HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 



MUSKMELONS BEST ORANGE OR SALMON 

 FLESHED SORTS 



THESE are suggestively the most desirable for the 

 home garden, have thicker flesh and are of superior 

 flavor and aroma when compared with the green-fleshed 

 kinds. They are particularly well adapted to cool sec- 

 tions. In warm localities they must be picked promptly, 

 when ripe, or the hot sun will quickly turn the flesh soft. 



Emerald Gem is the best known and most widely grown 

 of this class. The melons are small, heavily ribbed, 

 sometimes slightly netted. Skin is green and turns to 

 a yellowish brown as the fruits ripen. It matures in 

 about ninety-five days, being one of the earliest. 



Burrell's Gem shown above has often been termed the 

 golden-fleshed Rocky ford. It is of typical Rocky ford 

 shape, well netted, with thick flesh of highest quality. 



For light, warm, sandy soils where other salmon-fleshed 

 sorts disappoint, the new Fordhook will be found of great 

 value. Tip Top is one of the largest in this class. 



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