. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1902. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. I,ong Island Beauty Melon. IyXong- Island Beauty.—This is one of If the best shipping varieties, is very early, of good size, green flesh, roughly netted, and of luscious flavor. It is a selection from the Extra Early Hackensack, but a great improvement on that variety, and re- garded as one of the very finest. Per oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 25 cts.; lb., 70 cts. jyfemerald Gem.—This is undoubt- edly one of the very finest varieties of Cantaloupe Melons, and
. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1902. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. I,ong Island Beauty Melon. IyXong- Island Beauty.—This is one of If the best shipping varieties, is very early, of good size, green flesh, roughly netted, and of luscious flavor. It is a selection from the Extra Early Hackensack, but a great improvement on that variety, and re- garded as one of the very finest. Per oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 25 cts.; lb., 70 cts. jyfemerald Gem.—This is undoubt- edly one of the very finest varieties of Cantaloupe Melons, and is well named; it is really an emerald among the many varieties which are now cultivated; it is quite earh', a thrifty grower, very pro- ductive, producing melons of good size, the skin of which is a dark- green emerald color and quite smooth. Flesh salmon, and ripens thoroughly to the rind, and, what is most important, it has a sweet and delicious flavor; cannot rec- ommend it too highly; it has more of the flavor of the French Melon than anv other variety. Per oz., 10 cts.; % lb , 25 cts.; lb., 70 cts. / Champion Market.—This va- (/ riety is becoming quite popular and is one of the handsomest formed Cantaloupes of the entire list, it is almost perfectly round and Rocky Ford.—A selection from the fa- mous Netted Gem, introduced by the Rocky Ford growers of Colorado. It has become a famous shipping variety, is beau- tifully netted, of oblong shape, flesh deep green, and of superior quality. So popu- lar has this name become that many of the leading fruit stores display any melons they may have no matter how inferior they may be, under the name of Rock Ford. Per oz., 10 cts.; X lb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. arly Jenny Lind.—The earliest of all varieties, and also the smallest, but possessing a rich and delightful flavor and fragrance, and highly recommended. Per oz., 10 cts.; X ib., 25 cts.; lb., 70 cts. Improved Early Jenny Lind.—The improvement consists in size, roug
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