. Hovey & Co's illustrated seed catalogue for 1882 . nd firm, 5 .35 âLarge India. Heads large and compact; leaves curled; a fine market sort 5 .30 â Hanson. Very large variety, recommended for its superior quality 5 ⢠.35 â Non Plus Ultra. Of very large size, tender, and compact 10 .40 â Drumhead, or Malta. Large, compact head; crisp and tender 5 .25 â Perpignan. Remarkable for its fine, large, solid heads; fine summer sort, .10 .50 âAH the Year Round. Sown in succession, will produce the year round, 5 .30 âBrown Dutch. Hardy; enduring the winter with less protection than others 5 .25 â Hamme
. Hovey & Co's illustrated seed catalogue for 1882 . nd firm, 5 .35 âLarge India. Heads large and compact; leaves curled; a fine market sort 5 .30 â Hanson. Very large variety, recommended for its superior quality 5 ⢠.35 â Non Plus Ultra. Of very large size, tender, and compact 10 .40 â Drumhead, or Malta. Large, compact head; crisp and tender 5 .25 â Perpignan. Remarkable for its fine, large, solid heads; fine summer sort, .10 .50 âAH the Year Round. Sown in succession, will produce the year round, 5 .30 âBrown Dutch. Hardy; enduring the winter with less protection than others 5 .25 â Hammersmith Hardy Green. One of the best for growing in winter, 5 .25 âParis Sugar. Laree and succulent; remarkably fine and agreeable flavor 10 .50 â Satisfaction. One of the most reliable for heading in summer; long in perfection 10 .35 â Blood-Bed. Very tender variety, with red leaves 10 .50 â Paris Cos. One of the finest varieties of Cos; popular in the Paris markets 5 .30 â $ . MELON (Musk Varieties). Prepare hills six feet apart each wav; incorporate well with the soil in each hill a couple of shovelfuls ofthoroughly rotted manure. When the weather has become warm, plant about a dozen seeds in each hill;afterwards thin out, leaving four good plants. Hovey & Illustrated Catalogue. 51 PRICES OF SEEDS. MELON (Musk Varieties). bt mad,. PET. OZ. LB. LB. \ LB. Christiana. Very choice; flesh yellow; early; one of the best 10 .30 $ $ $ Green Citron. Flesh green; very sweet, thick, and melting 5 .15 .40 Nutmeg. Fruit oval, good size, rich, sweet, melting; very tine 5 .15 .40 White Japan. The earliest variety; thick flesh; sweet and delicious, 5 .15 .40Sills Hybrid. Very early; salmon-colored; flesh rich, sweet, and delicious . 5 .20 .40 Bay View Cantaloupe. Green-fleshed; quite early; grows from tento fifteen pounds in weight, and is said to excel all others in sweet-ne
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