. Cole's garden annual. pkt., 5 cts. This splendid new Melon is a hybridseedling of the famous . Green andGold Watermelon. It excels in beautyand quality all other varieties. Thedistinct dark markings as shown in theengraving are the red flesh, and thelight shade shows the yellow. Shapelong, often two feet or more. Weightforty to sixty pounds. Flesh solid, puregolden-yellow, variegated with streaksand layers of bright pink. In quality ithas a sweetness and lusciousness whichno other melon possesses, being tender,and melts in the mouth like ice cream,without a particle of core or stringvsubstan
. Cole's garden annual. pkt., 5 cts. This splendid new Melon is a hybridseedling of the famous . Green andGold Watermelon. It excels in beautyand quality all other varieties. Thedistinct dark markings as shown in theengraving are the red flesh, and thelight shade shows the yellow. Shapelong, often two feet or more. Weightforty to sixty pounds. Flesh solid, puregolden-yellow, variegated with streaksand layers of bright pink. In quality ithas a sweetness and lusciousness whichno other melon possesses, being tender,and melts in the mouth like ice cream,without a particle of core or stringvsubstance. Very juicy, and does notlose its flavor when it becomes over lb., 60 cts. FORSOOK EARLY This new melon has been grown sideby side with all other early sorts, andhas proven itseTf to be the earliest ofall. We have n<xd early melons of goodquality but this is the first extra earlywatermelon of fine quality that is alsoof largesize. From seed planted on thetenth day of May, large, ripe melonswere picked the last day in July, xhuseven in the past unfavorable season,demonstrating its inbred character ofmaturing extra early. As shown in the illustration, theform is nearly round. The averageweight of the melons, even during thisexceptionally bad season, was thirty-five pounds each—a. size rarely attainedby any other extra early melon underfavorable conditions. The rind istough, making it a valuable varietyfor shipping; the outer color is a uni-form medium green; the seeds arewhite; the flesh is bright red and very Per pkt., 7 cts., oz., 20 cts., J4 lb 60 cts., lb., vaUclUse red seeded melon. This new watermelon differs fromnearly all others. It has bright redseeds.
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