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Title: Seed annual 1903
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: D.M. Ferry & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Michigan Detroit Flowers Seeds Vegetables Seeds Nursery stock Gardening Equipment and supplies
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : D.M. Ferry & 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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ruit large, oval, very heavy, uniformlymottled light and very light green. Rind thin but firm.Flesh bright red, firm, soUd but very tender, melting andsweet. Fruit retains its good quality for a long time afterripening. Our stock is the very best. (See page Ul.)Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 16c; h Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. Ferrys Iceberg In general shape, size and appearance, this is similar tothe well known Kolbs Gem, but is distinctly darker andthe skin where the melon rests on the grovind is rich yel-low instead of white as in that variety. It has a veryfirm, hard rind and is quite as good a shipper as the KolbsGem, but the flesh is much deeper colored, extends nearerto the rind, is much more tender and sweet. We thinkthis variety is much the best dark colored shipping melonyet produced and that as soon as known it will take theplace of those now used for this purpose. (See page Ul.)Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; ^ Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 SPLENDIDMELONS PERRYS ICEBERG DEVELOPED AND INTRODUCED5Y US. ^.r
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■■:■■■ -^^^ ) • ^* ^^^.c 42 D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. iAiKTER 7VIELON gQNTiNUBP Dixie TRIlMPtl A popular market sort. Vine vigorous, large grow-ing and liardy, ripening its fruits earlier than most ofthe large growing sorts; fruit medium sized to large, al)outone-third longer than thick. Color of skin dark green,striped with a lierhter shade; rind thin but tough; fleshbright scarlet, ripens closely to the lind, is of the bestquality and free from the hard, coarse center whicli is soobjectionable a feature of many shipping melons. Pkt. 6c;Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. A southern variety which has becomevery popular with shippers. The fruitis uniformly large, nearly round, darkgreen,indistinctly striped with a lighter shade and has a thinand firm rind which makes it an excellent shipper; fleshbright red and of trood quality. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 16c;% Lb. 20c; Lb: 70c. Cuban Queen l::^i^it large, globular, or oval; skinstriped light and da

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