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Title: Griswold's catalogue of vegetable, flower and field seeds
Identifier: CAT31284601 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Griswold Seed Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Nebraska Lincoln Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Lincoln, Neb. : Griswold Seed Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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14 GRISWOLD SEED CO., Chicago Market. (Green Flesh). One of the sweetest of melons, large, productive, decidedly ribbed and netted, with very thick, green flesh. Hackensack, or Turk's Cap. (Green Flesh). A large, round, melon, flattened at the ends, and well ribbed. The skin is green and deeply netted. The flesh green and of delicious flavor. The vine is a strong grower, and is very productive. Surprise. (Salmon Flesh). Vines hardy and productive, fruit oval, not very' deeply ribbed, and covered with slight patches of netting. Skin cream- colored, flesh deep salmon. Banana. (Yellow Flesh). This curious melon attains a length of 18 to 39 inches and a diameter of 2 to 4 inches. iThe flesh is deep, and exquisite flavor. It looks and smells like a banana. Osage, or Miller's Cream. (Sal- mon Flesh). Fruit medium size, oval netted and slightly ribbed. Skin deep green while young, becoming tinged with yellow as the fruit matures; flesh deep salmon yellow, quite thick, and of most excellent flavor. Long Yellow Cantaloupe. (Yel- low Flesh.) An oblong melon with yellow skin and flesh. Bound Yellow Cantaloupe. (Yellovt Flesh.) Similar to the above, except that it is round instead of long. KILL BUGS WITH : SLUG SHOT WATER MELON. Wasser-Melon. One ounce seed to 25 hills, li to 4 lbs. per acre. Culture.—There is no material dif- ference in the cultivation of this and the muskmelon. Deep plowing is most essential with either. Phinney's Early. ( White Seed. ) An early sort, of medium size, oblong in shape, and very uniform. Flesh red and remarkably sweet It is vigorous in growth, and probably the earliest melon in cultivation.
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Mountain Sweet. (Dark Seed.) One of the oldest and best of the early melons. In shape For prices see page 46 oblong, with a deep green skin and red flesh; solid and of good size, considering its earliness. Ice Cream or Peerless. (White Seed.) This is one of the best of the white seeded sorts; ripening a few days later than the Phinney's Early. Fruit oblong, with deep, green skin slightly mottled; flesh bright scarlet, crisp, and fine grained.

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