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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
WATER MELON 
To make certain of raising good Watermelons, it is essential that the plants have a good start and to this end it is important ( 
to prepare hills about eight feet apart, by thoroughly working into the soil an abundance of well rotted manure—hen manure, 
guano, or other forms rich in nitrogen, being most desirable. Over this highly manured soil put an inch or more of fresh earth 
and plant the seeds on this, covering them about an inch deep. It is important that the seed should not be planted before the ground ■ 
becomes warm and dry, as the young plants are very sensitive to cold and wet. Put ten or twelve seeds in a hill. When the plants 
have formed the first pair of rough leaves, they should be thinned so as to leave two or three of the strongest and best to each hill, I 
Frequent watering of the plants with liquid manure will hasten the growth, thus diminishing the danger from insect pests.. 
The best protection against blight and insect pests is to maintain a vigorous and continuous growth. It is desirable to change the 
location as often as practicable. 
U • t r »• .An extra early melon of excellent quality. Fruits exceptionally large for so early a variety, 
Marris L.arll0St slightly oval with irregularly mottled broad stripes of light and dark green. Flesh bright red, 
sweet and tender. Seed black. The vines are vigorous and 
productive. One of the best varieties for northern latitudes. 
We have carefully observed this splendid variety in our 
trials for several seasons and are convinced that it is the very 
best first early melon for the home garden. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; V4 Lb. 40c. 
D a/I p p > Sometimes sold as Ice Cream. One 
• IVl. F erry oz: LO S Of the best early sorts for the 
home garden and for market gardeners who de- 
liver direct to consumers. Vine moderately 
vigorous, hardy, productive. Fruits medium sized, oval, but 
somewhat uneven in shape, bright green, finely veined with 
a darker shade. Kind thin; flesh bright scarlet, solid, crisp 
and very sweet. Seed white. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 
Vi Lb. 40c. 
I i • i. i • Our stock of this sort is much better 
Long Light Icing than that usually offered and su¬ 
perior to many strains offered as Gray Monarch, etc. Fruits 
uniformly long and large, a little irregular in shape, light 
green, slightly veined with a little darker shade. Flesh deep, 
rich red, and of splendid quality. Seed white. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 
2 Oz. 25c; Vi Lb. 40c. 
D ii* i ,i • Fruit medium sized, nearly round, 
Kound Light Icing greenish white, slightly veined or 
dotted with light green. Flesh bright, light red, very sweet 
and tender. Seed white. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 
Vi Lb. 40c. 
Jcing Fruit medium sized, nearly round, dark green, 
_ very indistinctly veined and mottled with 
lighter shade. Flesh very rich, bright red, sweet and of ex¬ 
cellent quality. Seed white. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 
Vi Lb. 40c. 
Harris’ Earliest 
Monte Cristo or Kleckley’s Sweets forH^fse 
or near markets. Vine vigorous and productive; fruits medium 
to large, oblong, tapering slightly towards the stem end, dark 
green, often showing line russeting. Flesh very bright, rich 
red, exceedingly sweet. So crisp and tender that it will not 
stand shipping, the fruit bursting open if subjected to even a 
slight jar, or when the rind is penetrated with a knife. Seed 
white. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; Vi Lb. 40c. 
*-t| .« r> . A splendid melon of very large size! 
Florida Favorite and excellent quality. Fruits lone,I 
dark green, mottled and striped with lighter shade; rind thin 
but firm. Flesh very bright, deep red, very sweet and tender. . 
Vines vigorous and productive. Seed white. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 
2 Oz. 25c; Vi Lb. 40c. 
* I * Q , A very large, long melon of excellent f 
Alabama jweet quality; very popular in the south 
tensively 
where it is grown extensively for shipping. Color rather 
deep green, with dark, irregular striping. Rind thin but 
tough; flesh bright red. fine grained and sweet. Fruits 
very 
average a little thicker than Florida Favorite. Seedf 
white. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; Vi Lb. 40c. 
np wr , A large, long melon similar in shape, 
I OlTl W atson color and splendid quality to Monte 
Cristo but averaging larger in size and with a tougher 
rind, making it especially adapted for shipping. Vines 
vigorous and productive. Flesh rich reef, sweet and 
tender. Seed white, more or less marked with brown. 
A comparatively new water melon which has become f 
very popular in the south. (See cut and further des - r 
cription in Supplement , page 8) Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 
2 Oz. 25c; Vi Lb. 40c. 
w-, , * i Introduced by us in 1902. In 
Ferry S Iceberg general shape, size and appear¬ 
ance it is similar to Kolb's Gem, but is distinctly darker 
and the skin where tlm melon rests on the ground is 
rich yellow instead of wldte as in that variety. It hasfi 
very firm, hard rind and is as good a shipper as Kolb’s 
Gem but the flesh is much deeper colored, extends I 
nearer to the rind, is more tender and sweet. Some¬ 
times sold as Blue Gem. Seed black. The best dark 
colored round shipping melon yet produced. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; Vi Lb. 40c. 
is ii y A very large, round or slightly oval’ 
rwOlb S uem melon, often flattened on the ends, 
marked with irregularly mottled stripes of dark anti 
light green. Kind exceedingly hard and firm, making 
it one of the best round sorts for shipping. Flesh bright 
red. solid, a little coarse, but sweet and tender. Vines I 
vigorous and productive. Seed black. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 
2 Oz. 25c; Vi Lb. 40c. 
.i. A new melon of splendid quality, already very 
Lnilian popular on the Pacific coast and will doubt¬ 
less take high rank elsewhere as soon as it is more 
generally known. Fruits medium sized, nearly round or 
slightly oblong, skin rich very deep green, indistinctly 
mottled and striped with a lighter shade. Flesh decidedly 
bright vermilion-red; remarkably fine grained but firm 
ia v 
Chilian 
and very sweet. Quality equalled by few and surpassed ^ 
by none for the home garden. Desirable also for ship¬ 
ping and keeps exceptionally well. Seed white. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; V 4 Lb. 40c. 
