. Alneer Brothers seed & plant catalogue for 1897. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Illinois Rockford. ] Tllei Henderson's Oreeu and Gold. Tliese melons are of good size, ranging from- 25 to 45 pounds in weight. Tlie flesh Is a " leautiful golden orange color, granular in appearance, juicy and sweet. Pkt 3c, oz. 5c, %lb 12c, %Ib 20c, lb 35c. i Gypsy or Georgia Rattlesnake. Very! large oblong, striped; flesh red and of fine finality. Pkt 3c, oz 5c, %lb 12c, %lb 20c, lb 35c. Duke Jones, or Jumbo. Color of skin is solid g


. Alneer Brothers seed & plant catalogue for 1897. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Illinois Rockford. ] Tllei Henderson's Oreeu and Gold. Tliese melons are of good size, ranging from- 25 to 45 pounds in weight. Tlie flesh Is a " leautiful golden orange color, granular in appearance, juicy and sweet. Pkt 3c, oz. 5c, %lb 12c, %Ib 20c, lb 35c. i Gypsy or Georgia Rattlesnake. Very! large oblong, striped; flesh red and of fine finality. Pkt 3c, oz 5c, %lb 12c, %lb 20c, lb 35c. Duke Jones, or Jumbo. Color of skin is solid green, the flesh is a very bright red, particularly sweet, juicy and melting. It grows to a large size, sometimes attaining the weight of 80 pounds' In shape it re- r&bles Kolb's Gem, and like that variety, one of the best shipping sorts. Pkt 4c, 6e, 141b 15c, %lb 25c, lb 40c. elaware. Skin is beautifully striped light and dark green. Plesh is brilliant red, very scjjid, luscious and sugary, entirely free fi'om strings, of most excellent flavor. Pkt ^c, oz 6c, iilb 15c, YM 25c, lb 40c. animotb Ironclad. They grow uniform- very large; flesh very red and of fine avor. The rind is extremely tough and a'rd, rendering them valuable for shipping, 'kt 3c, oz 5c, %lb 12c, %lb 20c. lb 35c. weet ffllountaln. Fruit oblong, red. sweet. p;kt 3e, oz 5c, M,lb 12c, %lb 20c, lb 35c. F^^-dliooli Early. Plesn is of a deliciously y^weet flavor, bright red in color. A valua- iile shipper. Pkt 4c, oz 7c, 141b 18c, %lh '3Qc, lb 50c. , jCltron. Used for making preserves alid / sweetmeats. Pkt 3c, oz 5c, %lb 15c, %lb y 25c, lb 40c. Tiew Columbia or Dixie. This new melon has a remak- ably thin tough rind, and as a keeper and shipper has no equal. Its productiveness is unequalled. The melons are of a dark green color, oblong in shape and most beauti* fa ly striped. The flesh is bright scarlet, of fine quality al most down to the skin. The most productive, finest .e ating, best shipper ever introduced.


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