SELECT GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS, 
45 
MELON. 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
BEECHWOOD, green flesh, an excellent and well-known variety 10 
COLSTON BASSETT, flesh almost white, delicious flavour 10 
EASTNOR CASTLE, green flesh, magnificent variety 10 
EXQUISITE ( Dickson’s ), vide page 87 16 
GOLDEN GEM (Cox’s), excellent variety, green flesh 10 
GOLDEN PERFECTION, green flesh, handsome green fruit of excellent flavour . . .10 
GOLDEN QUEEN, green flesh, rich flavour 10 
LITTLE HEATH (Monro's), a large scarlet flesh variety 10 
MALVERN HALL, scarlet flesh 10 
PRINCE OF WALES, green flesh 10 
QUEEN ANNE’S POCKET, a small green flesh variety, delicious flavour . . . .10 
QUEEN EMMA, whitish green flesh, fine flavour 10 
READ’S SCARLET FLESH 10 
SCARLET GEM, scarlet flesh finely netted, early, prolific, of fine flavour . . . .10 
VICTORY OF BATH (Gilbert's), green flesh, fine flavour, handsomo fruit . . . .10 
In growing Melons the general treatment is very similar to that recommended for Cucumbers. A 
constant and regular temperature of from 70° to 75° should be maintained, and great attention paid to 
stopping, training, and thinning, and every care taken to guard against Red Spider and Thrip, to 
which Melons are liable. , 
MUSTARD. 
Per oz. s. (1. 
WHITE for SALAD per qt. , 2s. 0 2 
ONION. 
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The supplies of this article are extremely short this season, therefore pi-ices rule remarkably high. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
BEDFORDSHIRE CHAMPION, an excellent keeping variety 10 
BLOOD RED, a good keeper, strong flavour . . . 010 
DANVER’S EARLY YELLOW, very fine, early variety 10 
DEPTFORD, brown-skinned, large, and a good keeper 0 8 
GIANT ROCCA, very large, globular-shaped 10 
GLOBE, BROWN, large, mild, and an excellent keeper ........ 1 0 
GLOBE, WHITE, a very fine mild sort 10 
JAMES’S KEEPING, excellent, keeps longer than any other variety 10 
NOCERA, a very early small white pickling variety 10 
NUNEHAM PARK, large size, mild flavour, excellent keepor 10 
SILVER-SKINNED, for pickling 10 
SPANISH, WHITE or READING, one of the best for main crop, very mild flavour . .09 
STRASBURGH, very hardy, large, and good keeper 0 8 
TRIPOLI, LARGE FLAT, large, for autumn sowing 10 
TRIPOLI, LARGE GLOBE, large, mild flavour 010 
TRIPOLI, NEW GIANT, one of the largest Onions grown 10 
TRIPOLI, RED ITALIAN, good for autumn sowing 10 
WHITE LISBON, a mild flavoured variety, sown in autumn for spring uso . . . .06 
As early in March as the soil is in working order, commence operations by levelling the ground with a 
rake, and tread it firmly : draw shallow drills 9 inches apart, along which sow the seeds thinly and 
regularly. Cover the seeds with fine sail, pressing it down on the drills or beds by the use of a light 
roller or the back of a spade. When the young plants arc strong enough, thin tlu m gradually so that 
they stand, after the final thinning, 5 or 6 inches apart. 
