FORREST’S HONEST SEEDS. 
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Dixie. A popular market sort. 
Vine vigorous, large growing and 
hardy. Honest pkt. 5c, r-4 lb. 12c. 
lb. 40c. 
Kolb’s Gem. Vines of medium 
size, but remarkably vigorous and 
healthy. Leaves of medium size, 
deeply cut with a peculiar frilled 
edge. Honest pkt. 5c, 1-4 lb. 12c, 
lb. 40c. 
Phinney’s Early. A very early 
variety ; medium and uniform size, 
and beautiful form. The skiu is smooth, with white mottled and dark green stripes. Hon¬ 
est pkt. 5c, 14 lb. 12c, lb. 40c. 
Fordhook Early. An extra early melon of fine flavor and large size, qualities com¬ 
bined in no other watermelon. Seeds white, flesh bright red and very sweet. Average 
weight of watermelons, 30 to 40 pounds. H mest pkt. 5c, X lb. 15c, lb. 50c. 
Ice Cream, or Peerless. The old but extremely popular home market melon. There 
is none better, nor a more handsome melon grown. It is medium in size, almost round ; the 
skin a pale green, slightly mottled ; flesh bright scarlet, fine grained, solid to the center, 
sweet, crisp and melting. Honest pkt. 5c, y 4 lb. 14c, lb. 40c. 
Triumph. The Triumph is not only a monster in size (a single specimen of the largest 
filling a flour barrel), but it is very prolific, early, and of delicious flavor. Moreover, it is a 
capital shipper, carrying long distances, as well as Kolb’s Gem or any other variety. Honest 
pkt. 5c, X lb 12c, lb. 40c. 
Georgia Rattlesnake. This is the long, large mottled green melon so largely grown 
in the South for northern markets. Honest pkt. 5c, 1-4 lb. 12c, lb. 40c. 
Duke Jones. A great many new varieties have been introduced, but this is holding 
its own, and has too many friends to be forgotten for some time. A magnificent large melon, 
flesh bright red very prolific, and a splendid shipper. Honest pkt 5c, 1-4 lb. 12c, lb. 40c. 
Citron, or Preserves. This variety grows uniformly round and smooth. It has a 
handsomely striped and marbled skin of light green It is used enti-ely for preserves and 
pickles, and not for eating in the raw state. Wonderfully prolific. Honest pkt. 5c, 1-4 lb. 
20c, lb. 60c. 
.Mammoth Ironclad. This is an extra large watermelon, and it is one of the great 
commercial ones ; skin dark green, with bright stripes of lighter green in mottled markings. 
It uniformly grows to greater size with more marketable melons to the acre than any other 
of the large varieties, and is one of the best shippers known. Honest pkt. 5c, oz. 8c, 1-4 lb. 
15c, lb 45c. 
Florida Favorite. A large oblong melon with dark green skin, faintly striped 
with still deeper shade, ripens ahead of Kolb’s Gem, good shipper. Honest pkt. 5c, oz. 8c, 
1-4 lb. 15c, lb. 40c. 
Dark Icing. A nearly round melon, with a very thin rind, with dark green skin, very 
sweet and melting, very popular with New Jersey truckers. Honest pkt. 5c, oz. 8c, 1-4 lb. 
15c, lb 40c. 
Light Icing. Equally as fine flavored as the Dark Icing, from which it differs only in 
a light colored skin. Honest pkt. 5c, oz. 8c, 1-4 lb. 12c, lb. 40c. 
Iceberg. A decided improvement on Kolb’s Gem. Honest pkt. 5c, oz. 8c, 1-4 lb. 15c, 
45c. _____ 
GAELIC. 
The sets should be planted in spring. Cultivate same as onions. Sets, per 1-4 lb. 15c, 
lb. 40c, postpaid ; by express, lb. 30c, 10 lbs. and over, 25c per lb. 
CHERVIL. 
Chervil. A valuable flavoring herb ; the young aromatic leaves are used for soups and 
salads. Honest pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1-4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00. 
