. Descriptive catalogue of vegetable, flower, and farm seeds : bulbs, roots, plants, tools. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New York (State) New York. WEEBER & DOX. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 21 WATER MELONS. German, Wassermeloiien.—French, Melon Eau.—S-pamsh, Zandia. One ounce will pliint 50 liills. Water Melons are cultivated in hills, whicli should be eix to eight feet apart each way. and composed of light, moderately rich soil. The hills should be dug about two feet square, eighteen inches d
. Descriptive catalogue of vegetable, flower, and farm seeds : bulbs, roots, plants, tools. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New York (State) New York. WEEBER & DOX. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 21 WATER MELONS. German, Wassermeloiien.—French, Melon Eau.—S-pamsh, Zandia. One ounce will pliint 50 liills. Water Melons are cultivated in hills, whicli should be eix to eight feet apart each way. and composed of light, moderately rich soil. The hills should be dug about two feet square, eighteen inches deep, and half filled with well- rotted manure, which must be thoroughly incorporated with the soil. Plant in May, ten seeds to^a hill, and when the plants are well up, thin out to three. Cultivate until the vines cover the ground, and pinch the ends of the growing shoots to induce early fruiting. Mountain Sweet. The most popular variety grown ; fruit of oblong shape; flesh red, firm and sweet. Per ; oz., lOcts.; 34 20 cts.: ft)., 60 cts. KOIiB'S Gli^M. Largely grown, particularly in the South, for shipment to Northern markets. As a shipping melon it has hardly an equal. The fruit is nearly round; riud dark green, somewhat marbled with lighter shades. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 141b., 20 cts.; lb., (50 cts. PmxXEY'S 1 Very early and sweet : flesh, deep red. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; ^ lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. Florida Favorite. Oblong, green and white stripes ; flesh light crimson, crisp and dehciously sweet. Very early; one of the finest table melons grown; not a good shipper, owing to its thinness of rind. Per Sets.; ; 14 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. PRIDE OF GEORGIA. It is dark green in color, almost oval in shape. It is an excellent shipping variety, of large size. Flesh crisp and sweet. Per pkt., 5cts.: oz., 10 cts.: 34 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. Black Spanish. A sweet and delicious variety; fruit round, of large size; sk
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