. Burpee's farm annual : garden, farm, and flower seeds, thoroughbred stock. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. SCALY BARK WATERMELON. This new melon comes from the South, and was first exhibited at the Atlanta Exhibition, in 1881. The melons grow oblong in shape, and frequently weigh forty to fifty pounds each. The skin is smooth, dark green in color, with light stripes, and when fully ripe, pre- sents an appearance somewhat re- sembling fish scales; this, together with the toughness o
. Burpee's farm annual : garden, farm, and flower seeds, thoroughbred stock. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. SCALY BARK WATERMELON. This new melon comes from the South, and was first exhibited at the Atlanta Exhibition, in 1881. The melons grow oblong in shape, and frequently weigh forty to fifty pounds each. The skin is smooth, dark green in color, with light stripes, and when fully ripe, pre- sents an appearance somewhat re- sembling fish scales; this, together with the toughness of the rind, gives the variety its name. Scaly Bark. It is an excellent shipper, as has been demonstrated by the immense weight or pressure re- quired before the rind will show any signs of breaking. The flesh is light crimson, very sweet, and of excellent quality. Pkt. 10 cts. ; oz. 20 cts.; ^ & 60 cts.; ft) ^ Citron Largely grown for preserves; red seed. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 10 cts. ; lb 30 cts. ; l5 $ Apple Pie. When stewed in pies has the flavor of an apple. Keeps till May. We give each pttrchaser printed directions for growing and cooking the yapan Apple Pie Melon. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; J;^ Sfc> 50 cts.; ft) $ COLORADO PRESERVING MELON.—An cxact coPy from a photograph. COLORADO PRESERVING MELON. This is quite distinct from the ordinary' preserving citron, the seeds being of a light green color. It is immensely productive; one vine produced fifty-five fine melons, weighing from fifteen to forty pounds each, and even in the dry season of 1881 it made a growth fully ten times as large as the ordinary citron. The flesh is very firm and solid, with few seeds. The preserving qualities are the very finest; it makes beautiful, clear, nearly trans- parent preserves, of surpassingly fine flavor. The above illustration, with full instructions ior groiuing 2^x6. pre- serving, printed on each paper of seed. Pkt. 10 cts. ; oz. 35 cts. ; 5^ ft) 90 cts.; ft $
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