. Burpee's farm annual : garden, farm, and flower seeds, blooded stock. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. ETUSZ MELON, Burpee's Netted Gem. This new melon, which we now offer for the first time, has been thoroughly tested, and is considered by New Tersey growers who have tried it as a most valuable acquisition. The illustration, engraved from one of the melons, shows their shape, which is al- most a perfect globe. They grow rejnarkably uniform in sha^e and size, weighing from to xYx pounds each. They are thick meated, the f
. Burpee's farm annual : garden, farm, and flower seeds, blooded stock. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. ETUSZ MELON, Burpee's Netted Gem. This new melon, which we now offer for the first time, has been thoroughly tested, and is considered by New Tersey growers who have tried it as a most valuable acquisition. The illustration, engraved from one of the melons, shows their shape, which is al- most a perfect globe. They grow rejnarkably uniform in sha^e and size, weighing from to xYx pounds each. They are thick meated, the flesh is light- green in color and uniformly of fi7ie, luscious flavor; skin green, regularly ribbed and thickly netted. They are almost Jc/zVf as a ca7ition ball, and will keep well five to seven days after picking. They are a verj- heavy cropper; the past unfavorable season, 350 hills, under ordinary culture, yielded 100 baskets of fine, marketable melons. They are extra eo^rly in ripe^iing—no variety being earher. They so far surpass the early Jenny Lind, in uniformity of shape, delicious flavor, handsome ap- pearance, productiveness and finekeeping qualities, that they cannot fail to prove the most profitable small ?iizisk tneion that cati be ?-aised. The past season they brought 35 cents per basket, wholesale, when Jenny Linds were selling for 15 and 20 cents. Price 2^ cts. per pkt.; 5 pkts. for $ The above cut printed 07i ea^h paper of genuine seed. BEET, Eclipse. This is a new beet, from Germany, and is likely to prove a valuable addition to our turnip varieties. The top is small; foliage dark red; root heart-shaped, and flesh a good carmine red. It matures early. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; lb. 60 cts.; i lb. ij. TTTENIP, New Extra Early Ptirple TopMnnicli. Awarded a first-class certificate by the Royal Horti- cultural Society of England. As shown in the illustration, this is a remarkably hand- some and very early Turnip, with a bright, purplish-red top, and
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