. Burpee's farm annual, 1887 : garden, farm, and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. KOLB'S GEM WATERMELON. KOLB'S GEM, or AMERICAN CHAMPION. A hybrid of the Scaly Bark and Rattlesnake, and an excel- lent shipping variety. It has a very tough rind, and carries in good condition without breakage. The accom- panying illustration well represents the shape. They grow uniformly round, of nearly equal diameter each way. The stripes of light green are generally narrow and of a dull color. The flesh is bright red and of
. Burpee's farm annual, 1887 : garden, farm, and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. KOLB'S GEM WATERMELON. KOLB'S GEM, or AMERICAN CHAMPION. A hybrid of the Scaly Bark and Rattlesnake, and an excel- lent shipping variety. It has a very tough rind, and carries in good condition without breakage. The accom- panying illustration well represents the shape. They grow uniformly round, of nearly equal diameter each way. The stripes of light green are generally narrow and of a dull color. The flesh is bright red and of good flavor. The melons grow to fair market size, from thirty to fifty pounds each in weight. Per pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 10 cts. ; ft) 25 cts. ; per ft) 90 cts. Orange. The rind of this variety, when ripe, peels off from the flesh like of an orange, which makes it interesting as a curiosity ; the red flesh is of fairly good quality. Per pkt. 10 cts. ; oz. 20 cts. FLORIDA FAVORITE. An oblong-shaped water- melon from Florida, produced by crossing the Rattle- snake and Pierson melon ; claimed to be ten days earlier than Kolb's Gem ; red flesh, of fine flavor; can now be relied upon to come true. Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; % S) 35 cts.; per ft) $ EARLY CALIFORNIA, or IMPROVED ODELLA. A very popular market variety. Of round shape, color light green ; thin rind, but tough shell, so that there is scarcely any breakage in shipping to market. It is of fine flavor, and grows to weigh 40 to 60 pounds. It ripens very early. .Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; B) 20 cts.; per ft) 70 cts. IMPROVED MOUNTAIN SPROUT (Jersey Blue). Our seed is from the popular New Jersej' market variety, known in the Philadelphia and New York markets as " Nigger ; Shape round; size large, from forty to sixty pounds ; skin very dark blue, almost as dark as the Black Spanish. It ripens two weeks later than the Early California, and is valued to follow that variety. Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 c
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