. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. For the Farm and Mountain Sweet Water-melon. Citron Water-melon. MELON, WATER. [Cucnrhita ci
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. For the Farm and Mountain Sweet Water-melon. Citron Water-melon. MELON, WATER. [Cucnrhita citnillus, LiN. Me/on d'euii, Fii. Wassitriiirloiin, Gku. Zaiidm, Si'.] One oiinre will plant about sixty liills. CUI-TUKK.—The general stivrii iiiidfr I lir IhmcI (it JIusk-Muliin are siiitabli" for The plants will fruit better by occasionallj' piiiclniig the leading shoots oft' the viues. If by mail in quantities of -i ounces and upwards, postage must he added at the rate of Kic. per pound. Apple Pie Melon.—When stewed and nnide into ' 3Iouutain Sweet.—One of the best for general eul- pies, it is an exeellent substitute for ai)ples ; keeps till May. Directions for cooking accornpauy each packet. Per i) 10 cents ; oz., 20 ; h lb., 50; lb.; $ RIack Spanish.—Ronud. dark green, scarlet flesh, thin rind, rich sugary flavor. Per pkt., 5 cents; oz., 10; 5s lb., 25 ; lb., 80. Citron.—For preserving ; sti iped and marbled with light green ; flesh white and solid. Per pkt., 5 cents; oz., 10; lb., 30; lb., $ Cuban Queen.—Beautifully striped, dark and light green : vigorous in growth ; flesh bright i"ed. solid, , crisp, and sugary, and in delicious flavor unsurpassed ; an excellent keeper, and, altliough the rind ia unusually thin, bears transit well. Per pkt., 10 cents; oz., 30; A, lb., $; $ Excelsior.—Resembles Mountain Sprout, being lieaulifully marked with bright green stripes; tlesh bright red, d
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