Bolgiano's "Junior" Rocky Ford 

 Cantaloupe 



16. Without a single exception tlie Biggest 

 Money Making Melon ever offered. Two Weeks 

 Earlier, a little larger, twice as productive as 

 Rocky Ford. More thoroughly and deeply netted. 

 Rust and Blight Proof. Packs in crates better and 

 carries better than any other Melon. This Great- 

 est of Money Making Cantaloupe had for its par- 

 ents two exceptionally fine stocks of Rocky Ford 

 Melons. It has been bred up by our expert grow- 

 ers to be entirely blight and rust proof. "Junior" 

 is a wonderfully prolific yielder, single plants pro- 

 ducing as high as 16 fine melons. It will develop 

 shipping fruit ten days to two weeks before the 

 Rocky Ford. In form it is ideal, being just the 

 right shape to pack to best advantage into crates. 

 In size it is little larger than the regular Rocky 

 Ford. Its netting is close and deep, thoroughly 

 covering the melon, protecting its keeping and 

 shipping qualities and lessening the loss of weight 

 from evaporation. In quality it is most deliciously 

 sweet and spicy, creating a largely increased de- 

 mand on account of these excellent points. The 

 seed cavity is very small and well-filled with seed, 

 the attractive green flesh is thick, smooth and firm, 

 combining together to make it the best melon for 

 carrying long distances that the grower has ever 

 had. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. Vi Lb. 40c. Vz Lb. 65c. 

 Lb. $1.25. Postpaid. 



Watters Solid Net Early Improved Rocky Ford 

 Cantaloupe 



207. This is one of the earliest strains of Rocky Ford Cantaloupes. 

 About 90 per cent, of the Melons are solid net. This variety sets a 

 very heavy first crop so that within a few days after the first 

 melons are ripe, large numbers ripen and heavy pickings can thus 

 be made at a remarkably early time. These Melons average about 

 90 per cent, standard size to pack 45 to the crate 12x12x24 inches. 

 It IS the most valuable sort to plant where first in the market is of 

 great importance. The heavy gray netting is closely laced. The 

 meat light green, spicy and sweet. This variety is in great demand 

 by many of the most successful market growers and shippers. 

 Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c. Vi Lb. 15c. Vi Lb. 25c. Lb. 40c. 



Christmas Gift or Santa Claus Cantaloupe 



127. Just think of having a delicious, fresh Cantaloupe to eat 

 vvith your Christmas dinner. It was originated in California. The 

 riiid IS mottled. The shell is hard and about one-eighth of an inch 

 thick. There is no seed activity. The seeds are imbedded in a jelly- 

 like pulp. The light green flesh is absolutely stringless; its flavor 

 excels anythitig in the melon line; it is in a class by itself, and is 

 beyond description. Plant the same time you would any other 



"Junior" Rocky Ford Cantaloupe 



Better Crops Than Ever Before 



Victoria, Corsica, Selby Co., Tom., zvrifcs: "We have had 

 better crops than ever before. We used Bolgiano's Junior Rocky 

 Ford Cantaloupes, and ours were the best on the market." 



Bolgiano's New "Melting Gold" 

 Cantaloupe 



51. Did you ever eat anything so exceptionally delicious, the 

 very pleasant memory of it often comes back to you? That's 

 what will happen if you once eat one of Bolgiano's New "Melt- 

 ing Gold" Cantaloupes. The delicious, tender golden flesh simply 

 melts in your mouth. It is the sweetest and most delicious melon 

 that has ever been grown. The flesh is thick, very tender and of 

 a beautiful deep golden color, it ripens close to the skin, the thin 

 rind is of a rich, dark green color contrasting attractively with 

 the deep Golden flesh which is so deliciously sweet and tender. 

 The melons are well ribbed and covered with a grayish netting, 

 they are 6 to 7 inches long by 4 and half to 5 inches in diameter. 

 "Melting Gold" Cantaloupe is an excellent shipper and it is so 

 good that the market eagerly takes every melon grown. As a 

 melon for home garden it is the greatest addition in years. Pkt. 



