DUPUY & FERGUSON, 38 JACQUES CARTIER SQUARE, MONTREAL 
Musk Melon 
One ounce will sow about 70 hills 
Montreal Improved Nutmeg. — ^aHety 
grows to a large size, beautifully netted and deeply 
ribbed, flesh light green, melting and of exquisite 
flavor. The best melon in cultivation. Our stock 
is true and was grown here under glass from selected 
fruit. Full cultural directions with every order. 
Per pkt.. 15 cts.; oz., 75 cts. 
Gold Lined Rocky Ford.— J^ape is 
^ ideal, very 
slightly oval, no ribs and it is heavily netted over the 
entire melon. The bloom button is small and flesh 
as thick at the end as elsewhere. The melon is thick 
meated. fine grained and sweet; colour green with a 
gold margin next to the seed cavity. 
Our claim for this melon is its uniform shape, 
size and very superior quality. Its flesh is attractive 
and elicits favorable comment when served. Pkt.. 
10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; % lb., J1.00. 
Early Hackensack.-^jf, '^.rSk^nsack": 
producing melons of as good quality and fully 10 
days earlier. Large fruit, with thick green flesh of 
the finest flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz.. 25 cts.: M lb., 
75 cts. 
Petoskey or Paul Rose.-A A-he^ 
size for a crate melon and of excellent quality. The 
vines are vigorous and productive. The fruits arc 
oval, slightly ribbed and densely netted. In general 
appearance they are much like Netted Gem but 
larger. The flesh is orange yellow, very thick, flrm. 
sweet and Ughly flavored. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; 
H lb., 75 cts. 
Miller's Cream. — Skin dark green colour, slightly 
netted. Flesh salmon colour, sweet and delicious 
flavor. A remarkable keeper. One of the best 
salmon-fleshed Melons for shipping. Pkt., 5 cts. ■ 
oz., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 
Rocky Ford. — Very early, flesh light green, very popular sort. 
Per plct., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts ; H lb., 75 cts. 
Green Nutmeg. — Named for its shape: green flesh, sweet, 
good^for main crop; early. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; ji lb.. 
Yellow Cantaloupe. — Very fine flavor, round, flesh reddish 
orange, an early productive variety. Per pkt., 5 cts.- oz 
25 cts. 
Montreal Improved Nutmeg Melon. 
Sutton's Superlative. — f^^ 
ruit of medium size, almost 
round and very handsomely 
netted. Flavor unsurpassed by any other Melon in cultivation. 
Flesh scarlet, merging into a beautiful green tint near the skin, 
and so thick that the fruit is practically without a cavity. 
Occasionally a green-fleshed fruit of the same lilgh quality is 
found. Plant robust in habit and sets its fruit with unusual 
freedom. Pkt., $1.00. 
WATER MELON 
One ounce will plant 
50 hills 
Kleckley's Sweet. 
r,>i. i.-iT*^*^®'' Melons are cultivated in hills, which should be six to eight feet apart each way, and of light, moderately rich soil. 
The hiUs should be dug about two feet square, 18 inches deep, and half fliled with well-rotted manure, which must be thorough- 
ly incorporated with tlie soil. Plant m May, ten seeds to a hill; when the plants are well up, thin out to three. Cultivate 
until the vines cover t^e ground, and pinch the ends of the growing shoots to induce early ffuiting. Seeds should not be 
put into the hill.s until the weather becomes settled and warm. 
Cole's Larlv ^ ''"^ variety for the family and market. 
' ■ and is pai-ticularly adapted on accoimt of 
its earliness to Northern latitudes. The bright red flesh is 
cool, crisp and sweet. Tlie Melons are of medium size, and 
produced in generous numbers. The heart is surprisingly large 
in proportion to size of Melon. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 
M lb., 60 cts. 
_The sweetest of all the Water mel- 
ons. Fine flavored and grained; 
tender meat. Fruits are large size: rind very thin and green; 
very brittle; flesh scarlet and flrm. Season is only medium 
early; hence Is not recommended for the extreme north. Pkt., 
5 cts.: oz., 20 cts.: i4 lb., 60 cts. 
Phinney's Early. — This is a very choice early Melon. It Is 
very hardy and a sure cropper. The rind is thin and the quality 
of flesh is sustained clear to the rind. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 
K lb.. 60 cts. 
Black Spanish. — Large, roundish, nearly black, dark red flesh, 
early. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz.. 20 cts.; M lb., 60 cts. 
Hungarian Honey. — One of the best for home use. Flesh 
bright red with honey sweet flavor; usually small in size. Pkt., 
5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.: 'A lb.. 60 cts. 
Fordhook Early. — Shape nearly round, colour medium green; 
rind tough; flesh bright red, very delicate, melting and doliciously 
sweet. A good shipping variety. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 
H lb., 60 cts. 
Citron. — Round small fruit, used for making preserves. Per 
pkt.. 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; ji lb., 60 cts. 
Colorado Preserving. — More productive than Citron. Pale 
green, with flrm, solid flesh. Pkt., 6 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; M lb.. 
60 cts. 
Cole's Early Water Melon. 
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