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NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 
Pholoprmpli of an outkemojct beauty meeon, with an ordinary kooky foui> melon ])lnec<l on top forcontruHt, 
hIho two-foot rule at bottom and Kido. 
Outremont Beauty Muskmelons 
Early in August last, we were astonished to see the windows and slore of a Broad Street faney fruit 
dealer of this city filled with the most magnificent melons we ever saw, and selling readily at from 
53.50 to $4.00 each. New Jersey and Colorado grown cantaloupes seemed like pigmies alongside these 
in price, size and handsome ajjpearance. They attracted so much attention that nearly all the daily 
papers of this city had something to say about their merits. Learning that these melons came from 
Canada, the writer (Johnson) started for there at once, to learn the origin, and found that they were 
grown by Mr. T. J. Gorman, at Outremont, Canada. Mr. Gorman’s patch was certiiinly a sight. Not¬ 
withstanding he had made several pickings, the vines were literally loaded with melons, weighing from 
15 to 25 pounds each (Mr. Gorman assured us he had grown one specimen to weigh 65 pounds). Ow¬ 
ing to their very thick flesh, which is very delicious, and small seed cavity, only about J ounce 
of seed could be taken from a melon, and it was only after great persuasion, and at a fabulous pricw, 
we induced Mr. Gorman to select and save for us a few jMsunds of the seed, which we have put up in 
packets of 25 seeds each, and will supply our customers at 25 c. per packet, or 5 packets for $1.00. 
We cannot, however, supply more than 5 packets to any one customer. each packet of need v;e nend 
complete directiont, as given vs hy Mr. Gorman, for growing to perfection these truly magnificent melons. 
