94 HOVEY’S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE 
PER PKT. 
Victoria Cabbage. An excellent early and hardy variety; is larger than Tennisball; heads 
freely, and is crisp and well-flavored. Per oz., 25 cts.5 
Dickson’s All The Year Round. A hardy, crisp-eating, and compact-growing Cabbage 
Lettuce, with small, close heads. If sown In succession, it will produce good heads all 
the year round; very valuable. Packets only.10 
Princess Head. A new and very fine variety; heads firm, large, tender, and of best quality. 
Per oz., 25 cts.5 
Emperor Head. A new German sort; yellow-seeded, large, and excellent. Per oz., 50 cts. .10 
Bossin. A new French variety, of remarkably large size; leaves somewhat curled. Packets 
only.15 
Blood-red. Very tender variety, with red leaves; new. Per oz., 50 cts.10 
White Paris Cos. This variety is grown mostly by London and Paris market-gardeners; 
tender, brittle, and mlld-flavored. Per oz., 40 cts..10 
Carter’s Giant Brown Cos.10 
Dunnett’s Giant Black-seeded Brown Cos. .10 
MARTYNIA (Martynia Proboscidia). 
A hardy annual plant, with strong, branching stems two feet high. The young pods are the 
parts used. These are produced in great abundance, and should be gathered when about half 
grown, or while tender and succulent. They are used for pickles, and by many are considered 
superior to the Cucumber. 
Culture.— The Martynia is of easy culture. As the plants are large and spreading, they 
should be two and a half feet apart in each direction. The seeds may be sown in April or May, 
in the open ground where they are to remain; or tho seeds may be sown earlier in a hotbed, 
and transplanted. 
Martynia. Per oz., 40.. .15 
MELON, MUSK VARIETIES (Cucoiis Melo). 
German, A Felont. — French, Alelon .— Spanish, Melon. 
The Melon, in some character, is to be found in all tropical countries; but the finest varie¬ 
ties are supposed to have come from Persia and Afghanistan. The delicious flavor and perfumo 
make it very popular in all countries where the climate will admit of its cultivation. 
Culture. — Plant in hills six feet apart each way, eight or ten seeds in each, and thin out to 
three or four plants when in a state of forwardness. To grow good melons, the hills should bo 
prepared by digging out the soil frofn one and a half to two feet deep, and two or three feet 
broad, according to the'richness of the land. Add a very liberal quantity of the best decom¬ 
posed atable-manure, and mix well with the soil, filling up a little above the general level. By 
tins mode, good melons may be raised on almost any soil. Seeds should not be put into tho 
hills until the weather becomes settled and warm. 
Christiana. Originated in Beverly, Mass.; form roundish; skin yellowish green; ' c -yel¬ 
low, sweet, juicy, and of good quality; one of the best; ripens very early. i* v bz., 
cts . 10 
Green Citron. Fruit nearly round, but flattened slightly at the ends; medium size; flesh 
green, quite thick, and of the. richest and most sugary flavor ; comes in early, and makes 
a very popular market variety. Per oz., 15 cts . 5 
Nutmeg, h'ruit oval, good size, thickly netted; flesh light green, rich, sweet, melting, and 
highly perfumed ; one of the finest. Per oz., 15 cts . 5 
Alton Barge Nutmeg. This is recommended as a very choice melon, sweet, and of delicious 
flavor; also, for Its great productiveness, handsome form, thickness and firmness of 
flesh, which makes it a valuable variety for shipping to distant points. It is also one of 
the most profitable, having sold in market the past season for double the price of other 
melons. Per oz., 20 cts . 5 
The Cassabar. A very large variety of the Persian Melon ; have grown the past season to 
weigh over fifteen prrnnds; uniformly of good quality, far exceeding in flavor any 
other .. 
Pineapple. Form roundish, inclining to oval; flesh green, melting, sweet, and perfumed; 
early and productive. Per oz., 20 cts . 5 
Skillxnan’s Fine-netted. This variety much resembles the Pineapple; flesh green, sugary, 
melting, and excellent; the earliest of all the green-fleshed varieties. Per oz., 20 cts. . 5 
Persian. Long, oval-shaped ; skin very thin and delicate: flesh extremely tender, rich, and 
sweet, and flows copiously with a cool juice, which renders them very grateful. Per 
oz., 20 cts . . 
Allen’s Superb. A new variety of the Nutmeg; flesh green and sweet. Per oz.. 30 cts. . .10 
Large Yellow Cantelope. An oval variety, good-sized; skin vellow, marbled with green; 
flesh salmon-colored, sweet, highly perfumed, and of good flavor; early and productive. 
Per oz., 20 cts . . 
Large Musk. This is a very large, long, oval shape; deeply ribbed; flesh very thick, yellow, 
sweet, and juicy, with musky flavor; very early and productive. Per oz., 15 cts. . . 5 
New White Japan. A new variety from Japan, and decidedly the sweetest of all the Musk- 
Melons; color of fruit crcam-white; flesh thick; size medium, and nearly round; re¬ 
markably earlj'. Per oz., 25 cts. ... 
Large Minorca. This is remarkable for its large size, having been known to weigh twenty 
pounds; very sweet and rich flavor. Should be started early under glass . . . .25 
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