DUPUY & FERGUSON, 38 JACQUES CARTIER SQUARE, MONTREAL 
Musk Melon 
One ounce will sow about 70 hills 
Montreal Improved Nutmeg. — ^'V^ 
*> variety 
grows to a large size, beautifully netted and deeply 
ribbed, flesh light green, melting and of exquisite 
flavor. The best melon in cuUivation. 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. 
Honev Dew '^^^ delicious honeylike flavor 
^ ■ of this new melon has met with 
mstantaneous public flavor and created a sensation 
wherever used. The fruit is of large size, weighing 
eight to ten pounds each. The rind is perfectly 
smooth and cream colored. The flesh is from one 
and one- half to two inches thick. light green in color, 
very sweet and juicy. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.: 
H lb.. $1.00. 
Gold Lined Rocky Ford. — 1*= ^^^p^ 
,. , , ' Ideal, very 
slightly oval, no ribs, and it is heavilv nette l over tlie 
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. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz.. 30 cts.; 14 lb.. $1.00. 
Early Hackensack. — improvement over 
J . the old Hackensack, 
producing melons of as good quality and fully 10 
days earlier. Large fruit, with thick green flesh of 
the finest flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; \d lb 
75 cts. 
Petoskey or Paul Rose. — ^ yeiiow fleshed 
. , ' , sort of suitable 
size for a crate melon and of excellent quaUty. The 
vines are vigorous and productive. The fruits are 
oval, slightly ribbed and densely netted, in general 
appearance they are much like Netted Gem, but larger The 
flesh IS orange yellow, very thick, firm, sweet and 'highly 
flavored. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz.. 25 cts.; 'A lb.. 75 cts. 
Miller's Creanri.— Skin dark green colour, slightly netted. 
* lesh salmon colour, sweet and delicious flavor. A remarkable 
keeper. One of the best salinon-fleshed Melons for shioDinc 
Pkt.. 10 cts.:oz.. 25 cts.; K lb., 75 cts. 
Rocky Ford.— Very early, flesh light green, very popular sort. 
Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts ; M lb.. 75 cts. 
Montreal Improved Nutmeg Melon. 
Sutton's Superlative Forcing. — °f medium 
J , = 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 high qualitv is found. Plant robust in 
habit and sets its fruic with unusual freedom. Pkt., $1.00. 
WATER MELON 
One ounce will plant 
50 hills 
The hi&^ft^uH^^' t-^^ -l^i-ifi -J?-,- ^'-P^^^ 
ly incorporated with the soil. Plant in May. ten seeds to 
a hill; when the plants are well up. thin out to three. Cultivate 
until the vines cover the ground, and pinch the ends of the 
growing shoots to induce early fruiting. Seeds should not 
be put into the hills until the weather becomes settled and 
warm. 
Cole's Early. — ^ ""^ variety for the family and market. 
' , and IS particularly adapted on account of 
lis earlmess to Northern latitudes. The bright red flesh is 
cool crisp and sweet. The Melons are of medium size, and 
produced in generous numbers. The heart is surprisingly large 
ui nroiiortion to size of Melon. l>kt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts • 
h ill.. 75 cts. 
Kleckley's Sweet. — '''''•^ sweetest of all the Water mel- 
, ' „ . , '"''"e flavored and grained: 
tender meat. I'ruits are large size; rind very thin and green- 
very brittle; flesh scarlet and linn. Season is onlv mediuni 
early: hence is not recommended for the extreme north Pkt 
lO cts.: oz., 25 cts.: 14 lb.. 75 cts. 
Phinney's Ea.rly.— This is a very choice early Melon. It is 
very hardy and a sure cropper. The rind is thin and (he quality 
of I csh IS susiained clear to the rind. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.- 
11). 75 cts. 
Black Spanish. — Large, roundish, nearly black, dark red flesh 
carl.v. I'kt.. 10 cts.; oz.. 25 cts.; 'A lb., 75 cts. 
Fordhook Early,— Shape nearly round, colour medium green: 
nnd tough: flesh bright red, very delicate, melting and dcliciously 
sweet A good shipping variety. Pur pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.- 
h lb.. 75 cts. 
^f"^" f"""''- "sed for making preserves. Per 
pkt.. 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; 14 lb.. 75 cts. 
Cole's Early Water Melon. 
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