. Dreer's quarterly wholesale price list of seeds, plants &c. : spring edition April 1896 June . Cosmopolitan Musk Melon. Cosmopolitan Musk Melon. A new Melon of beau- tiful symmetry of form, combining as it does the firm sweet flesh of the French Cantaloupe and the delicious flavor of the American Musk Melon, it is truly cosmo- politan in character. The flesh is green, thick, firm, very sweet, melting and highly flavored and extends almost to the rind. The fruit is of medium size, spherical, with no ribs and densely covered with gray netting. Oz. 20 cts., |lb. 50 cts., lb. $ Tip-Top
. Dreer's quarterly wholesale price list of seeds, plants &c. : spring edition April 1896 June . Cosmopolitan Musk Melon. Cosmopolitan Musk Melon. A new Melon of beau- tiful symmetry of form, combining as it does the firm sweet flesh of the French Cantaloupe and the delicious flavor of the American Musk Melon, it is truly cosmo- politan in character. The flesh is green, thick, firm, very sweet, melting and highly flavored and extends almost to the rind. The fruit is of medium size, spherical, with no ribs and densely covered with gray netting. Oz. 20 cts., |lb. 50 cts., lb. $ Tip-Top Musk Melon. Quite distinct in appearance, this new Melon is of the finest quality. Flesh yellow, sweet, juicy and firm, but not hard fleshed. Fruit ribbed and beautifully netted, a very productive and excellent variety. Oz. 10 cts., | lb. 30 cts., lb. 80 cts. New Dwarf French Bean, King of the Wax. This new French variety well deserves the name under which it is catalogued, for its qualities surpass those of any other Wax Bean we are acquainted with. It forms strong bushes, very compact in growth, and its prolificness is simply marvelous. The pods are pro- duced in enormous quantity ; they are remarkably tender, and so fleshy that the seeds scarcely find suffi- cient room for their development. The seed is pure white, rather large, flat, with very thin skin, and is of excellent quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 40 cts. Siebert's Early Lima Bean. An improvement on the Large Lima Bean, the pods being peculiarly thin and flexible so that they are more easily opened and shelled than other beans. When in condition for use they are larger than any other variety and very handsome in shape and color. It is the earliest of the large Limas. Vines are hardy and very productive. Pkt. 10 cts., qt. 50 cts., i pk. $, peck $, bu. $ Asparagus Lettuce. A new variety of French ori- gin. This Lettuce presents a novel appearance in growth, being of the Cos type and the midrib is pre- pared a
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