. E. H. Hunt : seedsman . TURKISH DWARF. DIXIE. Dixie. A very large, early, productive Melon, of excellent ship- ping qualities. In color it is dark green, beautifully striped, of superior eating quality, tender and sweet, everything considered it probably possesses more favorable features than any other one variety, Pkt., 5c.; oz., iSc.; i lb., 30c.: lb., $ Ruby Cold. In shape it is long, often two feet or more, and frequently weighs as high as sixty pounds. Its flesh is solid, pure golden yellow, variegated with streaks and layers of bright pink. This makes it at once the most beautiful
. E. H. Hunt : seedsman . TURKISH DWARF. DIXIE. Dixie. A very large, early, productive Melon, of excellent ship- ping qualities. In color it is dark green, beautifully striped, of superior eating quality, tender and sweet, everything considered it probably possesses more favorable features than any other one variety, Pkt., 5c.; oz., iSc.; i lb., 30c.: lb., $ Ruby Cold. In shape it is long, often two feet or more, and frequently weighs as high as sixty pounds. Its flesh is solid, pure golden yellow, variegated with streaks and layers of bright pink. This makes it at once the most beautiful, odd and novel melon ever seen. It is also as much superior to other melons in quality as it is in beauty. It has a sweetness and lusciousness which no other melon possesses, it being melts in the mouth like ice cream, without a particle of core or stringy sub- stance. It is very juicy, and does not lose its flavor when it be- comes over-ripe, like most sorts. It is solid to the center, and ripens close to the rind, which is very thin. Pkt., 5c.; oz., loc. Green and Cold. Of good size; from twenty-five to forty-five pounds in weight; its productiveness is equal to any â¢of the red-fieshed sort, while in delicious flavor it is unsurpassed. The rind is very thin, the white being only from three-eighths to one-half inch in thickness. The flesh is a beautiful golden orange color, free from any tinge of white or other color, even immediately around the seeds. The flesh is beautifully granular in appearance, juicy and sweet. Pkt., 5c.; oz., loc.; ]l lb., 30c.; lb., $ Phlnney's Extra Early. The first to ripen, good size, very productive, oblong in shape, flesh a deep red; a first-class early market melon, well and favorably known. Pkt., 5c.; oz., loc; Xlb., 25c.; lb., 7SC. Seminole. A long round melon of most desirable shape and form imaginable. The rind is unvisually thin, flesh a deep, sparkling, cherry-red color, possessing a flavor as delicious and sweet as it i
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