12, King Street, Covent Garden , 1879.] 
61 
per pkt.— 3. 
I 
MELON — continued. 
Gilbert’s Improved Victory of Bath, a very handsome green flesh variety of delicious flavour 
Colston Bassett Seedling, beautifully netted, flesh tender, melting, and of delicious flavour 1 
Cox's Golden Gem, beautifully netted large yellow fruit ; flesh whitish green, and of rich flavour 1 
Dr. Hcgg pale green flesh, very luscious and with a rich aroma T 
Golden Perfection green flesh, sulphur rind, beautifully netted, an excellent-flavoured free-setting variety 1 
Golden Queen green flesh, round, regularly netted, thin-skinned, juicy, tender, melting, and delicious... ... 1 
King of Italy scarlet flesh, a fine variety from Naples, flesh firm, juicy, and very delicious 1 
Meredith’s Hybrid Cashmere green flesh, an excellent sort r 
Queen Anne's Pocket Garnishing, a fine striped variety for ornamenting the dessert table ’ 1 
Queen Emma, syn. Prince of Wales, very handsome and fine-flavoured, melting and juicy, with thin rind 1 
Paterson’s Superb, a highly perfumed scarlet flesh variety x 
Royal Ascot, a superb scarlet flesh variety, large and very handsome r 
Thomson's green flesh, a fine variety 1 
Turner's Scarlet Gem, scarlet flesh, finely netted, an excellent small variety L 
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, yielding a succession for a longtime ; flesh green, sweet, and juicy ... 1 
The following will be found fully described in fortner editions of our Catalogue, is. per packet 
Little Heath 
Beechwood green flesh. 
Bousie's Incomparable. 
Brig o'Allen. 
Bromham Hall green flesh. 
Golden Drop. 
Denbies green flesh. 
Duke of Cornwall. 
Gilbert’s Ostrich Egg. 
Golden Ball. 
Lord Napier green flesh. 
Malvern Hall. 
Green Gem. 
Orion. 
Persian, green flesh. 
Pine Apple green flesh. 
Preston Hall 
Trentham hybrid. 
Woodfield Gem 
Wortley's Incomparable 
Ward's scarlet flesh. 
MARTYNIA F OS PICKLING (Ongles du diable, of the French). 
An old garden favourite ; the fruit, gathered when young and tender, makes an excellent pickle ...per pkt. o 
NASTURTIUM. 
The seeds of these, gathered when quite young and pickled, form an excellent substitute for capers. 
per pkt. per oz. per „k t . 
s. d. s. d. 8> d. 
Dark crimson o 3 ... o 6 
Spotted o 3 ... o 6 
Mixed o 3 
Dwarf o 3 
per oz. 
s. d. 
.. o 6 
..06 
Acme, one of the best. 
New Hundred Day. 
New Mammoth cluster. 
TOMATO, NEW VARIETIES, each 6d. per packet. 
Valentia red cluster. 
New White Apple. 
Blount' s Champion. 
The Conqueror, the earliest. 
Golden Trophy. 
TOMATO OR LOVE APPLE. per kfc 
Cultivated in pots , the smaller fruited are very ornamental, and may be used for table decoration. 3. <li 
Large Red Italian, large fruit 3d. 8c o 6 
„ Yellow, large fruit .3^ & o 6 
Greengage, beautiful citron colour, produced in clusters ; and of delicate flavour 1 o 
Vick s Criterion, a large smooth rosy crimson variety, the fruit in clusters of exquisite flavour 1 o 
Early Gem, very solid, an excellent cropper and early. First class certificate 1 o 
Tomato de Laye, or Tree Tomato ; an upright variety, with large red fruit o 
Belle de Leuville, 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 1 
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 
Nain fructu panachee, a fine dwarf striped variety o 
Tomato du Japan, a fine variety of Japaneseorigin o 
0 The following varieties, fully described in former editions of our Catalogue, 6d. per packet : — 
Cherry. | Pear-shaped. | ‘ Small Red round. 
VEGETABLE MARROW. SQUASH, GOURD, OR PUMPKIN. 
VEGETABLE MARROW. 
per pkt. — 8. d. __ __ per pkt.— 8. d. 
Custard, very fine small fruit 3 d. & o 
Bush or cluster 6 d. Sc 1 
Large Cream, very fine 3 d. & o 
Hibberd's Prolific Early Marrow. No sooner are the 
Moore's Vegetable Cream, excellent 6 d. & 10 
Long Green, fine, syn. Prince Albert 3*/. Sc o 6 
Mixed, containing many varieties 6 d. Sc 10 
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 marrows 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. 1, 2, and 3 which have been taken from fruits ranging in length from 3 to 6 inches 
No. 1, Hibberd’s Prolific Early Marrow, from smallest fruit, 2 s. 6d. per packet. 
No. 2, ,, „ ,, ,, from fruit a little larger, is. and 2s. 6 d. per packet. 
No. 3, ,, ,, ,, ,, from still larger-sized fruit, 6 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 in Soups; during winter, they 
are used for making “ Pumpkin Pies.” per pkt.— s. 
Mixed Edible Gourds, many varieties ...6d. Sc 1 
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 curious o 
Squash, Bordeaux Melon, apple shaped, flesh 
bright scarlet, sweet and melting, a good keeper o 
per pkt. — 3. d. 
Squash, Crookneck early bush, resembling the 
Portmanteau Squash, very curious 1 o 
Squash Summer Crookneck o 6 
Marble-head o 6 
Turban o 6 
Yokahama, a superior winter sort o 6 
Winter Crookneck o 6 
Nantucket, extra fine o 6 
Patisson Elector’s Cap, yellow o 6 
Mixed 6 d. Sc 1 o 
