. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. VEGETABLE NOVELTIES FOR 1881. vii. CUBAX QI EE> WATER31EL,ON. Tills iiiagiiifLcent iie\v melon is certainly tlie
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. VEGETABLE NOVELTIES FOR 1881. vii. CUBAX QI EE> WATER31EL,ON. Tills iiiagiiifLcent iie\v melon is certainly tlie largest and finest varietj- ever tntrodnced. and was the admiration of all dur- ing the past season. The skin is beautitiilly strip- ed, dark and light green, of the latter there hemg two shades agi-eeably di- versified. The vines are very strong, healtliy and A-igorous ingi owth. The tlesli is hright red, le- markably solid, pecul- iarly luscious, crisp and s sugary, and in delicious flavor is unsmiiassed. It is an excellent keeper, and although the lind is nnusually thin, bemg scai cely more than half an incli thick on a melon of enormous size, ^vill bear to distant markets ^vell. Their great size handsome thin rtud, red flesh, aud delicious taste are so captivating that they cannot fall to bring Avherever put on sale. Cuban Queen Watermelon. appearance, extra prices Sold only in sealed packets, with the above engraving printed on each. Price—25 cents per packet of 15 seeds; compete for. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original B. K. Bliss & Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. New-York : B. K. Bliss & Sons
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