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Dorr's Iowa Seed Manual. ... 11

[Left column]
Improved Cantelope-Large size, flesh light green; most delicious flavor; superior for market or private gardens; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 30c, lb 1.00.
Surprise - Thin, cream colored skin, thickly netted; flesh deep salmon color, very thick; fine; pkt 10c, oz 25c, 1/4 lb 75c.
Turks Cap or Hackensack - Popular where known, deeply netted, green flesh, fine flavor; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 35.
California Citron - Very large and showy, good quality, flesh deep orange: oz 10c, 1/4 lb 35c.

Ward's Nectar - Small size; very sweet and rich; green fleshed; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 35c.
Bay View - Although but of recent introduction, it occupies an enviable position in the list of lusious melons. It is by far the finest flavored melon we ever ate, deliciously rich and sweet, large size, under ordinary treatment on good ground it averages from 12 to 18 inches and weighs from 12 to 20 lbs. Flesh very deep, rich green color; skin russet colored; very handsome and attractive in appearace; very firm when ripe and endures shipping well; pkt 10c, oz 25c, 1/4 lb 75c, lb 2.00.

Melon - Water
Plant in hills 8 feet apart, and cultivate same as Muskmelon.
Per Packet, Five Cents, Except Where Noted.
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Mountain Sprout - Large size; oval; red fleshed; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 25c, lb 80c.
Mountain Sweet - Oblong; rind thin; flesh red; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 25c, lb 80c.
Phinney's Early - Flesh deep red; superior quality, early and productive; valuable market variety; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 25c, lb 80c.
Black Spanish - Large size, almost round; skin dark green; flesh red; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 25c, lb 80c.
Ice Cream - Medium size, almost round; white seed; flesh scarlet; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 30c, lb 1.00
Orange - One of the sweetest; when ripe rind peals off like an orange; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 40c.
Gipsey or Rattle Snake - Very large and productive; great favorite with gardeners; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 25c, lb 80c.
Haskell's Excelsior - The very best market sort; flesh bright red; very superior quality; enormous size; frequently weighing over 40 lbs. Took first premium at our State Fair 2 years; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 35c, lb 1.25.
Ferry's Peerless - Of unquestionable quality; medium size; thin rind; light mottled green; flesh bright scarlet; splendid; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 30c, lb 1.00.
Apple Pie - Excellent substitute for apples, for making pies; oz 15c, 1/4 lb 50c.
Citron - For preserves; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 30c.

[Right column]
Chinese Sculptured Seeded - Flesh cream color; very early; delicious; seeds very curiously marked; oz 10c, 1/4 lb 30c.
Golden Flesh - Flesh bright golden color, rich, sweet flavor; medium size; pkt 10c oz 25c.
Cuban Queen - This magnificent new melon is certainly the largest and finest variety ever introduced, and was the admiration of all who saw it during the past season. The skin is light green, of the latter there being two shades agreeably diverisfied. The vines are very strong, healthy and vigorous in growth. The flesh is bright red, remarkably solid, peculiarly lusious [luscious], crisp and sugary, and in delicious flavor is unsurpassed. It is an excellent keeper, and although the rind is unusually thin, being scarcely more than half an inch thick on a melon of enormous size, will bear transit to distant markets well. Their great size, handsome appearance, thin rind, red flesh, and delicious taste are so captivating that they cannot fail to bring extra prices wherever put on sale. A letter now before us from a man who tried it the past season, says, "I now have a melon weighing 55 lbs. and have known of one being raised that weighed 91 lbs. it is certainly a magnificient novelty." Do not fail to give it a trial, you will be well repaid and greatly pleased; pkt 15c, oz 50c.

Mustard..
Sow early in shallow drills.
[Left column]
White English or London - pkt 5c, oz 10c, lb 50c.
[Right column]
Brown or Black - pkt 5c, oz 10c, lb 50c.

Nasturtium, or Indian Cress.
The seeds, while young and succulent, are picked and used as capers. The plants are also highly ornimental [ornamental]; the tall variety makes an excellent screen or covering for unsightly places in the garden.
Tall - pkt 5c, oz 15c. ... Dwarf - pkt 5c, oz 25c.