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EVERYTHING FOIR TIE GA1RDEH
=THE HENDERSON^
BUSH MUSK MELON
THE GEM OF THE SMALL
GARDEN
Radically different from any existing kind.
The bush character is attained by a shortening
of the stem between the joints. There are just
as many leaves on the plant as on other kinds,
but these grow so compactly that the plant can
be grown on one-half the space usually required.
Notwithstanding its radical departure from ex-
isting types it is by no means a freak, its freedom
from variation has been too constant over the
entire time of our observance of it.
The fruit is small, but fully equal in quality
to the old and justly esteemed Jenny Lind, which
is probably the best flavored of all green-fleshed
sorts. They are produced in abundance, in fact
we advise that each plant be allowed to ripen
only about one-half of the fruit, as it is apt to
bear too many.
It delights in a rich, preferably sandy, well manured soil, and
responds favorably to frequent applications of water during drought.
(See cut.) Price, iSc. pkt., 4 pkts. for 50c, 75c. oz., $2.50 34 lb.
"We never grew Melons before as our garden is small, but last year we put in
a few hills of your Bush Musk Melon, 3 feel apart, and followed your directions
with gratifying results. We allowed four plants to the hill and, their average yield
was 15 Melons to the hill, all as sweet and delicious as the best Melon we ever
tasted." V. R. METZ. Closter, N. J.
"The people are wild about my Bush Musk Melons. They are certainly a sight
to see, for on many of the hills the Melons are piled up in clusters; on one there
were six, all in a bunch. The vines are healthy and full of blossoms, and if we get
some rain there will be a great yield."
DUBOIS BRINCKERHOFF, De Wint Street, Beacon, N. Y.
" Your 'Henderson' Bush Musk Melons aroused the curiosity of all who saw
them — so different were they in habit of growth from the vine Melons that many
people could not believe they were Melons until the fruit appeared. I could plant
twice as many hills on the same plot of ground which was a great advantage."
A. J. SCRIVENS, North Hackensack. N. J.
COLE'S EARLY
WATERMELON
NORTH rivals SOUTH with COLE'S EARLY
Produces Luscious Melons
Where None Grew Before
Surest in Crop Production
QUALITY EQUAL TO THE BEST
This is the easiest to grow of all the Watermelons. If you have
failed with other sorts you can succeed with Cole's Early. It is
the best variety for the family garden, primarily so on account of
its extreme earliness, but mainly because it has all the qualities
necessary to a perfect variety for this purpose. Its remarkably
early character entirely removes the most common hindrance to
its cultivation. As far north as Canada and in places where
Watermelons never grew before, Cole's Early is now supplying
the tables of those who grow it, just as bountifully and with just as
good Melons as in the sunny regions of the South.
It is good in every respect, producing a liberal crop of Melons
twelve inches long and nine inches in diameter, not large, but in
abundance and of delicious quality. The deep red, fine grained
flesh ripens from heart to rind, while its rich color and luscious
flavor are tempting to the most exacting and critical taste. .See
cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 35c. Y± lb., $1.00 lb.
"Your Cole's Early Watermelons are better than you said they were. I raised
several last year that weighed over 20 pounds each and they were two weeks earlier
than any other kind I had." E. B. KEATHLEY . Kenton, Tenn.
"Cole's Early Watermelons were of the best quality and also very productive."
V. M. BROWN, East Moravia, Pa.
GENERAL LIST OF WATERMELONS
(loz. for
CITRON. Red seeded. Small round fruits, for preserves only. Price, 5c.
pkt., 10c. oz., 30c. H lb., 90c. lb.
CUBAN QUEEN. Large oval Melons; striped dark and light green; flesh red
and of excellent quality; the best late sort. Price, 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 30c.
% lb., 85c. lb.
FLORIDA FAVORITE. One of the best of the long oval Melons, attaining
enormous size; succeeding further north than other large varieties; rind thin
but hard, mottled light and dark green; flesh clear crimson. Price, 5c. pkt.,
10c. oz., 30c. .f lb., 85c. lb.
ICE CREAM. (White-seeded.) A medium-sized, almost round Melon, suc-
ceeding well in the North. Skin light green, faintly mottled; flesh scarlet
and solid. Price, 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 30c. 1 i lb., 85c. lb.
KLECKLEY'S SWEETS. An oval-shaped variety, with dark green skin and
thin rind. The bright scarlet flesh is extremely sweet. Price, 5c. pkt., 10c.
oz., 30c, li lb., 85c. lb.
SO hills.)
KOLB'S GEM. The fruit is nearly round, rind dark green, somewhat marbled
with lighter shades. Weight, 25 to 50 lbs. Price, 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. M
lb., 75c. lb.
MAMMOTH IRON CLAD. An old and popular variety; grows to an immense
size; oval, dark green with light markings; red flesh of fine quality. Price,
5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. li lb., 75c. lb.
MOUNTAIN SWEET. An old favorite; oval, dark green fruits, rind thin;
flesh red. solid and sweet. Price, 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 25c. H lb., 75c. lb.
SWEET HEART. An early oval-shaped Melon, light green mottled, with
thin, tough rind; flesh light red. solid, of fine quality and flavor. Price, 5c.
pkt., 10c. oz., 30c. H lb., 85c. lb.
SWEET SIBERIAN, HENDERSON'S. Splendid for northern climates. Flesh
deep orange-buff and very sweet, early and productive. Price, 10c. pkt.,
15c. oz., 40c. M lb., $1.25 lb.
TOM WATSON. Long oval shape, thin but tough rind; bright scarlet flesh,
excellent quality. Price, 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 30c. 1 j lb., 85c. lb.
Our business
founded by
Peter Henderson in 1847 is T v Kn " on Charles Henderson „ r a a n i^, Peter and Howard M. Henderson