COLES COUNTY SEED FARM 
MUSKMELON 
NEW EARLY HACKENSACK 
The fruit is medium sized, nearly round, evenly and deeply ribbed and with a very 
coarse netting. The flesh is green, a little coarse, but very juicy, sweet and well 
flavored. Price, 5 cts. pht.; 10 cts. oz.; 30 cts. % lb. 
TIP TOP 
We can heartily recommend this melon to every lover of luscious fruit and 
to every gardener who grows for the market. Splendid medium size, oval shape, 
distinctly ribbed; salmon colored, flesh firm and edible almost to the rind. Sweet, 
juicy, and delicious. A strong grower, heavy yielder and of handsome appearance. 
Price, 5 cts. pkt.; 10 cts. oz.; 35 cts. *4 lb. 
OSAGE, OR MILLER’S CREAM 
A remarkable fine variety, and a very 
profitable sort for market gardeners, as 
it is fully established as a standard sort 
and will ever remain so. It is of medium 
size, oval in form, dark green in color, 
handsomely netted and slightly ribbed. 
The flesh is extremely and uniformlj" 
thick, of firm texture, rich salmon in 
color; highly flavored and delicious to 
the rind. Price, 5 cts. pkt.; 10 cts. oz.; 
35 cts. *4 lb. 
ROCKYFORD 
Ihis has become one of the most popular of small or crate melons. The vines 
are vigorous and productive. The fruits are oval, slightly ribbed, densely covered 
with fine netting. Flesh green, very sweet and highlv flavored. Price, 5 cts. pkt.; 
10 cts. oz.; 25 cts. *4 lb. 
HONEY DEW 
The fruits are round and slightly oval, six to eight inches in diameter and weigh 
about six to eight pounds ; the skin is smooth and when ripe is creamy yellow in color ; 
flesh light emerald green, fine grained and of very sweet, sugary flavor. Kind thin 
but very firm and the fruits stand shipping remarkablv well. Price, 7 cts. pkt.; 12 
cts. oz.; 40 cts. *4 lb. 
NETTED GEM 
The best early melon known. Shipped to every market of note, in great quanti¬ 
ties, every year. Medium size, but of excellent flavor. Price, 5 cts. pkt.; 10 cts. oz.; 
35 cts. i/ 4 lb. 
EARLY NUTMEG 
Unsurpassed in Luscious Flavor 
This is an extra early melon of great productiveness. Particularly adapted 
for home garden and market. Fruit of medium size, slightly ribbed, globular. Skin 
dark green, becoming yellow when over-ripe, and neatly covered with broad, shal¬ 
low netting, flesh (hick, sweet and light green color. Price, 5 cts. pkt.; 15 cts. oz.; 
40 cts. y 4 lb. 
BANANA 
A long salmon fleshed variety of good flavor, growing about fifteen inches 
long. Price, 7 cts. pkt.; 12 cts. oz.; 40 cts. ^4 lb. 
Osage Muskmelon 
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