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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
MUSK MELON 
Plant the seed in hills six feet apart each way, dropping ten to twelve seeds in a hill. After the plants begin to crowd 
and the striped beetles are pretty well gone thin to four or the most vigorous plants in a hill. Give frequent but shallow cul¬ 
tivation, until the plants make runners so long that this is impracticable. Rich earth for the young plants is far better than, 
manure, but if the latter must be used, see that it is well rotted and thoroughly mixed with the soil. 
If the plants grow very rank, more and finer fruit will be secured by allowing the main branch to continue growing but 
pinch off the end of each side branch after it has one fruit set. The quality of melons of all varieties is largely dependent upon 
conditions of growth and ripening. Unhealthy vines or unfavorable weather produces fruit of comparatively poor flavor. The 
plants are liable to attack from the striped beetles which are so numerous in some cases as to destroy them. The beetles may 
be kept off by frequent dusting with air-slaked lime, soot or sifted ashes diluted with fine road earth. Care should be taken 
not to use too much of any of the above materials or the vines will be injured. Should even the diluted material prove injurious 
to the vine, use road earth ouly, as frequent dusting with this alone will often prove effective especially if a wind is blowing. 
GREEN FLESHED VARIETIES 
netted. Flesh green and exceedingly sweet. This variety ripens early and on account c 
or : 
r IT 1 A small, round melon, valuable on account of its extreme earliness, hardiness and great produc- 
fcxtra Harly L^ltron tiveness. The skill is green, becoming yellowish at maturity. The flesh is light green, sweet and of 
good quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; % Lb. 60c. 
Jenny Lind 
as a table melon. We know of no green fleshed 
melon maturing equally as early that is of more 
excellent quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; 
Lb. 60c. 
Extra Early Hackensack der thhfname 
distinct stock, very different and much superior to 
that often sold as Extra Early Hackensack. The 
fruits are nearly two weeks earlier than Hacken¬ 
sack, medium to large sized, nearly round or some¬ 
what flattened, evenly and deeply ribbed and with 
very coarse netting. The skin is green, slightly 
tinged with yellow as the fruits mature. The flesh 
is green, a little coarse but juicy and sweet. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; % Lb. 60c. 
Netted Gem or Rocky Ford become 
one of the most popular of small or crate melons 
and is shipped in large quantities from Colorado 
and Arizona. The vines are vigorous and produc¬ 
tive. The fruits are oval, slightly ribbed, densely 
covered with fine netting. Flesh green, very sweet 
and highly flavored. We offer an exceptionally fine 
stock of this early sort, the fruit being very uni¬ 
form in shape and quality and of the even size that 
is8odesirable in ashippingmelon. Pkt. 5c;Oz. 20c; 
2 Oz. 35c; »/ 4 Lb. 60c. 
i.« a The fruits are me- 
Baltimore or Acme dium sized, oval or 
long oval, slightly pointed at stem end. slightly 
. ribbed, and are covered when ripe with coarse 
netting. The flesh is thick, green, well flavored and 
sweet. This variety is a very productive, sure cro] 
good quality. One of the most desirable green 
melons of medium size. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 
*4 Lb. 60c. 
Netted Gem or Rocky Ford 
35c; 
ire cropper of This variety, combining, as it does, the 
One of the most desirable green fleshed Cosmopolitan firm, sweet flesh of the French Canta- 
~ loupe and the delicious flavor of the American Musk Melon. 
is truly cosmopolitan in character. It is the most beautiful 
of the green fleshed melons. The fruits are 
of medium size, nearly round or slightly 
oval, without ribs. The skin is light green ! 
in color, becoming covered at maturity with. , 
dense silver gray netting. The flesh is green, j 
firm, sweet and uniformly high flavored. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz.‘ 35c; >/ 4 Lb. 60c. 
1 . The fruits are 
Champion Market large, round or ; 
slightly oval, slightly ribbed and covered with I 
dense netting. The flesh is green, very thick j 
and sweet. The variety is a improvement on ; 
Montreal in earliness and productiveness and 
will suit those who like a large, sweet, green, j 
fleshed sort. It can always be depended upon 
for a good crop. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; 
i/ 4 Lb. 60c. 
Hackensack or Turk’s Cap large, 
green fleshed melon. Vines hardy, vigorous 
and productive. Fruits nearly round, usu¬ 
ally somewhat flattened; ribs large and of 
irregular width, densely covered with coarse 
netting. Flesh green, thick, coarse but juicy 
and sweet. Our stock is true to the “Turk’s 
Cap” type and after careful comparison with 
that or other growers we do not hesitate to j 
pronounce it the best in the country. Often I 
sold as Improved Large Green ‘Nutmeg. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; % Lb. 60c. 
n -\r» Fruits are of largest size, fre- 
oay View quently weighing ten to fifteen 
pounds, long, distinctly ribbed and covered I 
with coarse nettincr. The skin is green, be- I 
coming slightly yellow as fruits ripen. The | 
flesh is green, thick and of fine flavor. This | 
variety is by far the best of the large late 
green fleshed melons and so hardy tnat we 
especially recommend it to inexperienced 
cultivators. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; 
Hackensack Vi Lb. 60c. 
