. Dreer's market gardeners' wholesale price list : reliable vegetable seeds, flower seeds, garden requisites, implements, insecticides, etc. Vegetable gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. DREER'S MARKET GARDENERS' WHOLESALE PRICE LIST. 13 MUSKMELONS^Ger, Melone. Honey Dew MelOD. [See cut.) This melon has caused a sensation among dealers in fancy fruits and vegetables. It is unlike the ordinary muskmelon, both in appearance and flavor, having a hard and smooth outer skin which is nearly virhite, turning to a lemon tint when ripe.
. Dreer's market gardeners' wholesale price list : reliable vegetable seeds, flower seeds, garden requisites, implements, insecticides, etc. Vegetable gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. DREER'S MARKET GARDENERS' WHOLESALE PRICE LIST. 13 MUSKMELONS^Ger, Melone. Honey Dew MelOD. [See cut.) This melon has caused a sensation among dealers in fancy fruits and vegetables. It is unlike the ordinary muskmelon, both in appearance and flavor, having a hard and smooth outer skin which is nearly virhite, turning to a lemon tint when ripe. The melons are large, round to oval, thick-meated, green flesh and of a rich honey-like flavor, luscious and juicy It is an excellent keeper and fruits may be laid away for later use. A splendid shipper, and when better known by the public it will be diffi- cult for dealers to obtain a supply large enough to satisfy their trade. Oz., 40 cts.; i^ lb., ;; lb., Rocky Ford LmpTOved. This delicious melon has been improved at Rocky Ford, Colorado, a section noted for fine muskmelons, and from this point they have been shipped to every city in the United States. The melons average about I yi lbs. each in weight, and are of most delicious flavor; flesh is smooth-grained and light green color, lb., 80 cts. Oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 25 cts.; Netted Rock. A distinct variety, about the same size as "Rocky Ford," but more heavily netted. The seed cavity is small, and the flesh, which is green, is thick and sweet. Oz., locts.; % lb., 30 cts. ;lb.,; Jenny Lind. The earliest variety; netted, of small, round size, excellent flavor. This is a favorite early variety. Oz., 10 cts.; ^ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 80 cts. Netted Gem. Early and globular shape, uniform in size; flesh light green, of very fine flavor. Oz.,Iocts.; •^ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 80 cts. Extra Early Hackensack. A careful selection from the Hackensack, ready for market ten days earlier and fruit much like the parent
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