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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
WATER MELONS Continued 
THIS MELON WAS 
INTRODUCED BY US IN 1894. 
IT HAS NO EQUAL AS A 
SHIPPING MELON 
Vine vigorous and productive, ripening its 
fruit early. Fruit large, oval, very heavy, uni¬ 
formly mottled light and very light green. 
Rind thin but firm. Flesh bright red, firm, 
solid but very tender, melting and sweet. 
Fruit retains its good quality for a long time 
after ripening. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 
H Lb. 20c; Lb. 00c. 
Long Light Icing ££■ 
than that usually offered, and superior to many 
strains offered as Early Monarch, etc. Re¬ 
peated t rials have demonstrated that our Icing 
melons are much superior to those generally 
offered, each sort being distinct and showing 
the type well, instead of being a mere mixture 
of white seeded sorts. The melons of the Long 
Light Icing variety are uniformly long and 
large, and the flesh deep, rich red and of splen¬ 
did quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 
k Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
Sweet Heart Water Melon. 
Round Light Icing 
slightly darker green. Flesh bright, light red, very sweet and 
tender. By many this is considered the best of all melons. 
Fruit medium sized, 
round, very light green 
or white, mottled with 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; k Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
n™l/ Iplnn Fruit large, nearly round, dark green, 
I Ini H II/I llll V( ' r >’ indistinctly mottled with lighter 
1/1,1 11 lv ' BBB y shade. Flesh very rich, bright red. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 0z. 15c; k Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
O1/ ^h^tiich Vines small, so that they may 
i )e planted closer than most 
sorts. Fruit round, very dark green, with sweet, scarlet flesh 
and black seeds. It is not so large as some of the other sorts, 
but is very hardy and a certain cropper. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 
2 Oz. 16c; k Lb- 20c; Lb. :><»<•. 
^WPPf A large, oval variety; rind 
CJTTool. green; flesh scarlet and 
iter, very sweet and delicious. This is an 
old standard sort and one of the best for the home garden. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; k Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
Mountain 
quite solid to the ce 
l/vn Medium sized, with very sweet, scarlet 
v*l L*Cl 111 flesh, a. good variety for main crop. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz 15c; k Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 
Of^n6p An oval melon, skin green; flesh scarlet, of 
good quality, and is peculiar, in that the flesh 
may be easily separated from the rind like an orange. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; k Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 
Grows uniformly round and smooth, striped and marbled with light green. Flesh white and solid; 
■ *1 I seeds red. It should be borne in mind that this variety is not used for eating in the raw state, but for 
m preserves, pickles, etc. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; k Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 
^-MUSHROOM-^ 
T HE MUSHROOM is an edible fungus of a white color, changing to brown when old. The gills are loose, of pinkish-red, 
changing to liver color. It produces no seed, but instead, a white, fibrous substance in broken threads, called spawn, 
which is preserved in horse manure, being pressed in the form of bricks. Thus prepared it will retain its vitality for years. 
Mushrooms can be grown in cellars, in sheds, in hot-beds or sometimes in open air. Fermenting horse manure at a tem¬ 
perature of about 70 degrees, mixed with an equal weight of fresh sod loam, is made into beds the size required, eight inches 
deep. See to it that the bed is packed very solidly and evenly. In this bed plant the broken pieces of spawn six inches apart, 
covering the whole with two inches of light soil, and protect from cold and rain. One brick will plant eight to ten square feet 
of bed. The mushrooms will appear in about six weeks. Water sparingly and with lukewarm water. 
English Mushroom Spawn, in bricks of about 1 lb., 25c each, prepaid; 5 lbs. for $1.00 prepaid. 
French Mushroom Spawn, 31b. boxes, $1.50 each, prepaid. 
Mustard is not only used as a condi¬ 
ment, but the green leaves are used as a 
salad, or cut and boiled like spinage. 
The culture should be the same as that of cress. 
WHITE ENGLISH— The leaves are light green, mild and 
tender when young; seed light yellow. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 
2 Oz. 10c; k Lb. 15c; Lb. 40c. 
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED- This mustard is very 
highly esteemed in the south, where the seed is sown in the 
fall, and the plants used very early in the spring as a salad. 
Our stock is the true curled leaf. Pkt. 5c; Oz.lOc; 2 0z.l5c; 
k Lb. 25c; Lb. 80c. 
Sow after the ground is warm, in 
drills one inch deep, by the side of 
a fence, trellis work,or some other 
support, to climb upon. They will thrive in good ground in 
almost any situation, but are more productive in a light soil. 
TALL MIXED GARDEN— Cultivated both for use and 
ornament. Its beautiful orange colored flowers serve as a 
garnish for dishes, and the young leaves are excellent for 
salads. The green seed pods preserved in vinegar, make a 
pickle greatly esteemed by many. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 
2 Oz. 15c; k Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. For other varieties see 
Flower Seeds , page 64. 
