. Burpee's farm annual : garden, farm, and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. ORANGE CREAM MELON. BURPEE'S ORANGE CREAM MELON. As shown in the illustration, engraved from a photograph, the melons are globe-shaped and thickly netted. The netting is often so dense that scarcely a pin's head can be put between the meshes. The melons weigh from two to three pounds each, and are remarkably uniform, both in size and shape. The meat is very thick (the seed cavity being smaller th
. Burpee's farm annual : garden, farm, and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. ORANGE CREAM MELON. BURPEE'S ORANGE CREAM MELON. As shown in the illustration, engraved from a photograph, the melons are globe-shaped and thickly netted. The netting is often so dense that scarcely a pin's head can be put between the meshes. The melons weigh from two to three pounds each, and are remarkably uniform, both in size and shape. The meat is very thick (the seed cavity being smaller than in most melons), of a beautiful, deep salmon color, and generally of fine flavor, even down to the skin. The musky aroma of this melon is such that a single specimen will perfume a room. The beauty, both of skin and flesh, with the striking contrast of color, makes this variety most attractive on the table. Per pkt. 15 cts. QUEEN'S GOLDEN POP-CORN. This handsome new Pop Corn was sent to us by a gardener in Indiana, who writes:â" It is so far ahead of all others that I have seen or tried, as to be beyon*^ comparison in every respect, in yield, in sturay growth, in size, and in color when poppedâbeing of a delicate golden yellow. \bove ail is its exceeding tenderness when popped, together with its delicious and delicate ; Pkt. 10 cts.; per pint 50 â "^Sundance Pca' CopTrighted. NEW ABUNDANCE PEAS. Plant half dwarf, fifteen to eighteen inches high; foliage large, thick, full and dark green. Pods three to three and a half inches long, roundish and well filled, containing six to eight large wrinkled peas, of excellent quality. It ripens second early, being fit for the table about ten days after the earliest kinds. The most striking feature of this variety is its remark- able tendency for branching directly from the roots, forming a veritable bush. IVlany plants throw out six and more branches, each of which becomes literally covered wdth blossoms and
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