. Spring catalogue : 1900. Nurseries (Horticulture) Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Borage Muskmelon, Netted Gem New Early Hackensack MELON, MUSK OR CANTALOUPE Melone, Ger.; Melon Muscade, Fr.; Melones Muscatel, Sp. One ounce for 60 hills; two to three pounds in hills to an acre. The best soil for fine melons Is a rich, warm, sandy loam. Make broad, shallow hills six feet apart each way. Plant ten or fifteen seeds in each hill, after the ground has become warm. &qu
. Spring catalogue : 1900. Nurseries (Horticulture) Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Borage Muskmelon, Netted Gem New Early Hackensack MELON, MUSK OR CANTALOUPE Melone, Ger.; Melon Muscade, Fr.; Melones Muscatel, Sp. One ounce for 60 hills; two to three pounds in hills to an acre. The best soil for fine melons Is a rich, warm, sandy loam. Make broad, shallow hills six feet apart each way. Plant ten or fifteen seeds in each hill, after the ground has become warm. "When well started, thin to three or four stocky plants in each hill. For large melons pinch off the ends of the long runners. EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK—This variety is fully ten days earlier than the old Hackensack, which it resembles; the melons weigh from four to six pounds, and are of excellent flavor. It is one of the hardiest and most productive of all the varieties of Muskmelon (see cut). EARLY NETTED GEM—One of the earliest, best and most prolific small melons; grows very uniform in size and shape, weighing from iy4 to 1% lbs. Flesh, light green and of a very fine flavor (see cut). MONTREAL MARKET—The fruit is nearly round, fastened at the end; deep and very regularly ribbed; skin, green; melting, and of a delicious flavor; excellent variety for grow- ing very large specimens, often weighing 10 lbs. and upward (see cut). JERSEY BELL—An early variety of a very large size, being about ten days earlier than the nutmeg; fine netted green flesh V4 lb. SO 20 Lb. SO 60 20 50 20 60 20 60 20 60 20 60 20 60 Sage. 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 C. Young & Sons' Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. St. Louis, Mo. : C. Young & Sons Co.
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