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“Early Hackensack.” 
1 os. for 00 hills; 2 to 3 lbs. in hills for an acre. 
Musk or Cantaloupe :melons. 
Melons. Melon. Melon. 
EARLY 
HACKENSACK 
MUSK MELON. 
Jtj* HENDERSON’S 
The most extensively grown 
of all Husk Delons. 
A reliable and bountiful yielder. 
I.arjte, handsome, Early. 
Flesh green, rich and sugary. 
Wo wore the first to distribute generally 
throughout the country the now famous 
Hackensack. This New Early is a selec¬ 
tion or improvement almost equal in sizo 
to the Hackensack, and at least ten days 
earlier. Several years’ thorough trial has 
proven it to bo the best as well as the 
earliest of all the netted melons. The 
melons weigh from four to six pounds 
each, and aro of delicious flavor. (See cut.) 
10c. pkt., 20c. oz., 40c. y lb., $1.50 lb. 
25c. Ya lb., 80c. lb. 
MILLER’S CREAM, or PRIN¬ 
CESS. Most delicious. The flesh is a rich salmon color, very thick, sweet and 
rich ; rind very thin and finely netted. (See cut.) 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. % lb., 80c. lb. 
EMERALD GEM. Tl lis variety is of rich, delicious flavor and fine quality. Dis¬ 
tinct, very early and prolific; skin ribbed, yet smooth, and of a deep emerald green, 
with a few lighter-colored stripes. The flesh is thick, of a suffused salmon color. 
Specially recommended to those who wish a very high-flavored fruit. (See cut.) 5c. 
pkt., 10c. oz., 30c. Va lb., 90c. lb. 
MONTREAL MARKET. Excellent variety of the largest size ; wo have had them 
weighing over 20 lbs. In shape almost round, flattened at ends, deeply ribbed; skin 
green and netted. Flesh green, very thick. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. y lb., 80c. lb. 
NEWPORT. (See Novelties , page 17.) 10c. pkt., 35o. oz., SI.00 lb., $3.00 lb. 
SKILLMAN'S NETTED. Form, roundish oval; flesh deep green, sweet and richly 
perfumed ; an early and delicious variety. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. % lb., 80c. lb. 
Improved Christiana. A. very fine variety of peculiar flavor, relished by many 
people. Its chief merit is its extreme earliness. Flesh bright orange. 5c. pkt., 
10c. oz., 30c. % lb -> $1-00 lb. 
Netted Gem. One of the earliest, best and most prolific small melons. Globe-shaped, 
uniform in size, weighing from iy to 1Y lbs. each. Flesh light green and of very 
fine flavor. (See cut.) 10c. pkt., 15c. oz." 30c. % lb., $1.00 lb. 
Jenny Lind. A popular small early variety, flattened at each end, ribbed and closely 
netted. Flesh green and of excellent flavor. Largely grown in the South for early 
shipment to the Northern markets. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. y lb-, 80c. lb. 
Improved Nutmeg. Fruit nutmeg shape; skin deep green, finely netted; flesh 
greenish yellow, rich and sugary. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. y lb., 80c. lb. 
PINEAPPLE. A Winter Musk Melon, representing a distinct class. The quality is 
delicious, having a rich spicy flavor that is not possessed by any other fruit. 10c 
pkt., 35c. oz., $1.00 Y >b., $3.00 lb. 
Melons thrive best in a moderately enriched light soil; the hills should be from three to six feet apart 
each way, according to the richuess of the soil. If soil is poor or sandy, plant at four feet. Previous to 
planting, incorporate well with the soil in each hill a couple of shovelfuls of thoroughly rotted manure; 
plant twelve or fifteen seeds in each hill early in May, for latitude of New York ; for South, earlier ; for 
farther North, later ; and when well up, thin out to three or four of the most promising. Pinch off the 
leading shoots as the growth becomes too luxuriant, and if the fruit sets too numerously thin out when 
young, which will increase the size of those remaining and cause them to ripen quicker. 
THE CARMES. (See Novelties, page 17.) 20c. pkt., G pkts. for $1.00. 
BALTIMORE, or ACME. A green-fleshed, productive and excellent shipping 
melon that can always be found in its season in the best hotels and restaurants 
in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. It is a green-fleshed variety of oblong 
form. (See cut.) 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. y A lb., 80c. lb. 
HACKENSACK. It attains a large size, is round in shape and flattened at the 
ends; skin green and thickly netted; the flesh also is green, rich and sugary in 
flavor. It is wonderfully productive; very popular with market gardeners. 5c. 
pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. Y, lb., 80c. lb. 
Large Yellow Cantaloupe. Flesh reddish orange, sweet, and of good flavor; early 
and productive. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 
