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WILLIAM EWING & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE 
MUSK MELON 
Musselburgh Leek 
Extra-Early Hackensack. 
Very popular 
■ sort, producing 
large, handsome, 
extra-early 
melons of the 
very best qual- 
ity. It is some 
two weeks earlier 
and almost as 
large as the once- 
famous New 
Jersey Hacken- 
sack; fruit nearly 
round, deeply 
ribbed and very 
coarsely netted. 
The flesh is green 
and of a most 
delicious flavor 
i lb. 60c.; oz 
20c.; pkt. 5c. 
J^P^IT— FR. POIREAU. 
One ounce of aeed will sow one hundred feet of drill. 
FLAG--A good medium-sized popular variety. lb $1.35: i lb 3Sc • 
oz. 15c.; pkt. Sc. > « • •» 
''SrKr5iJc.ni%^.1 ori7c.;*°p^ iiT ^•^^'^ 
-FR. MELON MUSCADE. 
One ounce will plant about 
seventy hills. CULTURE 
the day, but always be e baed in the eveninK to retain th^hlkt 2o/i„j get air tnrough 
o^S^to\1fc-S^Mt^/uSf«.^ tSi K^d 
EWING'S MONTREAL IMPROVED NUTMEG . 
Light green flesh large size and splendid flavor. The best variety in' 
culUvation. Our stock is true, and saved from selected melons m-^^ 
here under glass It is to be noted that the leading hotels in NewYorif 
Philadelphia and other cities in the United States buy Montreal Mdons in 
large quantities during the season, pkt. 20c. (Stock limited.) 
Emeral d Gem. One of the sweetest varieties of all Flesh is deli- 
— — — — cate salnion color, very thick and of remarkably 
hne flavor. fVuits are of medium size, globular, and slightly flattened 
at the ends. Skin is only slightly netted, i lb. 60c. ; oz 20c. ; pkt. 5c: 
Tip Top Nutmeg. fleshed variety of the very best quality 
, , , ^ — IT" I t ^^^'^ ^ ^<^ble almost to the rind' 
Ltae of the best yellow fleshed sorts ever offered. J lb. 60c. ; oz 20c. • 
Potoskey, or Paul Rose. ^ yeUow 
— — -; — ■ fleshed 
sort of the finest quality. Fruit oval 
about five inches in diameter and in gene^ 
raJ appearance much like the Netted 
Gem, but a little larger. Flesh 
orange colored, highly flavored, very 
thick, firm and sweet, i 
lb. 60c.; oz. 20c.; pkt. Sc. 
Montreal 
Market. 
United States grown. 
Fniit of the largest size. 
Shape nearly round, flat- 
tened at the ends, deeply 
ribbed; flesh remarkably 
thick, green, melting, 
and of the finest flavor 
i lb. 60c.; oz. 20c; 
pkt. Sc. 
Ewing's Montreal Improved Nutmeg. 
^Tugb^Zy^^''iZ%^!T^^ "P^' " '"^'^^ ^^'y F'-*^ deep rich orange and 
Rocky Ford, improved (or Netted Gem)— This is the 
^ most popular of the small Melons, being STANDARD VARIETIES ... , ^ 
extenavely grown in the United States and shipped in car- BANQUET (Salmon Flesh) ^AOr %V t 
loads for the markets. It is one of the finest eariy Melons. GREEN NUTMEG ' tn. 
"?^°val in shape, slightly ribbed, and covered with a coarse SKILLMAN-S NETTED mi. in s 
nettmg. The flesh IB thick,green in color,very sweet and juicy, LARGE, YELLOW MUSK. ih^ 
and sohd clear to the nnS i lb. 60c.; oz. 20c.;perpkt. Sc! JERSEY BELLE (Green Fiedi):.V ! 1 ! ! ! ! ! ! ' 60^ loc Sc 
