Dreer's market gardeners' wholesale price list : reliable vegetable seeds, flower seeds, garden requisites, implements, fertilizers insecticides, etc . dreersmarketgard1922henr Year: 1922 H HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Pa. WATERMELONS Harris' Earliest. An extra early melon, oval shape and of very fine quality. Skin mottled and striped, flesh bright red ; yery tender and sweet. It grows to a good size for so early a melon. Or., lo cts.; lb., 35 cts.; lb., § Cole's Early. A splendid extra early variety, suitable for home market, but on account of its thin rind
Dreer's market gardeners' wholesale price list : reliable vegetable seeds, flower seeds, garden requisites, implements, fertilizers insecticides, etc . dreersmarketgard1922henr Year: 1922 H HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Pa. WATERMELONS Harris' Earliest. An extra early melon, oval shape and of very fine quality. Skin mottled and striped, flesh bright red ; yery tender and sweet. It grows to a good size for so early a melon. Or., lo cts.; lb., 35 cts.; lb., § Cole's Early. A splendid extra early variety, suitable for home market, but on account of its thin rind is not a good shipping melon. They grow to medium size, skin is green with light stripes ; flesh rich dark red, luscious and sweet. Or., 10 cts.; ^ lb., 35 cts.; lb., $ Florida Favorite. Of medium size, striped alternately light and dark green, flesh deep red, crisp and deliciously sweet. Earlier than Kolb' s Gem and a good shipping melon. Oz., 10cts.; J^ lb., 30 cts.; lb., $ Kolb's Gem. Oval shape and of a delicious, sugary flavor, bright red flesh, firm and solid. One of the most productive and best keeping melons. Good for marketing. Oz., 10 cts.; ^ lb., 30 cts.; Mammotll Ironclad. Large size, oblong in shape, solid and of most delicious flavor. The flesh is bright scarlet in color, very firm and crisp. It is a very prolific bearer. Oz., 10 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; lb., ;? Clll>ail Queen. One of the largest varieties, ripening to the very centre. Heavy cropper, skin striped dark and light green; flesh bright red, tender and melting; crisp, and very sugary. Oz., 10 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; lb., | Blue Gem, or Iceberg. [See cut.) An excellent variety, which is similar in shape to the well-known Kolb's Gem, but has darker skin. The melons grow to a large size. The heart is large and flesh a beautiful shade of pink, darker than Kolb's Gem, extends close to the outer skin and is of sweet flavor. Oz., 10 cts.; X^^., 35 cts.; Ib.,| Sweet-Heart. Vin
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