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THE 
CARMES 
MUSK 
MELON. 
Musk M elon or ^ antaloupl 
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 flesh 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 
i of a wide acquaintance. (See cut.) 10c. pkt., 
40c. oz., $1.00 lb., $3.00 lb. 
PERFECTED ^ ^ 
DELMONICa 
A RED-FLESHED VARIETY, OF HOST 
DAINTY AND DELICATE FLAVOR. . . 
NEWPORT. 
THE HIGHEST FLAVORED, HOST LUSCIOUS 
GREEN-FLESHED VARIETY GROWN, 
AND REHARKABLY EARLY. 
E VERY person who tastes our Newport Musk 
Melon goes into ecstacles over its rich aromatic 
flavor, and it certainly is, we think, the most 
delicious of all the green-fleshed sorts, and as a class 
the green-fleshed musk melons are more highly flav¬ 
ored 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 almost 
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 Hender¬ 
son’s Newport. (See cut.) 10c. pkt., 20c. oz., 60c. 
34 lb., $1.75 lb. 
BANQUET. '*'*'*** 
TT7HIS superb melon represents years of careful 
j I Ig selection and improvement of a stock of Musk 
A Melon at the hands of the largest and most ex¬ 
perienced grower of melons in the world. The raiser 
regards it as his greatest production and likely to 
supersede all other red-fleshed melons. “The Ban¬ 
quet” is a medium-sized melon, flat at both ends and 
more beautifully netted than any known variety. In 
quality it has no equal; the flesh 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. 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 35c. Vlb., 
$1.00 lb. 
rTTHIS is an improvement over the well-known Delmonico Musk Melon which 
I Is 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 prom¬ 
inent 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, and is of very fine grain, and of deli¬ 
cate and delightful flavor. 10c. pkt., 20c. oz., 50c. 14 lb., $1.50 lb. 
HENDERSON’S 
“NEWPORT” 
MUSK MELON. 
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