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Title: Wholesale prices : seeds and other specialities
Identifier: CAT31283687 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: J. A. Everitt (Firm); Everitt, J. A; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Indiana Indianapolis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : J. A. Everitt
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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2 GREAT WATERMELONS.
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Grand Melon to Grow. UnMana Sweet>1beart Our greatest specialty in "Watermelons. The most valuable Melon offered in years. An all- round Melon unsurpassed. Early, large, hand- some, heavy, good shipper, long keeper, brightest color, best quality. Vines vigorous, very produc- tive; ripens early and bears long. Fruit large, oval, very heavy mottled or netted., like illustra- tion; light and dark greens Rind thin, but very strong, making it a melon unsurpassed for shipping. Flesh red, melting and sweet. The best keeper. The INDIANA SWEET-HEART Melon brings a good price when others rot for want of purchas- ers. One of the most satisfactory things we ever sold. Every Melon grower needs it; will not do without it if he knew how good it is. A great ball of sweetness. Read the telegrams: A record unsurpassed. "Sweet-Hearts" bring fancy prices when others are not wanted. Cleveland, 0. Sweet-Hearts selling to-day 15c to 18c, others 12c to 13c. Williams Bros. Columbus, O. Sweet-Hearts selling 15c to 20c. Striped Melons 10c to 15c. fl'a, M. Fisher & Sons. Findley, O. Prefer Sweet-Hearts; when can we have another car? Altschul Bros. & Co. South Bend, Ind. Sweet-Hearts perfect daisies. Mill Bros. We could print hundreds of reports if space permitted. Send for them if interested. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, H lb. 35c, lb. 65c, 2 lbs. or more by express at 50c per lb! This seed is worth So.00 per lb. to any grower. NOTE FOR TRUCKERS—This Melon, for ship- ping purposes is unsurpassed, and its fine quality makes it a favorite in every market. You will probably make more money from a crop of Sweet-Hearts than from any other kind you can plant. J£ GIRARDEAU'S TRIUMPH, 3^ 6 Melons Weighed 420 lbs. in 1897 The originator of this Melon, who has produced more good varieties than any other man in the country, describes it as follows: "This new Melon, as a market sort and for shipment, is the best I have ever introduced. It is very prolific, very early and of uniformly large size. It is a cross between the Duke Jones and Kolb Gem; has the fine, handsome appear- ance of the former and the fine ship- ping qualities of the latter. The rind, like the Duke Jones, is of dark green color,the seed exactly th« same color as of the Kolb Gem. As a table Melon it is of much better flavor than the Kolb Gem. The average size of th^ Melon is very large. I gathered from 2Yz acres 2.418 Melons, weighing over 40 pounds each. Comparatively speaking, there were no small Melons on the Tines at the time ol harvesting. Price, pkt. «c, oz. 1898 6 Melons Weighed 550 lbs. in 1898. The Triumph is very early, verv large very prolific, deliciously sweet, of finest flavor, in fact, the finest Watermelon in the United States. The farmer who values his Melon patch and looks forward to the good times in July and August can not afford to do without the Triumuh. Pkt. 10c oz. 20c, a lb. 50c. A commission house in Norfolk, Va., says: "We handled the past season over 300 cars Melons. The Triumph's were the best, and we will advise our growers to plant nothing else. One car of Triumph's sells for as much as 3 cars of others." J. lu. Miller of Chester Co.. S. C, says: "I pulled 4Triumph s from one vine weighing 75, 74, 66 and 58 lbs., total 273 lbs. It is of 15c, 14 lb. 50c, lb. §1.50. very fine flavor." (32)

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