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MUSK MELON 
-Fr. MELON MUSCADE. One ounce will plant about 70 hills. 
CULTURE. 
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Seeds can be sown m March in the h°"5|. »6 mch pot After pl^^^^^ evening to retain the heat gained during the day, and watering 
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EWING'S MONTREAL 
IMPROVED NUTMEG 
Light green flesh, large size and splendid 
flavor. The best variety in cultivation. Our 
stock is true, and saved from selected melons 
grown here under glass. It is to be noted that the 
leading hotels in New York, Philadelphia and 
other cities in the United States buy Montreal 
Melons in large quantites diuring the season. 
Oz. 75c.; pkt. 15c. 
PETOSKEY or PAUL ROSE 
A yellow fleshed sort of the finest quality. 
Fruit oval, about five inches in diameter and 
in general appearance much like the Netted 
Gem, but a little larger. Flesh orange colored, 
highly flavored, very thick, firm and sweet. 
i/i lb. 60c.; oz. 20c.; pkt. 5c. 
EXTRA EARLY 
HACKENSACK 
Very popular sort, producing large, handsome, 
extra-early melons of the very best quality. It 
is some two weeks earlier and almost as large 
as the once famous New Jersey Hackensack; 
fruit nearly round, deeply ribbed and very 
coarsely netted. The flesh is green and of a 
most delicious flavor. lb. 60c.; oz. 20c.; 
pkt. 5c. 
ROCKY FORD 
Improved (or Netted Gem)— This is the most 
popular of the small Melons, being extensively 
grown in the United States and shipped in car- 
loads for the markets. It is one of the finest 
early Melons. It is oval in shape, slightly 
ribbed, and covered with a coarse netting. The 
flesh is thick, green in color, very sweet and 
juicy, and solid clear to the rind. M lb. 60c.; 
oz. 20c.; per pkt. Sc. 
MONTREAL MARKET 
United States grown. Fruit of the largest 
size. Shape nearly round flattened at the ends, 
deeply ribbed; flesh remarkably thick, green, 
melting, and of the finest flavor. H lb. 60c. ; oz. 
20c.; pkt. 5c. 
FIELD OF EWING'S MONTREAL IMPROVED NUTMEG MELON 
EMERALD GEM 
TIP TOP NUTMEG 
One of the sweetest varieties of all. Flesh is delicate salmon 
color very thick and of remarkably fine flavor. Fruits are of 
medium size, globular and slightly flattened at the ends. 
Skin is only slightly netted. lb. 60c.; oz. 20c.; pkt. 5c. 
A yellow fleshed variety "of the very best quality. The flesh is 
firm and edible almost to the rind. One of the best yellow fleshed 
sorts ever offered. M Ib.^eOc; oz. 20c.; pkt. 5c. 
STANDARD VARIETIES 
BANQUET-Salmon flesh. H lb. 60c., oz. 20c.; pkt. 5c. GREEN NUTMEG- J4 lb. 60c.; oz. 20c.; pkt. 5c. 
LARGE YELLOW MUSK— M lb. 60c.; oz. 20c.; pkt. 5c. 
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