HOLMES' TESTED SEEDS OF KNOWN VITALITY AND PURITY 



MUSKMELONS 



Melone Popone 

 Melon 



Culture.— The hills should be 3 to 6 feet apart each way, according to richness of soil. Mix well 

 with the soil in each hill a couple of shovelfuls of thoroughly rotted manure; plant 8 or 10 seeds in 

 each hill early in May; thin out to three or four plants to the hill. One ounce for 60 hills. Two and 

 one-half pounds per acre. 



Five Special Varieties 



Golden flesh; fine-grained, spicy and sweet. Abundant, . 

 Skin Emerald green; flesh deep salmon-yellow, thick, 



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BURREZiIi'S GrUM. 



high- flavored . 



NETTED G-EM. Flesh thick green, very sweet and highly flavored 



FAUZi ROSE, or PETOSKEY. A finely netted variety. Salmon-colored flesh; 



very sweet 



BOCKT FORD. Oval; flesh rich greenish gold; crisp, tender and delicious... 



Green-Fleshed Varieties 



Acme, or Baltimore. Early; oblong; light- green flesh. Fine shipper 



Anne Arundel. Oval, heavily netted, green-fleshed, solid; grand shipper 



Bay View. Proliflc; good size; oblong; green flesh; late 



Extra-Early Hackensack. Hardy; prolific; round; deeply ribbed, coarsely- net- 

 ted; green flesh; delicious • 



Hackensack, or Turk's Cap. Large, with round and flattened ends, thickly 



netted; productive; extra quality • • 



Holmes' Improved Nutmeg". Popular; skin deep green, flnely netted; flesh 



greenish yellow, rich and sugary 



Jenny Lind. Small, round, flat-ended, deeply ribbed, flesh yellowish, flavor fine; 



very productive over long season 



long- Island Beauty. Hackensack type. Very early. Luscious, green flesh, 



thick and sweet; netting heavy 



Montreal Market. Large "green nutmeg" type, heavily netted; thick, luscious 



flesh; late and for cooler climates 



IfTew Crreen-Pleslied Osag'e. Hardy; prolific; handsomely netted and colored; 



firm, luscious flesh 



Korfolk Button. (New.) Very e&rly; thick green flesh, fine for market 



Red, or Salmon-Fleshed Varieties 



Banana. An old variety, very long 



Defender. Very best yellow flesh; medium-size; oval, slightly ribbed; gray 



netting; firm, fine-grained, rich fiesh 



Miller's Cream, or Osag'e. Medium to large, oval, netted; flesh rich salmon, 



deep, firm, sweet and melting 



Perfection, or Princess. Early; round; beautifully netted. Best red-fleshed 

 Tip-Top Nutmegr. Slightly oval; good size; sweet, juicy; yellow flesh 



Pkt. 



Oz. 



lb. 



Lb. 



$0.10 



$0.15 



$0.50 



$1.50 





.15 



.40 



1.25 



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.15 



.40 



1,25 



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.30 



1.00 





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.25 



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.80 



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.90 



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.35 



1.25 



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.20 



.80 



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.35 



1.25 



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1.00 



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1.00 



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1.00 



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.35 



1.25 



Emerald Gem Muskmelon 



Hackensack Muskmelon 