. , __ . _ ___ 10c. Oz. 15c. %_ Lb. 40c. Lb. $1.25. 



cantaloupe. When the under side of the melon becomes a golden yellow, it is ready to take off, but do not pull it off, cut the stem 

 about three inches from the melon, as this avoids any tendency to rot at the stem end. They can Be laid in sand and covered with 

 weeds or straw or laid away in a shed, but never on top of another. When first taken from the vine, the rind is crisp and very hard; 

 after four or five weeks there is less crispness to the touch and a slight giving way to pressure, but anything like softness indicates 

 over-ripeness. This melon should become more popular than the Rocky Ford, because it is more delicious and it is a Christmas melon. 

 All our customers should give this a trial. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. J4 Lb. 50c. Lb. $1.50. Postpaid. 



Burrell's Gem Cantaloupe 



548. Burrell's Gem Cantaloupes have sold on the New York, Chicago, 

 St. Louis and many other leading markets for from two to three times as 

 much money as the Rocky Ford Cantaloupes in competition with them. 

 It has a tough, thin rind, well arched ribs covered with a closely laced and 

 interlaced gray netting. The blossom end is protected with a well de- 

 veloped button. Shape quite elongated, the diameter from stem to blossom 

 being 1-3 more than from top to bottom. Flesh, of a reddish orange, very 

 thick, fine grained and spicy. Seed cavity, small and triangular, the seed 

 closely held in place in three lobes. The average weight is about 254 

 pounds, the length six inches and the thickness 4^ inches. The Standard 

 crate is 13^2 inches wide, 4>2 inches deep and 24 inches long, holding twelve 

 melons. About 80 per cent, of the crop crates nicely in the above sized 

 crates. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c. 54 Lb. 20c. ^ Lb, 30c. Lb. 50c. 



New "Knight" Cantaloupe 



337. This superb green-fleshed Muskmelon has for five successive years, 

 broken all records, selling without regard to market conditions for other 

 melons at Norfolk, Va., as well as here in Maryland, where it has a won- 

 derful reputation. In quality, it quite outclasses all other green-fleshed 

 melons, having a taste that is indescribably delicious with a remarkable 

 aroma. While this melon has had a wonderful reputation around Baltimore 

 and Norfolk markets, it fully deserves to be known over a wider territory, 

 and is now offered for the first time outside of its local home. It is 

 slightly pointed at the stem end, while being rather blunted at the blossom 

 end. They grow very uniform in shape and size, averaging about six 

 inches in length from stem to blossom, and 4J4 to 5 inches in the other 

 direction; handsomely nettled very thick meat. Every melon grower is to 

 be congratulated who gets a crop of this magnificent melon. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 

 10c. Vi Lb. 20c. yi Lb. 30c. Lb. 50c. 



Thoroughbred Rocky Ford Cantaloupe 



157. Oblong, measures through from top to bottom, four inches; weight, 

 1 Vz pounds. Ten distinct ribs covered with a well developed gray netting 

 which is closely laced and interlaced. The interstices between the netting 

 very small. The sutures between the ribs very narrow but well defined 

 from stem to blossom button. Blossom button well developed but small. 

 Color of rind in interstices and sutures light green turning toward grayish 

 slate when readv to pick, which is very essential to enable the grower to 

 ^pick by color ("the onlv proper way to pick) when the melon is in the 

 proper stage for shipping lone distances. Rind very tough. Meat light 

 green, changing very slightly toward salmon near the center, fine grained, 

 firm and of high quality, verv spicy and sweet. Seed cavity triangular, 

 seed held in three lobes. Yields abundantly, have made 300 standard 

 crates from one acre. Ripens about four or five days later than Improved 

 Watters' Solid Net — continues longer in bearing — and is the most uniform 

 melon we have ever known. Forty-five of these melons cuts a pound of 

 seed. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c. Ya Lb. 15c. 'A Lb. 25c. Lb. 40c. 5 Lbs. @ 35c. 

 -- J /-> 1. 1 549. As a cantaloupe for the private 



Hoodoo Cantaloupe garden this variety will please all who 

 Delicious "Melting Gold" Cantaloupe plant it. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c. -4 Lb. 20c. K Lb. 30c. Lb. 50c. 



