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MELON — continued. perpkt.— s. 
Golden Queen green flesh, round, regularly netted, thin-skinned, juicy, tender, melting, and delicious i 
King of Italy scarlet flesh, a fine variety from Naples, flesh firm, juicy, and very delicious i 
Meredith’s Hybrid Cashmere green flesh, an excellent sort j 
Queen Anne's Pocket Garnishing, a fine striped variety for ornamenting the dessert table i 
Queen Emma, syn. Prince of Wales, very handsome and fine-flavoured, melting and juicy, with thin rind i 
Paterson’s Superb, a highly perfumed scarlet flesh variety i 
Royal Ascot, a superb scarlet flesh variety, large and very handsome 1 
Thomson's green flesh, a fine variety i 
Turner's Scarlet Gem, scarlet flesh, finely netted, an excellent small variety i 
Green Climbing Melon, for situations lying well to the sun, where it will produce a large number of fruits 
about the size of an ostrich egg, yieldinga successiofi fora longtime ; flesh green, sweet, and juicy... 1 
The followhig will be found fully described in former editions of our Catalogue, is. per packet 
Orion. 
Persian, green flesh. 
Pine Apple green flesh. 
Preston HaU. 
Trentham hybrid. 
'\yoodfield Gem 
Wortley's Incomparable 
Ward's scarlet flesh. 
MASTYNIA FOS PZCKXJITO (Ongles dn diable, of the French). 
An old garden favourite ; the fruit, gathered when young and tender, makes an excellent pickle ...per pkt. o 6 
NASTURTIUM. 
The seeds of these, gathered when quite young and pickled, form an excellent substitute for capers. 
per pkt. per oz. per pkt. per oz. 
Beechwood green flesh. 
Bousle's Incomparable. 
Brig o’Allen. 
Bromham Hall green flesh. 
Chichester green flesh. 
Golden Drop. 
Denbles green flesh. 
Duke of Cornwall. 
Gilbert’s Ostrich Egg. 
Golden Ball. 
Hunt’s small scarlet flesh. 
Lord Napier green flesh. 
Malvern Hall. 
Green Gem. 
Dark crimson o 
Spotted o 
d. 
3 •• 
3 • 
8. d. 
o 6 
o 6 
d. 8. d. 
Mixed o 3 ... o 6 
Dwarf o 3 ... o 6 
New Hundred Day. 
New Mammoth cluster. 
‘Valentla red cluster. 
TOMATO, NSW VARIBTXSS, each 6d. per packet. 
New White Apple. 
Blotmt's Champion. 
New Giant. 
The Conqueror, the earliest. 
Golden Trophy. 
Rose Giant. 
TOMATO OB I.OVE APPliE. 
Cultivated in pots, the smaller fruited are very ornamental, attd may be used for table decoration. 
Large Red Italian, large fruit 3<f. & 
„ Yellow, large fruit 3</. & 
Greengage, beautiful citron colour, produced in clusters ; and of delicate flavour i 
Vick s Criterion, a large smooth ovate variety of a distinct rosy crimson colour, the fruit produced in 
clusters and of exquisite flavour i 
Little Gem, very early, prolific and of excellent flavour 1 
Tomato de Laye, or Tree Tomato ; an upright variety, with large red fruit o 
Belle de LeuvHle, fruit very fleshy and succulent, shading from red to violet o 
Early Dwarf Red, very early, and producing large clusters of full-fleshed fine-flavoured fruit o 
Hepper's Goliath, special certificate by Fruit Committee, 1870. First class variety i 
New Trophy. Produces fruit of a very large size, and considered a most valuable acquisition o 
New dwarf broad leaved, very distinct, beautiful red fruit o 
Hathaway's Excelsior, round, perfectly smooth, fine colour, superior flavour, and good cropper o 
Naln fructu panachee, a fine dwarf striped variety o 
Tomato du Japan, a fine variety of Japanese origin o 
Strawberry Tomato (Physalis edulis), an old plant with an American name. The fruit is stewed like 
Cranberries, in this country it is well known in preserves as Cape Gooseberry 6d. Sc i 
The following hue varieties, fully described in former editions of our Catalogue, 6d. per packet : — 
per pkt. 
8. d. 
o 6 
o 6 
Keye's Early Prolific. 
Small Red round. 
„ Yellow round. 
Cherry. Earley's Defiance. 
Currant-fruited. Pear-shaped. 
Powell’s Early Red. Sima’ Mammoth Cherry. 
VEOETABEE MABBOW, SQUASK; GOUBB, OB PUMPKIN. 
VEGETABLE MARROW, 
per pkt. — 8. d. 
Custard, very fine small fruit 3<f. & o 6 
Bush or cluster td. & i o 
Large Cream, very fine 3^. & o 6 
per pkt.— 8. 
Moore's Vegetable Cream, excellent (id. & 
Long Green, fine, syn. Prince Albert 3<f. & 
Mixed, containing many varieties 6rf. & 
Hibberd’s Prolific Early Marrow. No sooner are the plants of this valuable vegetable marrow put out than 
they begin to yield great numbers of small elegant oval-formed fruits, which are of excellent flavour and 
ready to cook when the size of a turkey's egg. Those who grow vegetable mairows under glass for 
an early crop will find this by far the best variety. "We have selected the smallest fruits and have numbered 
the seed Nos. i, 2, and 3 which have been taken from fruits ranging in length from 3 to 6 inches 
No. T, Hibberd's Prolific Early Marrow, from smallest fruit, 2J. (id. per packet. 
No. 2, ,, ,, ,, „ from fniit a little larger, ij. and 2J. 6<f. per packet. 
No. 3, ,, ,, ,, ,, from still larger-sized fruit, (d. and is. per packet. 
No. 4, ,, „ „ ,, mixture from the above, is. per packet. 
EDIBLE GOURD, SQUASH OR PUMPKIN. 
These are greatly prized if cooked when young ; and when ripe they are delicious inSoups; during winter, they 
are used for making “ Pumpkin Pies. ” per pkt. — s. 
Mixed Edible Gourds, many varieties ...(id. & i 
Sicilian or Citron Gourd, an excellent keeper, 
and the best for marmalade o 
Ohio Squash, very excellent when young, and in 
winter valuable for soups o 
Squash, white, flat warted, very curious ... o 
Squash, Elector's Cap, striped, improved o 
Squash, Cork-oak skinned, very emrious o 
Squash, Bordeaux Melon, apple shaped, flesh 
bright scarlet, sweet and melting, a good keeper o 
per pkt. — «. 
Squash, Crookneck early bush, resembling the 
Portmanteau Squash, very curious r o 
Squash Summer Crookneck o 6 
„ Marble-head o 6 
„ Turban o 6 
„ Yokahama. a supenor winter sort o 6 
„ Winter Crookneck o 6 
„ Nantucket, extra fine o 6 
„ Patlason Elector’s Cap, yellow o 6 
,, Mixed (id. & 1 o 
