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SEED-TIME AH© HARVEST 
Those Banana Melons. 
Tuckerton, DeC. 26, 1884. 
Mr. I. F. Tillinghast: Dear Sir; - 1 uoticed in 
Seed Timk and Harvest lliat some of your patrons 
do not iike the Banana Musk Melon. I.ota pack¬ 
age of seeds from you last spring and raised about 
,one hundred melons from fourteen to twenty three 
inches long. At first I could not sell an y at any price, 
but when I got them introduced I could have sold 
them by barrels full. There is one peculiarity 
about them they must be th iro uglily ripened at the 
vines, while other varieties should be picked before 
quite ripe, but they will keep four or six days when 
ripe while other varieties will not. 
Truly Yours, James Rickenbach. 
Minnesota City, Jan, 1, 1885. 
Isaac F. Tillinghast: Dear Sir,— I wish to be 
one to speak in favor of the Banana Musdmelon. and 
I see by Seed-Time and Harvest that you have some 
complaints as to irs quality. First, let it be remem 
bered that last season was not a good melon year in 
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being a great deal of damp and cloudy weather. 
With us the Banana did exceedingly well. In flavor 
it is as good as the best, in fact, I consider it the best 
of the yellow flesh varieties. In the sales of seed 
last spring I sold a few packets of the Banana, and 
all speak in high praise of it, and I think would be 
glad to join with me in this word of praise. If you 
•drop it from your seed-list, do not throw your seed 
away for you will have calls for some. Give it 
another trial on light sandy soil, with raised hills 
and good cultivation, and my word for it, you will 
give it a place in your melon patch ever after. 
Respectfully, John Stevens 
West Minister Station, Vt., Dec 23, 1834. 
Mr. I. F Tillinghast: Dear Sir,— I seethe Bana¬ 
na Musk Melon is condemned on all sides. Those I 
raised last reason from seeds purchased of you I con¬ 
sidered as fi e flavored melons as I ever tasted, and 
they were pronounced so by every one who tasted 
them without exception. Many of them grew to be 
three feet in length. I shall test them another season 
before I shall be willing to discard them as worthless. 
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