. Cole's garden annual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs. Per pkt., 10 cts., 3 25 cts., oz., This splendid new Melon is a hybrid seedling of the famous " Green and Gold " Watermelon. It excels in beauty and quality all other varieties. The distinct dark markings as shown in the engraving are the red flesh, and the light shade shows the yellow. Shape long, often two feet or more. Weight forty U) sixty pounds. Flesh solid, pure golden-yellow, variegated with streaks and
. Cole's garden annual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs. Per pkt., 10 cts., 3 25 cts., oz., This splendid new Melon is a hybrid seedling of the famous " Green and Gold " Watermelon. It excels in beauty and quality all other varieties. The distinct dark markings as shown in the engraving are the red flesh, and the light shade shows the yellow. Shape long, often two feet or more. Weight forty U) sixty pounds. Flesh solid, pure golden-yellow, variegated with streaks and layers of bright pink. In quality it has a sweetness and lusciousuess which no other melon possesses, being tender, and melts in the mouth like ice cream, without a particle of core or stringy substance. Very juicy, and does not lose its flavor when it becomes over- ripe. 30 hi ? DELAWARE WATER MELON. This variety is a cross between the Ironclad and the old Mountain Sweet. Of oblong shape, the melons are very thick through and nearly as thick at the stem as at the blossom end. The skin is beautifully striped dark and light green, and they are very true both in markings and in uniformity of size. The flesh is a brilliant red and ripens within one half to three fourths of an inch of the rind; very solid, luscious and sugary, entirely free from strings and of most excellent flavor, resem- bling that of the old Mountain Sweet in its palmy days. The rind, while very thin, is extremely tough, and it is one of the best melons ever intro- duced, both for shipping and keeping. Per pkt., 5 cts., oz., 15 cts., % lb., 50 cts., lb., $ VINE PBAClI OR MANGO MELON- The vine on which they are borne is somewhat similar to the musk melon vine, and requires the same cultivation. The fruit is about the size of a large peach, oval-shaped and of a bright orange yellow color somewhat russeted, When it first ripens it is quite hard and has very littl flavor, but soon they become m
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