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netted. Flesh green and very sweet, but not high 
flavored. 
Skillman’s Fine 
Netted.— A very early 
melon of small size, vary¬ 
ing in shape from almost 
oval to a flattened globe. 
Skin green until the 
fruit is over ripe, when 
it becomes yellow, cov¬ 
ered with fine netting. 
Flesh light green, very 
thick, sweet and of mod¬ 
erately high flavor. 
Small Green Nut¬ 
meg.— Fruit of medium Small Green Nutmeg. 
size, slightly ribbed, globular. Skin dark green, becom¬ 
ing yellow when over ripe, and nearly covered with 
broad, shallow netting. Flesh green, very thick, a little, 
coarse, but of fine flavor. 
Baltimore.—Fruit medium in size, oval, drawn to a 
worthy of cultivation for table decoration, although the 
quality is not the very best. 
The Cos varieties of lettuce are of quite distinct habit 
of growth, and must be tied up or blanched under pots 
Green Fringed. 
to develop their good qualities. The blanched leaves 
are exceedingly sweet and tender. 
White Paris Cos. — The heads are long, upright, 
with oblong leaves. It is very hardy, of large size, and 
long in running to seed; tender* brittle, and high flav¬ 
ored. Considered in England to be far better than the 
other varieties. 
MRRTYNIK. 
A strong growing, hardy, annual plant, with curious 
shaped seed pods, which, when young and tender, are 
highly prized for pickling. The pods are produced in 
great abundance, and should be gathered when about 
half grown; after the hardening of the flesh they are 
worthless. m 
Proboscidea. —The common variety. Sow in rich, 
warm soil after corn is well up, in drills three feet apart, 
and thin the plants out to two feet in the row. 
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Fr., Melon. Ger., Zucker-Melone. 
The Musk Melon is too universally popular to need 
any special description. 
Culture. —Cultivate as recommended for cucumbers, 
except that the hills should be six feet apart, but avoid 
Jenny Lind. 
planting near those plants, as they will mix with and 
injure the quality of the melons; this and heavy rains at 
the time of ripening will destroy the flavor of the finest 
stock. Rich earth for the young plants is far better 
than manure, but if the latter must be used, see that it 
is well rotted. If the plants grow very rank, more and 
finer fruit will be secured by pinching off the ends of 
the shoots when about three feet long. 
Jenny L>ind.— The earliest green fleshed melon, and 
we think the sweetest variety in cultivation. Quite 
small, round, much flattened at the ends, ribbed, finely 
Baltimore. 
point at stem, and slightly ribbed, covered when ripe 
with coarse netting. Flesh thick, green, very fine flav¬ 
ored and sweet. We think this one of the most 
uniformly good melons we have on our list—indeed, 
we have never seen a poor flavored melon of this variety. 
White Japan.—An old variety but of very fine 
quality. Fruit small, 
oval, white, with green 
flesh. One of the best 
for home garden. 
Improved Green 
Fleshed Canta¬ 
loupe.— Fruit above 
medium size, oval, 
moderately ribbed 
skin very dark green, 
partially covered with 
coarse netting. Flesh 
very thick, sweet, and 
of fine quality. 
Improved Large 
Green Nutmeg.— - 
We think we have by 
careful selection and 
growing secured in this 
a variety of the largest White Japan. 
size, but having all the good qualities of the old Green 
Nutmeg. We consider this the best variety in cultiva¬ 
tion for family use. Vines vigorous, hardy, productive; 
fruit very large, round, slightly flattened at both ends, 
ribbed, covered with coarse netting , flesh very thick, 
green and of the highest flavor. 
Hackensack. — We have been unwilling to offer this 
as a distinct variety, for although we have tested a great 
many stocks we could find none which were of uniform 
