MUSK M ELO N OR fi flNTflLOUPE. 
THE CARMES. 
This Melon was cultivated exclusively by the Carmelite 
Friars in their convent gardens for many years, and 
would, we suppose, have been lost to the outer world 
but for the fact that a small portion of the seed was 
given to a gardener by a destitute peasant who had 
received one of the fruits when seeking alms at the 
hands of the good Friars. 
Once into the world, it grew rapidly in the esteem of 
the gardening fraternity, and we think our¬ 
selves quite fortunate in having secured 
sufficient to work up a stock, under American 
cultivation, to offer to our customers. 
It is now thoroughly adapted to our cli¬ 
matic conditions. The vine is very vigorous, 
producing an enormous number of fruits. 
These are very dark olive-green in exterior 
color, slightly netted and generally rough in 
surface. The ribs are very deep and strongly 
marked, projecting irregularly at each end, 
which gives it an uneven appearance. It has 
but little seed cavity, and the llesh is salmon 
red and is very deep, ripening clear to the 
rind. The texture of flesh is perfect, and 
the delicious flavor is beyond comparison. 
It is, without doubt, an acquisition worthy 
j of a wide acquaintance. (See cut.) 10c. pkt. 
20c. oz., 60c. Jijlb., $2.00 lb. 
PERFECTED 
e^DELMONICO. 
A RED-FLESHED VARIETY, OF HOST 
DAINTY AND DELICATE FLAVOR. . . 
CARMES 
MUSK 
MELON. 
N EWPORT__ 
THE HIOHEST FLAVORED, MOST LUSCIOUS 
GREEN-FLESHED VARIETY OROWN, 
AND REHARKABLY EARLY. 
B VERY person who tastes our Newport Musk Melon 
goes into ecstacies over its rich aromatic flavor, and 
it certainly is, we think, the most delicious of all 
green-fleshed sorts, and as a class the green-fleshed musk 
melons are more highly flavored than the red-fleshed. The 
Newport is a very early melon, ripening with the Jenny Lind, 
which it somewhat resembles. The fruits are deep and al¬ 
most round, with a dull green exterior, changing as they 
ripen 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, 
though the melons are not large, but for early family use, 
when delicious quality is the desideratum, we cannot too 
highly eulogize Henderson’s Newport. (See cut.) 10c. 
pkt., 20c. oz., 40c. lb., $1.25 lb. 
MILLER’S CREAM. This is, in our opinion, one'of the 
very finest red-fleshed varieties in cultivation. The 
fruits are medium to large in size, slightly oval in shape, 
and handsomely netted. The flesh is extremely and 
uniformly deep, of a rich salmon color, of peculiarly firm 
texture, yet thoroughly melting, having no stringy char¬ 
acter whatever. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. 34 lb., 80c. lb. 
Jenny Lind. This is the gem of the Musk Melons. The 
fruit is small, round-flat in shape, deeply but evenly ribbed, 
of a most attractive greenish gold color when ripe. It is 
safe to say that its flavor is unsurpassed by any, and for 
private use none is better, as it is an enormous cropper, 
and bears for a longer season than any sort. 5c. pkt., 10c. 
oz., 25c. 14 lb., 80c. lb. 
Improved Nutmeg. Fruit, nutmeg shape; skin, deep green, 
finely netted ; flesh, greenish yellow, rich and sugary. 5c. 
pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. 34 lb., 70c. lb. 
YT7HIS is an improvement over the well-known Delmonico Musk Melon, 
J l which we Introduced several years ago. This improved type is almost 
a perfect globe in shape; the skin is a peculiar grayish green until ripe, 
when it changes to a bright yellow. The ribs are wide and covered thickly 
with prominent netting. The melons average about six inches in diameter, 
have a very small seed cavity, and are exceedingly solid and heavy for their 
size. The flesh is a deep rich orange-yellow color, is of very fine grain, and 
of delicate and delightful flavor. 10c. pkt., 15c. oz.,40c. 34 lb., $1.00 lb. 
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