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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
Emerald Gem— In quality this leads all, and every home 
garden should include it. Medium size, round, with 
salmon flesh, so rich, sweet and juicy that it needs to be 
eaten with a spoon. No other Muskmelon can compare 
with it in eating qualities, and it is the sort of all others 
for the home garden. It is rather soft and perishable 
for marketing, except near home. Where known in our 
villages and cities, the Emerald Gem brings double 
the price of any other sort, and for gardeners who de¬ 
liver to customers, or to the market direct, it is the most 
profitable. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 15c. ; lb., 85c. 
bv J.L,.CHILDS- 
Mhskrqelop. 
This fine fruit is much more delicious when eaten fresh 
from the vines than when allowed to stand for days in the 
jseat of the market. Grow them like Cucumbers. 
Strawberry— Its first appearance last fall caused a great 
furore in the markets. People were loud in its praise, 
exclaiming that it surpasses all other Melons in points of 
excellency, with a flavor like that of the StrawberPvY 
hence the name. It grows to a desirable table size, from 
six to eight pounds each. Its outside appearance compares 
lavorably with the Green Nutmeg of old, turning to a 
yefiowish hue, as it were, over night, when ripe Its 
smooth. deep flesh is of an attractive salmon-red color, 
soft to the rind, and exceptionally delicious. It is cer¬ 
tainly one of the most attractive and best flavored Melons 
yet grown, Pkt., 10c. 
©hilds’ Great Combination — Great Combination is an 
appropriate name for a melon which combines the 
largest size, superb quality, fragrance, late ripening and 
long keeping qualities. In size it will average twice as 
large as any other Muskmelon we know, twenty to thirty 
pounds being its usual weight. It is very thick meated 
rich apricot yellow, m color, and highly fragrant. In 
quality it is .very rich and delicious, being equalled only 
by Emerald Gem. It is the last of all the Muskmelons 
to ripen, and comes after all others have gone which 
makes it a most important variety. Its keeping qualities 
are simply marvelous,, for when carefully picked in 
September and stored in a cool place, it is not unusual 
tor it to keep a month m perfect condition. It has a 
splendid uniform shape, and its tremendous size makes 
it a giant among melons. A most valuable novelty, 
whmh will be greatly appreciated. Per pkt., 10c. ; oz., 
2uc. | lb., $2.00. 
1 ftrincess— A new and superior variety for either market or 
h .°me garden . The melons are nearly round, deeply 
ribbed, very thick flesh of a rich salmon color, and very 
sweet and pleasant. Melons medium size and quite* 
©ariy and very handsome in appearance. Pkt., 10c.; oz" 
20c. \ lb., $1.00. 
Say View— A very profitable sort to grow, as they will vield 
3,ooo to 4,000 melons to the acre, and these large hand¬ 
some ones, of sweet, delicious flavor, popular with both 
buyer and seller. Pkt., 5c.; oz., loc.; lb., 85c. 
Champion— A very handsome, large, round melon of de- 
iidous flavor and rich quality. A great cropper and a 
favorite market sort. . A fine, standard sort, which will 
give great satisfaction m any locality. For shipping it 
is without doubt the very best of all Muskmelons It 
keeps well, comes well, is of fine appearance and high 
quality. None better [for market gardeners. Pkt sc ° 
oz., 200.? lb., $ 1.25. s 
Banana—Melons very slender, and two or three feet long. 
A very fragrant variety, and if not picked until thoroughly 
ripe, of very good quality. Its flesh and flavor, as well 
as its shape, remind one of a great luscious Banana. 
Pkt., 10.; oz., 20c. 
swlontreal Green Nutmeg — An uncommonly large melon 
and a great cropper; flesh green, very firm., and delicious, 
and unlike most Varieties, does not lose flavor during wet 
or cloudy weather. Pkt., 5c.: oz., 15c.; lb.. 80c. 1 I 
winter Pineapple-A new melon of much value, owing to 
the fact that it can be kept until Christmas or later. The 
color. of the flesh‘.is a deep lemon-yellow, and the outer 
skm is dark green, marked with yellow. The quality 
is delicious, having a rich spicy flavor and much thicker 
and firmer flesh than ordinary Muskmelons, hence their 
long keeping qualities. They verv rarely ripen on the 
vines, so the melons must be picked off in the fall and 
put in some cool place, until they are wanted. It is usually 
necessary to place them in a warm room for three or four 
days before using, so as to ripen thoroughly; in this way 
they can be had for the winter months. Pkt., loc.; oz., 20e. 
One packet each of the nine sorts for hoc. 
