. Catalogue 1892 : tested seeds. Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs. IMPROVED CHRISTIANA. CHRISTIANA. Especially to be recommended because of its extreme earliness, being of the quickest gi-o-nth of any on record. Flesh yellow, sweet, juicy, and of good quality. It is best just as it falls from the -\-ines, hence adapted particularly to the family garden. 5c; oz., 10c; a>..20c; Tb., $ OSAGE MELON, or MILLER'S CREAM. Styled the Queen of Melons. This novelty but recently intro- duced is most hig
. Catalogue 1892 : tested seeds. Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs. IMPROVED CHRISTIANA. CHRISTIANA. Especially to be recommended because of its extreme earliness, being of the quickest gi-o-nth of any on record. Flesh yellow, sweet, juicy, and of good quality. It is best just as it falls from the -\-ines, hence adapted particularly to the family garden. 5c; oz., 10c; a>..20c; Tb., $ OSAGE MELON, or MILLER'S CREAM. Styled the Queen of Melons. This novelty but recently intro- duced is most highly prized about Chicago, and is fast becoming the most popular variety in nearly all the hotels and restam-ants. Skin dark-green, slightly netted, medium sized and egg-shaped. The flesh is of a rich salmon-color very sweet and melting in quality, and is so thick that the melon is almost solid, the seed cavity being remarkably small. 5c; oz., 20c: 14 5>-: 30c; BAY VIEW. Fiiiit very large and handsome, attaining imder ordinary- cultivation a length of 18 inches, and a weight of 12 to 15 pounds. Flesh green, thick, sweet, and juicy. Very hardy and prolific. 5c: 10c: 14 Sb., 25c: lb., 70c SKILLMAN'S FINE NETTED. A small, very early standard melon of recognized merit. 5c: oz., 10c; 14 20c: S)., 65c. CASABA. or LONG PERSIAN. Flesh yel lowish-green, rich melting and sweet. Particularly fine for home use. 5c; 10c; 14 ffi., 20c; lb., NEW CHA3IPI0N MARKET JENNY LIND. An early and desirable market sort, of excellent flavor. Pkt., .5c: 10c: 14 B)., 20c: 5)., 75c. BALTIMORE MARKET. Flesh green, very thick and remarkably sweet and juicy. A fine shipper and a prominent hotel and restaurant melon for the leading markets. Pkt., 5c: oz., 10c; 1=4 25c; ft., Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illust
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