. Eastman's annual seed catalogue : 1897. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Maine East Sumner. EASTMAN'S ANNUAL SEED CATALOGUE. 3 some and luscious fruit. In all of our own trials for five years as well as in the reported trials of the past year from our customers, it has in every instance ripened ahead of all other kinds on trial, so that we can confidently recommend it as the earliest melon in cultivation. The fruit is large, oblong, deeply ribbed, greenish yellow when ripe, while the flesh is very thick, melting and richly flavored. Cut in wide slices, l
. Eastman's annual seed catalogue : 1897. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Maine East Sumner. EASTMAN'S ANNUAL SEED CATALOGUE. 3 some and luscious fruit. In all of our own trials for five years as well as in the reported trials of the past year from our customers, it has in every instance ripened ahead of all other kinds on trial, so that we can confidently recommend it as the earliest melon in cultivation. The fruit is large, oblong, deeply ribbed, greenish yellow when ripe, while the flesh is very thick, melting and richly flavored. Cut in wide slices, lightly sprinkled with sugar and eaten with a spoon, it is simply delicious. Price 10c. per pkt. Rev. Joseph M. Long, East Winthrop, writes: The Granite State Musk Melon was the first variety of good size that I have been able to ripen in six years' gardening, and is satisfactory in every way. I sowed them in the open ground late in May. THE LIGHTNING BEAN. This is the quickest bean on record from planting to the table. Lovers of green beans, either string or shell, who wish to hasten the season, should plant the Lightning. Planted side by side with other extra early varieties, we have yet to hear of the instance where it has failed to exceed them all in earliness, while in its season its quality is excellent. It should. be closely watched when the beans begin to form, as a very few days from the blossom will give pods suitable for string beans. At this stage of their growth they are very tender and of rich flavor. But they keep right on growing, and in a few days more the pods have toughened and not long after they are fit for shelling. It exactly resembles the old Early Fegee in appearance, but with us it has come into bearing fully two weeks ahead of that variety. Price 50 cts. per qt.; 10 cts. per pkt. Mrs. Horace A. Hayes, Groveton, H. EE., writes: Your "Lightning Bean" is truly named, as they were ready to use before we thought they had hardly blossomed. Besides
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