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SEEDS OE SPECIAL MERIT. 
NICHOL’S llEDlLil GKEEN. 
We consider this variety the most valuable sort that has 
been inroduced since the advent of the Green Prolific va- 
riety. As a pickle sort, Nichol’s Medium Green will be 
found unequalled, and for early forcing purposes or for 
slicing, there is no better variety. It is e.vceedingly pro. 
duclive, of medium size, and always straight and smooth. 
The color is dark green, the flesh tender and crisp. 
31usk Melon. 
This splendid melon was 
thorou{?hly tested the jiast 
season by many of our best 
market gardeners and mel- 
on growers, and is pronoun- 
ced by all, one of the very 
be.st they have ea’er grown. 
The flesh is of a rich salmon 
color, very .sweet and melt- 
ing in quality, and is so 
very thick that the melon 
is almostsolid, the seed cav- 
ity being remarkably small. 
The rind is thin, slightly 
sutured, but little netted. 
This vine is a strong grower 
and very productive, cover- 
ing the ground with fruit. 
It is extremely sweet, rich 
and delicious and very dis- 
tinct from any other. Seed 
is very scarce Per oz., 20c. Ib., $2, 
Emerald Gem Musk MeloUt The Emerald Gem 
Melon is certainly the mo.st distinct and at the same time the 
most deliciously flavored Melon we ever came across. It is a 
very early and prolific variety, with a skin which, while it is 
ribbed. Is perfectly smooth and of a deep emerald green color' 
The flesh, which is thicker than in most other melons, is of a 
suffused salmon color, exceedingly sw’eet and delicious: in 
fact, the variety is thick meated that it yields but little 
seed. Thoso seeking a Musk Melon for quality alone will find 
all they are looking for in the Emerald Gem. Price, 10c. pckt. 
oz,. 15c. lb., $1 .50. 
(See cut.) 10 cts. oz. $1.00 lb. 
Miller Cream 
Florida Favorite Watermelon. Finest table melon 
extant; oblong in shape, growing to very large size; rind dark, 
with light-green stripes; flesh llght-crimson, very crisp and 
deiicicusly sweet; seed rather small and of light creamy-white 
color. Ripened the past season 10 days earlier than the Kolb 
Gem, Iron Clad, or Rattlesnake. We offer seed grown by ori- 
ginator. Pkt. 6o., 02 . 16c., lb. $100. 
NEW OAK-LEAVED LETTUCE, 
A distinct and beautiful nev 
variety which should be in every 
garden. Our illustration will 
sliow the peculiar outline of the 
leaves, wnich arc shaped like 
those of the oak. The heads are 
compact, crisp and tender, and 
entirely free from that bitter 
taste peculiar to many sorts. 
Several of our market gardeners 
, , who tried it the past two seasons 
are much pleased with its many fine qualities. Pkt., 5c.; 
oz., 15c.; lb., $1.50. I > > 
Champion Market. 
Champion Market- "very productive, frequently 
bearing seven melons on a single vine, while on one vine we 
counted five melons set within a length of 22 inches. The mel- 
ons mature early. It iJan excellent shipper; and we consider 
it, unquestionably, the most profitable variety that can he 
grown for market. Price, 10c., oz. 16c. lb. SI. 25. 
Burpee’s Hungari- 
an Honey. Mr. Burpee 
says: “This new and su- 
perb variety was brought 
by us from Hungary in 
the summer of 1884, and 
after two years' thorough 
trial on a large scale, hav- i 
ing had several acres of 
them growing the past 
sea.son, we can positively 
state that it is decidedly 
the richest and sweetes^K 
flavored of all watermel “ 
ons. Pkt. 10c-. oz. 15c., 
lb. SI. 60. 
