HENDERSON'S "EARLY HACKENSACK” MUSK MELON. 
■‘PAUL ROSE.” This is a cross between the old Netted Gem and 
Osage (or Miller’s Cream) and combines the good qualities of both. 
It is worthy of extended cultivation. Its value is primarily as a 
shipping variety, as the fruit grows very uniformly, and of an attrac¬ 
tive and useful size for packing. It is a very heavy cropper, the vines 
are very healthy and robust, ripening an enormous number of fruits. 
The flesh is salmon colored, very deep and of line melting character, 
with thin tough rind and small seed cavity. The flavor is excellent, 
very sweet and rich. 10c. pkt., 20c. oz.,“40c. y lb., $1.25 lb. 
HENDERSON S GENUINE “ROCKY FORD.” (See description and 
illustration on page 15.) 10c. pkt., 20c. oz., 50c. % lb., $1.50 lb. 
HACKENSACK. It attains a large size, is round in shape and flat¬ 
tened 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., 25e. % lb., 70c. lb. 
BALTIMORE, or ACME. A»green-fleshed, productive and excellent 
shipping melon. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. % lb., 70c. lb. 
EMERALD GEM. This variety is of rich, delicious flavor and fine 
quality. Distinct, 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. A very high-flavored fruit. 
5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. % lb., 70c. lb. 
MONTREAL MARKET. Excellent late variety of the largest size; 
we have had them weighing over 10 lbs. In shape almost round, 
flattened at ends, deeply ribbed ; skin green and netted. Flesh green, 
very thick. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. % lb., 70c. lb. 
SKILLMAN S NETTED. Form, roundish oval; flesh, deep green, 
sweet and richly perfumed; an early and delicious varietv. 5c Pkt. 
10c. oz., 25c. J4 lb-, 70c. lb. 
Impioved Christiauia. A very handsome variety. The fruits are some¬ 
what uneven in shape and very deeply ribbed, only slightly netted; of 
a handsome black-green color. The flesh is very deep, and though 
quite solid, is melting in character and of a peculiarly rich flavor. It 
is medium early. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. lb., 70c. lb. 
Netted Gem. One of the earliest varieties, generally coming into the 
New York markets right after Jenny Lind. Our stock is unsurpassed 
in purity. It is very uniform in size, beautifully netted, flesh deep, 
fairly solid, but deliciously melting in character. The color of flesh is 
rich green. It is very productive, and a grand sort for general early 
use. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. % lb., 80c. lb. 
MELON , Cantaloupe 
For Culture see page i I. 
I oz. for 60 hills; 2 to 3 lbs. in hills for an acre. 
fHSSi HflGK&NSftCK.” 
The most extensively grown of all Musk Melons. 
A reliable and bountiful yielder. 
Large, Handsome. Early. 
Flesh green, rich and sugary. 
We were the first to distribute generally 
throughout the country the now famous Hacken¬ 
sack. This New Early is a selection or improve¬ 
ment almost equal in size 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 
are of delicious flavor. (See cut.) 10c. pkt., 15c. 
oz., 35c. lb., $1.00 lb. 
•'7 wish to thank you for the Early Hackensack Musk 
Melon sect! sent me last spring. I find the vines of this 
variety remarkably healthy, strong amI vigorous, and 
‘holding up' wonderfully. They are still green while other 
varieties in my garden are all dead. They are the most pro¬ 
lific melons 1 ha ve ever raised, the ground being literally 
covered, ami every specimen of fine size and shape. In qual¬ 
ity they leave nothing to be desired , every melon being tine- 
grained and possessing the same sweet, delicious flavor. 
For vigor, productiveness and superb quality they stand at 
the head of the list of varieties I have yet tried." 
This superb melon represents years of caroful 
selection and improvement of a stock of Musk 
Melon at tho hands of the largest and most ex¬ 
perienced grower of melons in tho world. Tho raiser regards 
it as ills greatest production and likely to supersede all 
other red-fleshed melons. “Tho Banquet” is a medium¬ 
sized melon, flat at both ends and more beautifully netted 
than any known variety. In quality it has no equal; the 
llosh is uniformly deep and of that granulated character that 
always indicates a good melon ; the color is a dark, rich 
salmon. It will produce more fine edible melons to a given 
area than any other variety. (See cut.) 10c. pkt., 15c. oz.. 
35c. lb., $1.00 lb. 
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