. Burpee's farm annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. BURPEE'S MELON SEEDS. 6i BURPEE'S MAMMOTH IRONCLAD WATERMELON. This magnificent melon is of ob- long shape, very thick through, and retains its thickness at botn stem and blossom end. The skin is beautifully striped with very light green. The flesh is of a dainty red color, of rich, sugary Havor; the heart is very large. The flesh is always firm, remarkcMy solid. The melous grow uniformly to a larger size than any other variety
. Burpee's farm annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. BURPEE'S MELON SEEDS. 6i BURPEE'S MAMMOTH IRONCLAD WATERMELON. This magnificent melon is of ob- long shape, very thick through, and retains its thickness at botn stem and blossom end. The skin is beautifully striped with very light green. The flesh is of a dainty red color, of rich, sugary Havor; the heart is very large. The flesh is always firm, remarkcMy solid. The melous grow uniformly to a larger size than any other variety known. Un- der ordinary cultiva- tion we have had hundreds of melons weighing from 60 to 70 pounds each, while in 1886 John G. Miller, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, won our prize of with a Mammoth Ironclad Water- melon of the weight of 110 lbs., 7 ozs., to which he took affidavit. While not producing so many melons to the acre as smaller varie- ties, they produce a greater weight. They are veritably Ironclad—cut- ting into one is just like cutting into a citron, and no variety car- ries better to ship to distant Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; 34 25 cts.; per tb 75 els. JoRDAN's Gray Monarch, OR LONG WHITE ICING. Although introduced by one seed house as Jordaji's Gray Monarch, by another as Long White Icing, we consider the two names synonymous, as descriptive of one variety. The skin is of an attrac- tive, mottled, very light green color, so light as to nearly warrant the name white or gray. The flesh is deep red in color and of very finequality—fully equal to the old Icing, which has long been recognized as one of the finest flavored watermelons grown. In size, this new variety is much larger than the old, .specimens having been raised to weigh 60 to 70 fljs. each. Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; ft) 25 cts.; per lb 85 cts. BURPEE'S HUNGARIAN HONEY WATERMELON. The melon from which the illustra- tion was taken weighed 11 j pounds, and measured 28-} inches in ste
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