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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Dixie. 
Black Spanish 
ROUND LIGHT ICING.—Fruit medium size, round, very 
J*ght green or white, mottled with slightly darker green. 
Flesh bright, light red, very sweet and tender. By many 
this is considered the best of all melons. 
LONG LIGHT ICING. — A variety established by selec¬ 
tion until it is uniformly long, oval in shape and nearly twice 
as heavy as the Round Icing. In other respects it is much 
like that sort and fully equal to it in quality. Repeated trials 
have failed to show Jordan's Gray Monarch to be different 
from this. 
y BOSS.—Vines small but vigorous, with small, finely 
/% divided leaves. Fruit above medium size, long, with rounded 
ends, very dark green skin, and exceedingly bright red flesh 
which extends to within one-half inch of the surface, and is 
very sweet. Seed small, dark brown. It is an excellent sort 
for home use, but the rind is too thin for a good shipper. 
BLACK SPANISH.—Vines small, so that they may be 
planted closer than most sorts. Fruit round, very dark 
green, with scarlet flesh and black seeds. It is not so large as 
some of the other sorts, but very sweet and of fine flavor. 
DIXIE.—This new and desirable variety, of Southern 
origin, is a cross between Kolb's Gem and Mountain Sweet, 
having the /toug h rind and long keeping qualities of the 
former coinbtffed with the great productiveness, high flavor 
anti freedom from stringiness of the latter, and is destined to 
become, we think, a leading market sort. Vines vigorous, 
large growing and hardy; fruits medium size to very large, 
about one-third longer tha i thick. 
/*-> Color of skin dark green striped with 
a lighter shade, making it very 
attractive; rind thin but tough; flesh 
bright scarlet, ripens closely to the 
rind, is of the best quality and free 
from ail the toughness and stringiness 
which is so objectionable a feature of 
many shipping melons. We hope all 
our customers will give this very 
desirable sort a trial, as we feel sure ; 
they will be greatly pleased with it. (' ; 1 
ous and healthy. Leaves of medium size, deeply cut with a 
peculiar, frilled edge. Fruit of the largest size, round or 
slightly oval, marked with irregular mottled stripes of dark 
and light green. Outer rind or shell exceedingly hard 
and firm, resembling that of a wipter squash. Flesh 
bright red, extending to within half an inch of the rind; 
always solid, very firm, a little coarse, but sweet and tender. 
An excellent keeper. Seeds dark gray. 
MAMMOTH IRON CLAD.—Similar in marking and in 
general character to the Kolb's Gem, possessing the same 
good qualities of the fruit, and quite as coarse grained, but 
differing in shape, this being long and cylindrical, like the 
Rattlesnake. Tlve vines are also very large and coarse, and 
dte late in coming into bearing, so that it does not succeed 
in heavy soils. 
MOUNTAIN SWEET.—A large, oval variety; rind 
green; flesh scarlet and quite solid to the center, very sweet 
and delicious. This is an old standard sort and one of the 
best for the home garden. 
MOUNTAIN SPROUT.— A large, long, striped variety, 
with bright, scarlet flesh and drab colored seeds; it differs 
from the Mountain Sweet in color and shape, is rather late, 
and will keep longer in the fall. 
£ ORANGE.— 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. 
V ' GYPSY, OR GEORGIA RAT- 
r TLESNAKK.-One of the largest 
varieties, and stands shipment long 
distances. Fruit cylindrical, square 
at the ends, smooth, distinctly striped » 
and mottled light and dark green. * 
Flesh bright scarlet and very sweet. 
CUBAN QUEEN.—Fruit medium 
size to large, globular or oval; skin 
striped light and dark green in sharp 
contrast; rind medium thick, but 
stands shipment well. Flesh bright 
red. solid, very crisp and sugary. 
KOLB’S GEM.—The most profit- *- 
able variety to grow for shipping long i 
distances, and is probably used more 
^ than all others for this purpose. Vines 
of medium size, but remarkably vigor- 
