LOW’S CATALOGUE OF SPECIALTIES, 
New and Selected Melon Seed. 
My large and increasing trade in melon seed has prompted me to be very careful in making my selections of 
varieties as well as in the quality of the seed. Some varieties are adapted for universal cultivation' while others 
are confined more to certain localities. In my experiments with the different varieties, the following selections I 
have found to contain all properties desired in a melon. My melon seed is grown in the sections best adaDted to its 
perfect development and is of excellent quality. pted t0 lts 
The Boss Watermelon. 
A watermelon of rare quality. 
Early, large in size, long in shape 
very heavy ; rind thin, but very tough, 
dark green in color, lightly ribbed, 
showy in appearance; flesh highly 
colored, melting, of unusual fine 
flavor, and extending within a half inch 
of the skin. A variety certain to 
please, either for shipping or for 
home consumption. We recommend 
it as the best melon. Our crops of 
this melon have been the best we 
have ever seen, many of them thirty 
pounds each, and keeping until the 
last of December in fine condition. 
To those who find it difficult to grow 
good watermelons in this latitude, I 
would recommend the above sort as 
peculiarly suited to our short seasons 
and temperate climate, growing rap- 
. _ idly, and ripening quickly and evenly, 
't is ar more certain to produce and perfect its crop than the larger and later varieties. It can be grown to 
perfection with oidinary field culture as far north as the New England States, and is abundantly productive. Price 
of Boss Watermelon, nkts., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts. ; 1-4 lb., 35 cts. 
Kolb’s Gem Watermelon. 
This new variety is a cross between Rattlesnake and 
Scaly Bark Melons, both renowned for their excellence. In 
general character it partakes somewhat of the features of 
each, but excels in all the most desirable qualities of a first- 
class melon for market as well as home use. The skin is 
dark green, delicately marbled with lighter shades; shape 
slightly oval ; size large and remarkably uniform, averaging 
about 35 pounds; the crop holds out well in size up to the 
last pickings; rind very thin, yet so remarkably firm that 
it bears transportation without breakage and injury. Flesh 
tender, melting and of unsurpassed quality in every respect, 
retaining its freshness and sweetness longer after picking 
than any known kind. The vines are of extraordinary 
vigor and astonishingly productive. During the melon sea- 
son of this year, this variety had an extensive run in all the 
markets of this section, and it gave the best satisfaction, and 
was the nicest in quality of all the sorts in the market. It has proven far superior for shipping purposes, and w 
be very extensively called for by all bruit Dealers and marketmen. Price per i kt , 5 cts. ; oz., 15 cts. ; 1-4 lb ^5 ct 
MONTREAL MARKET MUSK MELON. 
thlmLw nf 0 M e T'"t nt T l0 “' ? ml itS c ‘ ua,it y is truly delicious, it is largely grown for 
the market of Montreal, where it is justly highly esteemed. The fruit is of the largest size 
Z .1° ST" ?,\ an „ d T Vi,n ‘*- The sh: " 5< ‘ of this ^lon is almost round.’ 
fluesTflivor b ^ w<^S 1 « y f{?- bbed , ; skl ? grecn aud netted ; flesh very thick and of the 
imesD flavor. In many sections this melon has proven the most desirable virietv to o-row 
and in all places has done well. Price per pkt., 5 cts. ; oz, 15 cts. ; M lb, 35 rts. 
