. Jerrard's seed potatoes, early corn and seeds: grown in the cold north east. Nursery stock Maine Caribou Catalogs; Potatoes Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. 43 MELONS. Melons do the best in warm, sunny exposure, and a fine, warm, light, moderately rich, sandy soil, though they may be successfully grown on almost any kind of soil, provided they have plenty of sun and something to feed upon. Plant when danger of frost is past, in hills six to ten feet apart, enriched with a shovelful of well-rotted old manure, or a big handful of superphosphate in each, the latter well mixed with the
. Jerrard's seed potatoes, early corn and seeds: grown in the cold north east. Nursery stock Maine Caribou Catalogs; Potatoes Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. 43 MELONS. Melons do the best in warm, sunny exposure, and a fine, warm, light, moderately rich, sandy soil, though they may be successfully grown on almost any kind of soil, provided they have plenty of sun and something to feed upon. Plant when danger of frost is past, in hills six to ten feet apart, enriched with a shovelful of well-rotted old manure, or a big handful of superphosphate in each, the latter well mixed with the soil. When danger of insects is past, thin to three plants in a hill. Our melon seeds are saved from fine, large, early-ripening specimens, and are every way as good as it is possible to produce. The melon seed sold by most seedsmen is saved from the unmerchantable culls from southern plantations, and as a result proves late, inferior, and The Melrose Melon—Engraved from a Photograph. The Melrose Melon. This is a very hardy, strong, and vigorous grower, the vines remaining green longer than any other variety. The melons are produced abundantly, and very close to the hill,—a feature of the greatest value. The color is rich, dark green ; the shape is oval, as shown in the illustration. The melons average in weight about four pounds, and are finely and densely netted, showing but slight tendency to rib ; the form is remarkably perfect and true ; all-in-all, the handsomest and most showy of all melons. The flesh is very thick and solid ; clear, light green in color, shading to a rich salmon at the seed cavity. In flavor, The Melrose cannot be equaled by any other variety, and carries its superior quality and sweetness to the extreme edge of the skin. It is about one week later in ripening than Jenny Lind, and it can be said of this superb new variety that it will produce more good, salable melons, " hold up" longer, stand more handling and rough usage tha
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