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MELON, CARTERS’ BLENHEIM ORANGE. 
°/c Mel0 . n - - Sow for first crop in January, and plant when ready into pits or on slabs filled with good maiden loam and well-rotted manure, adding 
H 6 , u s0 “ *? ,he surface , and bringing the plants as near the light and glass as possible. It is essential that a regular temperature be secured rather than a 
nign degree ot heat. Give air freely when fruit is ripening, to develop flavour. (See also Carters’ Practical Gardener, price is., post free is. 3 d. ) 
The Best 
Flavoured 
Scarlet 
Flesh 
Raised hy 
Mr. 
W. Crump, 
Head 
Gardener to 
His Grace 
the Duke of 
Marlborough, 
at 
Blenheim. 
The Best 
Flavoured 
Scarlet 
Flesh 
Melon. 
This 
Melon 
has 
gained 
nearly 
100 
First 
Prizes. 
Photographed from Nature and Copyrighted by J. C. & Co. 
Carters’ Blenheim Orange Melon. 
.. . the finest flavoured scarlet-flesh melon in cultivation. 
6 f ga ' n °" e u r J stoc £ of Nev y Seed, saved specially for us. This Melon is remarkably prolific, has a grand constitution, is a very fine setter 
a d i Perpe ^ earer ’ ripenlng in a short space 0f time - The fruit is superbly netted, and a special and distinctive feature 
.s the evenly-defined and thin rind. i n sea led packets, price 2s. 6d. per packet. 
ft « nf f°'?, y ? W BI 0ran Sf. M * lon n0 J v for so ™ e years and consider one of the finest scarlet-fleshed Melons in existence and merits all you claim for it. 
It is of splendid constitution and if I were obliged to confine myself to one scarlet-fleshed variety, Blenheim Orange would be my selection.” ’ 
“I may say that out of several varieties of Melons grown here last season, we consider your “ Blenheim Orange ” and ‘^Emerald Gtan” A^tw^’lxs^bdnk of good 
flavour, very fine in settim? fruit, and short minted.” — Mr W F u.c.-j... ri..tl.u. b uesi, Deing ot good 
very fine in setting fruit, and short jointed. ; 
Carters’ Holborn Favourite. 
— The raiser of this 
splendid Melon is Mr. A. Pettigrew, of Cardiff Castle Gardens, who describes 
it as follows : — “Fruit of the largest size, roundish ovate ; rind, lemon colour, 
heavily netted ; flesh, greenish-white ; flavour, sweet, melting, and juicy ; habit 
of plant, strong and vigorous ; a free setter and a great bearer. It is one of the 
handsomest and best-flavoured Melons in cultivation, and was greatly admired 
by all who have seen it growing here.” We fully endorse the raiser’s recom- 
mendation. 
In sealed packets, 2s. 6d. per packet. 
The Cassaba Melon. — The popular Melon in the Smyrna and 
other Eastern markets. Its high credentials induce us to offer it to growers 
of hardy Melons, it being adapted for cultivation where more tender and higher- 
bred varieties do not succeed. 
In sealed packets, Is. 6d. per packet. 
Mr. W. F. Woods, The Gardens, Llanfrechfa. 
Carters’ Amberwood Beauty. 
CARTERS’ GREEN GAGE.-a “perfect” green-flesh 
Melon ; flavour delicious In sealed packets, Is. 6d 
MONRO’S LITTLE HEATH. — Hardy scarlet flesh 6d. & 
HERO OF LOCKINGE. A popular pale-flesh variety 
A 1. — Large, round, scarlet flesh 
BEST OF ALL — Pale green; free setter 
CARTERS’, 237. 238. & 97, HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON.— 1898. 
The following sorts can also be supplied 
Per packet — s. d. 
w A very handsome 
Melon, the result of a cross between Hero of Lockinge and Read’s Scarlet Flesh. 
Mr. Garner, the raiser, says : — “ It is a strong grower, free in setting its fruit, 
which swell to a good size without the aid of any manure ; it is beautifully netted, 
and the best green-flesh Melon that can be grown.” 
In sealed packets, 2s. 6d. per packet. 
Carters’ Emerald Gem— Green Flesh. 
The late Head Gardener at a Royal Establishment writes: — “It is the best 
green-flesh Melon I have ever grown, both for flavour and constitution. I have 
cut this season the third crop, weighing four to five pounds each. It wants no 
improving as a Melon, for, when well grown, you cannot beat it. It is a very 
black green till ripening, when it colours up like a pine or a ball of gold.” 
In sealed packets, 2s. 6d. per packet. 
BELLAMORE HYBRID 
SCARLET PREMIER 
TRIUMPH 
HENDRE SEEDLING 
HIGH CROSS HYBRID 
THE COUNTESS. — Pale flesh, fine flavour 
RITCHING’S PERFECTION. — Fine, green flesh 
Per packet — s. 
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