. Catalogue of home grown seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Flowers Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs; Grain Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Implements Catalogs. JAMES J. H. GREGORY & SOWS RETAIL CATALOGUE. 21 WATERMELONS — Continued. SWEET HEART WATERMELON. A large, handsome, heavy melon, a good shipper, long keeper, of bright color and best quality. "Vine vigorous and productive, ripening its fruit early. Fruit large, oval, very heavy, uniformly mottled light and dark green. THE DUKE JONE
. Catalogue of home grown seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Flowers Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs; Grain Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Implements Catalogs. JAMES J. H. GREGORY & SOWS RETAIL CATALOGUE. 21 WATERMELONS — Continued. SWEET HEART WATERMELON. A large, handsome, heavy melon, a good shipper, long keeper, of bright color and best quality. "Vine vigorous and productive, ripening its fruit early. Fruit large, oval, very heavy, uniformly mottled light and dark green. THE DUKE JONES WATERMELON. Many new watermelons have been introduced of late, but there will always be room for an improved variety, and this the Duke Jones must be, according to the testimony of those who have handled it on a large scale. It is a nearly round. Rind thin but firm. Flesh bright red, firm, solid, but very ten- der, melting, and sweet. Fruit remains in condition for use longer than most sorts. Seeds ; Price, per pound, postpaid, 60 cents; per i pound, 18 cents; per ounce, 10 cents; per package, 5 cents. THE TRIUMPH WATERMELON. (Novelty of 1898.) Mr. Girardeau, to whom we are indebted for some of the finest melons that have been introduced, has a new one this year which is spoken very highly of. It is very prolific; early and very large, having averaged over 40 pounds each to the acre; deliciously sweet and of the finest flavor. Mr. F. A. Eld- ridge writes: "It astonished the natives as well as ourselves, for I had many that weighed from 80 to 87 ; J. E. Fultz: "One great point is that all the*melons, though large, are of first-rate ; Mr. J. H. M. Harrison: "I have two specimens that weigh 78 and 84 ; We must conclude that the Triumph is an enormous variety of excellent quality and a great cropper, for Mr. Girardeau himself on two and one half acres raised 2,418 melons, which averaged over 40 pounds each. This was
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