 
of a location to the harvesting; and marketin<i of tlie crop. Tlie lollowini; is a partial lisit of the contents: Location, soils, .science of 
gardening, chemistry, stable manure compost, comuiercial ferlili/.ers, sowiiii; .seed.s, {j;eriii matiou, transplanting, rotation of crops, in.se<:l8, 
diseases, saving seeds, seedsman's novelties and responsibilities, weeds, hotbeds and cold frames, gardening under glass, celery, onion and 
mushroom culture, roots, packing and shipping vegetables, implements, a half-acre garden, etc. — N>-w Orleans Tiines-Dti>iocrat,3Iarch 17 
WOOUBIJKY, >i. J.— In 1888 1 raised from IG husheh Laiidreths' Extra Kiirly Teas IfiSl baskets. In 18S9 1 raJsed from 12 hmheh 1'20S baskets, and they 
were the flrst sent to market. 
