. 1901 Johnson & Stokes garden and farm manual. Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Fruit, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nuts, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs; Seed industry and trade, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs. NEW SWEET HOME MUSKMELON Our attention was first called to this new melon by Mr. E. H. Nash, of Merchantville, N. J., it ha
. 1901 Johnson & Stokes garden and farm manual. Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Fruit, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nuts, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs; Seed industry and trade, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs. NEW SWEET HOME MUSKMELON Our attention was first called to this new melon by Mr. E. H. Nash, of Merchantville, N. J., it having been in the hands of his family many years, and although large growers for Philadelphia market, this melon had always been planted and kept for home use and local market, owing to its great sweetness and fine quality. It grows to fine large size ; is beautifully netted and ribbed, as shown in our photograph above. Flesh very thick, light green, and in flavor sweet and luscious beyond description. The most remarkable quality it possesses, however, is its quick, rapid growth. Notwith- standing its large size, it will ripen its handsome fruits almost as early as Jenny Lind. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; £ lb., 60c; lb., $ New Extra Early Muskmelon—Norfolk Button This new green-fleshed melon, the seed of which was offered for sale for the first time last season, has been monopolized by a few growers at Norfolk, Va., who have been real- izing handsome prices on New York and Philadel- phia markets, they being the first really good mel- ons to reach these North- ern markets. It was only after great persuasion and at high cost that we were able to procure a few pounds of selected stock seed from the originator. It resembles our now popular "Shippers' De- light Muskmelon," in having a button on the blossom end, but is smaller, flatter and much earlier, coming in ahead of the earliest strains of small "Jenny ; The flesh is very thick, leaving but a small seed
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