jy. R. Gray, Seedsman, Oakton, Virg'mia 
WATERMEIiON — Continued. 
BIiXTE GEM WATEEMEIiON. Grown very extensively in the South for Northern markets, 
and is today the favorite variety with the watermelon growers of New Jersey, who supply 
the Philadelphia and New York markets; it keeps well and seldom cracks or splits in 
transit. Its flesh is a beautiful shade of dark red. Melons very uniform in size and shape. 
Pkt. n cts.; oz. 10 cts. 
IMPROVED PEORIDA FAVORITE MEEON. Early. Fine quality; medium size; flesh deep 
red. Pkt. 5 ami II) cts.; oz. 15 cts. 
ONION SEED 
One ounce will sow 100 feet 
of drill; 6 lbs. to the acre. 
Culture. For sets sow the seed as early as possible in the spring, very thickly in drills. 
As soon as the tops die off in summer, remove them to a dry, airy place, and early in the 
following spring replant by placing the sets in shallow drills, 12 inches apart, and about 
4 inches apart in the drills. The onions obtanied by that process are of a large size early 
in the season. They may also be grown to full size during the first season by sowing 
thinly in drills 1 foot apart, and about one-fourth inch deep, in March or early in April, in 
strong land, well manured, and thinning them out 3 to 4 inches apart in drills. They delight 
in a strong, rich, deep, loamy soil, and succeed well if grown successive years on the same 
ground. By sowing onion seed in frames in 
February or March, and transplanting in 
April, onions of immense size can be ob- 
tained. For this purpose Prize Taker suc- 
ceeds best. 
WHITE FORTiraAE. Fine color; mild 
flavor; pure white. Fine for onion sets 
and pickles, will grow to large size if 
sown thinly and kept worked. Pkt. 5 
and 10 cts.; oz. 35 cts. 
MAMMOTH PRIZE-TAKER. This onion is 
seen at fruit stands in the fall .and is 
the largest and handsomest onion in cul- 
tivation, and can be grown full size from 
seed. It keeps well, has white flesh and 
mild delicate flavor. Pkt. 5 and 10 cts.; 
oz. 30 cts. 
E A R a E RED WETHERSPIEED. Is a 
beautiful globe-shaped and rich, purplish- 
crimson color, making it extremely de- 
sirable. It always commands a good 
price in the market. It is a good keeper. 
I’kt. 5 and 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 
WHITE SIDVER SKIN. This famous onion 
retains its great popularity. Its delicate 
and mild flavor. Its shapely form and 
size, and its pure white color make it a 
most desirable variety for the table, for 
the market and for shipping. Pkt. 5 and 
White Silverskln Onion. 10 cts.; oz. 35 cts. 
DANVERS’ FINE YEELOW. Same shape as the Wethersfield; color, brownish-yellow; bulbs 
quite round and of good size. This is the variety grown for set^ thousands of husliels 
of which are annually shipped from this market to ditterent peits of the United States. 
They are more hardy than the whites, and keep better through the winter. Pkt. 5 and 
10 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 
PEPPERS 
ruby king. An improved AmeriiAn variety, reach- 
ing the largest size, often 4 to G inches in length 
and 3% to 4 inches thick, yet retaining the symme- 
trical shape of the smaller sorts. It is very bright 
colored and the flesh is beautiful, sweet and mild- 
flavoi'ed. Pkt. 5 and 10 cts.; oz. 60 cts. 
CHINESE GIANT. This monstrous fruiting variety 
averages 12 to 15 inches in circumference and. 
notwithstanding its immense size, it is very early 
and prolific. The stocky, well-branched plants, 
about 2 feet high, carry so many peppers that in 
places they seem hunched together. The flesh is 
thick, tender, mild, sweet, and unexcelled when 
sliced or for stufllng for •'mangoes.” Wlien ripe 
the surface is of a brilliant, varnished scarlet. 
Pkt. 5 and 10 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 
RED CHIEE. They are pointed like the Cayenne, 
but not so long nor so thick, and are exceedingly 
pungent when ripe. Requires a long, warm sea- 
son. The plants sliould be started quite early in 
a hotbed. Plit. 5 and 10 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 
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