. DeJong Floral and Seed Co. Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Catalogs; Nursery stock Iowa Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Iowa Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Gardening Iowa Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Extra Early Hackensack EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK. A selection of the old Hackensack, which it resembles, but is fully ten days earlier. The melons weigh from four to ten pounds and are of excelent flavor. It is one of the best, as well as the earliest, har- diest, and most prolific of the netted musk mel- ons to grow for market or fami
. DeJong Floral and Seed Co. Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Catalogs; Nursery stock Iowa Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Iowa Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Gardening Iowa Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Extra Early Hackensack EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK. A selection of the old Hackensack, which it resembles, but is fully ten days earlier. The melons weigh from four to ten pounds and are of excelent flavor. It is one of the best, as well as the earliest, har- diest, and most prolific of the netted musk mel- ons to grow for market or family use. Per pkt 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 14 lb. 30 cts., lb. $ EDWARD'S PERFECTO—This variety will be used almost entirely for long distance shipping in a year or two. It is salmon fleshed with the smallest seed cavity of any variety. Fruit uni- form in size, nearly round. The Perfecto has the deepest flesh, smallest seed cavity and more salmon color than any type of shipping melon. It will become a fav orite and command a premium over other sorts on the market. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., % lb. 50 cts., lb. $ HONEY BALL. This variety is of the Honey Dew type but is smaller and earlier than that variety. Fruits round, smooth, free from ribbing and are yellowish white when ripe, flesh, is very thick and of silvery-green color. Although of rather sweet sugary flavor it has somewhat more of the spiciness of the green fleshed cantaloupes than the Honey Dew Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 14 lb. Rocky Ford Musk Melon ROCKY FORD. In the past few years the melon growers of Rocky Ford, Colorado, have shipped immense quantities of this variety to all the large cities of the United States, where they have been in great demand by the high class hotels and restaurants. These delicious melons have made a great reputation for high quality. The melons are of just the right size for table use, slightly oval in shape. The flesh is thick, of a light green color, and of a fine, juicy, l
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