96 VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
State Nursery and Seed Co. 
Muskinelon (Rocky Ford.) 
-MUSKMELON— (Garden Lemon.) Pkt., 10c; Oz., 20c; 
^4 Lb .....75c 
Fruits short, nearly round witli yellow and green mark- 
. ings; skin smooth, llesh very lender and of sweet flavor. 
Best when turning yejiow. Malies good preserves. 
MUSKMELON— (The Rocky Ford.) Oz., 15c; % Lb., 40c; 
Lb : $1.25 
Is a valuable introduction, and has attained in an in- 
credible short time a national reputation. It is of the 
Emerald Gem type, oval in shape, averaging from four 
and one-half to five inches in length, of & delicious 
flavor; very fine and smooth grained flesh of a light 
green color throughout when ripe. 
MUSKMELON— (The Hoodoo.) Oz., 15c; % Lb., 50c; 
Lb $1.50 
The fruit is of medium size; the seed cavity very small; 
the rind very thin indeed; and the edible, lleshy part 
very thick and meaty. It is of orange or salmon color, 
the type much preferred now. 
MUSKMELON— (Extra Early Hackcnsack.) Oz., 15c; 
1/4 Lb., 40c; Lb .....$1.25 
. Very popular v,ariety; one that matures early and of good 
quality. 
MUSKMELON— (Jenny Lind.) Oz., 10c; Lb., 30c; Lb., $1.00 
This is the earliest of the green fleshed sorts and one of 
the sweetest. It is round or flattened. In size it is 
small, being from three to Ave inches in diameter — a 
very convenient size for serving in halves. It is more 
largely grown in the great melon producing stale of New 
Jersey than any other sort, and is used in enormous 
quantities in the eastern cities and at the seashore re- 
sorts *' 
MUSKlilELON— (Emerald Gem.) Oz., 20c; % Lb., 50c; 
Lb $1.40 
This has become one of the most popular of small or 
basket melons. The fruit is oval, slightly ribbed 
densely covered with coarse netting. .Flesh thick, very 
sweet land highly flavored. 
MUSKMELON— (Burrell's Gem.) Oz., 20e; % Lb., 50c; 
Lb $1.50 
A medium sized oval deeply netted land having salmon 
or pod flesh. It is larger than Rockyford an,d of an en- 
tirely distinct flavor. There is a growing demand for the 
fine grained, smooth, salmon-red fleshed muskmelons 
and Burrel's Gem seems to be one of the best in culti- 
vation. 
MUSKMELONS— (In 5c Lithographed Packages.) 
Emierald Gem, Extra Early Hackensack, The (Jrand, 
Rockyford, M.aule Model, Hoodoo, ;Nette,d Gem. 
WATERMELONS 
The hills should be dug about 2 feet square, 18 inches 
deep, and half filled with woll-rotttd manure, which must 
be thoroughly incorporated with the soil. Plant in May, 
10 seeds to a hill, and when the plants are well up, thin out 
to three, and pinch the ends ol the growing shoots to in- 
duce early fruiting. While Ihe watt rmelon is, generally 
speakmg, a southern product, yet the cultivation of same 
is not confined to the south. . Some of the sweetest and 
best melons we have seen Wire produwd in the latitude 
of 45 degrees north: consequeni ly, while the watermelon 
is a tropical fruit, yet our northern i'rientis can grow them 
successfully. ^^^^^ 
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Watermelon 
(Peerless or 
Ice Cream.) 
Watermelon (Foidhook, Early Montana Grown,) 
Watermelon (toles Early.) 
WATERMELON— (Fordhook Early.) Montana Grown Seed. Oz., 10c; 
% Lb., 30c; Lb 90r, 
One of the largest varieties, and claimed to be the earliest of all. 
Shape nearly round. Color a medium shade of green. Flesh bright 
red and of deliciously sweet flavor. The rind is sufficiency hard to 
make it a good shipper. 
WATERMELON— (Cole's Early) Oz., 10c; % Lb.. 30c; Lb., $1.00 
This is ,a fine variety for the family and market and is particularly 
adapted, on account of its earlincss, to northern latitudes. For early 
marketing there is no superior. The bright red flesh is cool, crisp 
and sweet. The melons are of medium size .and produce in generous 
numbers. The heart is surprisingly large in proportion to size of 
melon. ' 
WATERMELONS— (Phinney's Early.) Oz., lOe; 14 Lb., 20c; Lb., 65c 
One of the best sorts for private gardeners who deliver direct to con- 
sumers. Vines moderately vigorous, hardy and productive; fruit 
medium sized, oval, bright green, finely mottled; rind thin, flesh brighl 
sciarlet, solid, crisp and tender, 
