. Burpee's farm annual : garden, farm, and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. i8 W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., AN EXACT REPRESEXTATinx OF AN AVERAGE SPECIMEN OF BUR PEE'S MAMMOTH IRONCLAD WATERMELON. This magnificent new melon has fully sustained all that we claimed for it, and has proved unequaled for market. Of oblong shape, it is very thick through, and retains its thickness at both stem and blossom end. The skin is beautifully striped with very light green.
. Burpee's farm annual : garden, farm, and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. i8 W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., AN EXACT REPRESEXTATinx OF AN AVERAGE SPECIMEN OF BUR PEE'S MAMMOTH IRONCLAD WATERMELON. This magnificent new melon has fully sustained all that we claimed for it, and has proved unequaled for market. Of oblong shape, it is very thick through, and retains its thickness at both stem and blossom end. The skin is beautifully striped with very light green. The shape is the most perfect that could be desired. The seeds are of a drab-white color. The flesh is particularly beautiful, of a dainty red color, of rich, sugary flavor; the heart is very large, and, passing the seed portion, the flesh next to the rind is fully equal to the heart in luscious taste. The flesh is never mealy, but always firm, remarkably solid. While the Gypsy comes hollow when fully ripe and over- grown, mammoth specimens of Burpee's Ironclad are just as solid as those of medium size. In selecting at random hundreds of melons from a large field, not a single one but cut hard and solid. Burpee's ]Mammoth Ironclad grows uniformly to a larger size than any other variety known. Under ordinary cultivation we have had hundreds of melons weighing from 60 to 70 pounds each, while a grower in North Carolina raised a Mammoth Ironclad the past season to weigh 106 pounds. The remarkable uniformity of large size attained by this variety is explained by the fact that they generally set only two or three melons to the vine. Thus, while not producing so many melons to the acre as some small varieties, they produce a greater weight, and, bringing a much higher price on market, yield a larger profit. This variety has a wonderful constitution; the vines are very vigorous in growth, the leaves measuring 8 to 10 inches, and sometimes a foot aross the top. The melons generally se
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