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VEGETABLE SEED SPECIALTIES 
HENDERSON'S GENUINE ROCKY FORD MUSK MELON. 
A SWEET, LUSCIOUS MELON THAT 
HAS BECOME WORLD-FAMOUS 
FOR ITS CAPTIVATING FLAVOR. 
“ROCKY FORD” has proven to be 
a most valuable Musk Melon; its size, 
shape and quality exactly suit melon 
epicures. It somewhat resembles the 
old “Netted Gem,” but is more oval 
in shape. The vines are exceedingly 
healthy and vigorous, bearing an 
enormous quantity of fruits during 
the entire season. It is safe to say 
that no melon has ever come into 
the New York markets which has 
sold so readily and at such high 
prices as the “Rocky Ford,” often to 
the exclusion of other varieties. The 
color of the skin is of a rich greenish- 
gold; the netting is prominent and 
light in color; appearance very at¬ 
tractive. The flesh is very deep, 
ripening clear to the rind, and it has 
an exceedingly small seed cavity. It 
is very sweet and luscious in flavor, 
and is entirely devoid of any stringy 
character. Our seed was specially 
grown for us by a careful grower at 
Rocky Ford, and is the best type of 
the genuine “Rocky Ford” Musk 
Melon. It has been used in many 
sections and is pronounced b) r melon 
growers a very superior strain. {See 
cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 35c. 
i lb., $1.00 lb. 
Remarkably Early—Enormous Cropper. 
Every person who tastes our Newport Musk Melon 
goes into ecstasies over its rich, aromatic flavor, and it 
certainly is, we think, the most delicious of all green- 
fleshed sorts. It is very early, ripening with the 
Jenny Lind, which it resembles and from which it 
originated. The fruits are deep and almost round; 
exterior dull green, ripening to a rich golden color, 
evenly and closely netted. The ribs are quite shallow. 
The flesh is of exquisite texture, rich and melting 
clear to the rind. It is a bountiful yielder; the melons 
are not large, but of that desirable size the market 
demands. Price, 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 40c. J lb., $1.25 lb. 
"/ wish to add a few words of praise for your Newport Cantaloupes. 
They are the best for quality and yield that I ever raised.” 
ALBERT WESTERVELT, Danville, Va. 
HENDERSON’S HACKENSACK 
"Your Rocky Ford Cantaloupes gave 
great satisfaction. Every one said they 
were the best they ever saw. I will 
want more in the spring.” 
D. B. F. SUTTLE, Shelby, N. C. 
The most extensively grown of all Musk Melons. 
A reliable and bountiful yielder. Large, hand¬ 
some, early. Flesh green, rich and sugary. 
We were the first to distribute generally through¬ 
out the country the now famous Hackensack. This New 
Early is a selection or improvement almost equal in 
size to the Hackensack, and at least ten clays earlier. 
Several years’ thorough trial has proven it to be the 
best as well as the earliest of all large netted melons. 
The melons weigh from four to six pounds each. The 
skin is green and thickly netted; flesh is light green, 
of delicious flavor, rich and sugary. It is also a lux¬ 
uriant, healthy grower, and exceedingly productive. 
{See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 40c. fib., $1.25 lb. 
“7 find Early Hackensack remarkably healthy and vigorous. They 
are the most prolific melons I have ever raised, the ground being liter¬ 
ally covered, and every specimen of fine size and shape, and every 
melon being fine-grained and possessing the same sweet delicious flavor. 
They stand at the head of the varieties 1 have tried.” 
JOHN C. KING. Vineland. N. J. 
|h[ENDERSON’S luscious NEWPORT 
A Daughter of 
Jenny Lind. 
Musk Melon. 
Most Delicious 
Green Flesh. 
“ Your Rocky Ford Melon Seed is all 
right. Others bought 'Rocky Fords' but 
did not get them, only Gems.” 
C. A. SPICKNALL, Carmi, III. 
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