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VEGETABLE SEEDS 
EARLY 
HACKENSACK 
MUSK MELON. 
H'-Sy! 5 HA6KENSA6K.” 
The most extensively grown of all Musk Melons. 
A reliable and bountiful yielder. 
Large, Handsome, Early. 
Flesh green, rich and sugary. 
Wo were tho first to distribute generally 
throughouttheCountry the now famous Hacken¬ 
sack. This New Early is a selection or im¬ 
provement almost equal in size to tho Hacken¬ 
sack, and at least ten days earlier. Several 
years’ thorough trial has proven it to be the 
boat as woll as the earliest of all tho netted 
molons. The melons weigli from four to six 
pounds each, and are of delicious flavor. (See 
cut.) 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 35c. y lb., $1.00 lb. 
“I wish to thank you for the Early Hackensack Musk 
Melon seed sent me last spring. I llml the vines or this 
variety remarkably healthy, strong anti vigorous, and 
•holding up ’ wonderfully. They are still greet i while 
other varieties in my garden are all dead. They are the 
most prolific melons I have ever raised, the ground being 
literally covered, and every specimen of flnesizeand shape. 
In tjuulity they leave nothing to be desired, every melon m 
being tine-grained and possessing tbesamesweet, delicious Ui 
tlnvor. For vigor, productiveness and superb quality they ip 
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MELON, 
MUSK OR CANTALOUPE. 
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 l ibbed ; skin green and netted. Flesh 
greOn, vory thick. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. M lb., 70c. lb. 
SKILLMAN'S NETTED. Form, roundish oval; flesh, deep 
green, sweot and richly perfumed ; an early and delicious variety 
5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. U lb„ 70c. lb. 
Improved Christiania. A very handsome variety. The fruits are 
somowhat 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 and a reliable all¬ 
round sort. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. % lb., 70e. lb. 
Netted Gem. One of tho earliest varieties, generally coming into 
the New York markets right after Jenny Lind. Our stock is un¬ 
surpassed in purity, and is selected to an oval type which has 
proved of great advantage. It is very uniform in size, beauti¬ 
fully 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. (See cut.) 5c. pkt., 
10c. oz., 25c. y lb., 80c. lb. 
For Culture see page 11. 
1 oz. for CO hills; 2 to 3 16a. in hills for an acre. 
ROCKY FORD. The advent of this variety, grown in Rocky Ford, Col., has 
done more to popularize tho Musk Melon in city hotels and restaurants than any 
other sort. It is a large and greatly improved oblong form of the Netted Gem, 
retaining all its good features, and growing larger and even more symmetrical In 
shape. We have the very finest stock of this sort on the market, demonstrated 
by ample trials on our own grounds. (See Novelties and. Colored Plate, vane 19.) 
15c. pkt., 35c. oz., $1.00 lb. 
BALTIMORE, or ACME. A green-fleshed, productive and excellent shipping 
melon, that can always bo found in its season in the best hotels and restaurants 
in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. (See cut.) 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. V. 
lb., 70c. lb. 74 
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. 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. Specially recommended to those who wish a very high-flavored 
fruit. (See cut.) 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. lb., 80c. lb. 
PAUL ROSE. A very handsome sort, the result of a cross between Netted Gem 
and Osage (or Miller’s Cream), combining in a remarkable degree the best charac¬ 
teristics of both parents. (See Novelties, page 15.) 10c. pkt., 30c. oz., 90c. % lb. 
MILLER’S CREAM (knewn also as Osage). This is, in our 
opinion, one of the very finest red fleshed varieties in cultiva¬ 
tion. 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 character 
whatever. 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. 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., 25e. lb., 80c. lb. 
Improved Nutmeg. Fruit, nutmeg shape; skin, deep green, 
finely netted ; flesh, greenish yellow, rich and sugary. 5c. pkt., 
10c. oz., 25c. ^ lb., 70c. lb. 
ENDCRSON’S SEEDS, >tc., can only be genuine when 
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