. E. H. Hunt : seedsman . MONTREAL GREEN NUTMEG Delmonico. An oval-shaped musk- melon of large size, finely netted with orange pink flesh of very finest quality. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c. Montreal Creen Nutmeg (ireen fleshed. Tliis melon grows very large very many of them weighing 15 to 20 pounds. A sure,heayy bearer,producing as manj' large melons as any variety small ones. Vines vigorous,always healthy. Qual- ity as sweet and delicious as the sinallest nutmeg melon. This melon is tlie best of all for Canada, being the leading sort in the Montreal market. Also the favorite with Boston grower
. E. H. Hunt : seedsman . MONTREAL GREEN NUTMEG Delmonico. An oval-shaped musk- melon of large size, finely netted with orange pink flesh of very finest quality. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c. Montreal Creen Nutmeg (ireen fleshed. Tliis melon grows very large very many of them weighing 15 to 20 pounds. A sure,heayy bearer,producing as manj' large melons as any variety small ones. Vines vigorous,always healthy. Qual- ity as sweet and delicious as the sinallest nutmeg melon. This melon is tlie best of all for Canada, being the leading sort in the Montreal market. Also the favorite with Boston growers, dealers and consumers. Very reliable, and does not, like most melons, lose flavor during wet and cool spells of weather. Re- liable melon in any locality. Pkt., 50.; oz., loc.; ^ lb., 20c.; lb., 75c. Our pound and quart prices include postage. Emerald Cem. Flesh, a delicate light salmon color, verv thick and of most ex- cellent flavor. The rind is thin, dark green, ribbed but not netted. Pkt., 50.; oz., loc; X lb., 30c,; lb,, $1,00. Chicago Market Nutmeg. The best green-fleshed Nutmeg Melon grown. The fruit is large, nearly round, flattened at the ends, deeply and regularly ribbed, skin green, densely netted, flesh very thick, light green, melting and of delicious flavor. Pkt., 5c.; oz., loc.; % lb., 25c.; lb., 7SC. The Osage. No variety of yellow flesh Musk Melon has advanced in popu- larity and become at once so widely known as the Osage. It is now the favorite sort in all the leading hotels and restaurants in Chicago and other western cities, and is also well-known by all commission meii and largely by the general public, being offered on the hotel and restaurant bills of fare under its own name. .Skin dark green, slightly netted on the lobes of the upper side, and on the best specimens a rich orange color where the melon lies on the ground, and on this side it is edible within an eighth of an inch of the surface. Medium sized, and the whole crop is very even and extra he
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