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"Junior" Rocky Ford Cantaloupe 



New "Knight" or Maryland Cantaloupe 



337. This superb green-fleshed Miiskmelon 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 

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

 fleshed melons, having a taste that is indescribably delicious with a remark- 

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

 Baltimore and Norfolk markets, it fuUy deserves to be known over a wider 

 territory. It is slightly pointed at the stem end. while being rather blunted 

 at the blossom end. They grow uniform in shape and size, averaging 

 about six inches in length from stem to blossom, and 4^4 to 5 inches the 

 other direction; handsomely netted, very thick meat. Every melon grower 

 is to be congratulated who grows a crop of this magnificent melon. Pkts. 

 5c and 10c. Oz. 15c. 2 Ozs. 25c. H Lb. 45c. i4 Lb. 80c. Lb. SI. 50. 

 Postpaid. 



Watters' Solid Net 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 set a 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. 12 x 12 x 24 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 bv many of the most successful market growers and shippers. 

 Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c. H Lb. 30c- Ji U>. 50c. Lb. 90c. Postpaid. 



Burrell's Gem Cantaloupe 



548 It has a tQugh. thin rind, well-arched ribs, covered with a closely- 

 laced and interlacing gray netting. The blossom end is protected with a 

 well-developed button. Shape quite elongated, the diameter from stem to 

 blossom being one-third more than from top to bottom. Flesh of a reddish 

 orange, very thick, fine-grained and spicy. Seed cavity small and triangu- 

 lar, the seed closely held in place in three lobes. The average weight is 

 about 2}4 pounds, the length 6 inches and the tliickness 4J^ inches. The 

 standard crate is 1314 inches wide, 4J'2 inches deep and 24 inches long, 

 holding twelve melons. About SO per cent of the crop crates nicely in the 

 above sized crates. Pkts. 5c and 10c. Oz. 10c. M Lb. 30c. J4 Lb. oOc. 

 Lb. 90c. Postpaid. 



"Thoroughbred" Rocky Ford Cantaloupe 



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

 weight, ll-i pounds. Ten distinct ribs covered with a well developed 

 gray netting which is closely laced and interlaced. The interstices be- 

 tween the netting very small. The sutures between the ribs very nar- 

 row, 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 ready to pick, which is very 

 essential to enable the grower to pick by color (the only proper way to 

 pick) when the melon is in the proper stage for shipping long distances. 

 Rind very tough. Meat light green, changing very slightly toward 

 salmon near the center, fine-grained, firm and of high quality, very I 



spicy and sweet. Seed cavity triangular, seed held in three lobes. J 

 Yields abundantly, have made 300 standard crates from one acre. 

 Ripens about four to 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. M Lb. 30c. 34 Lb. 50c. Lb. 90c. Postpaid. 

 "Melting Gold" Best I Have Ever Planted 



On January 8, 191S, Mr. W. Earl Cobb, of Salem Co., N. J., 

 wrote: "/ would like to say that Bolgiano's 'Melting Gold' Canta- 

 loupe seed purchased from you last year did the best of any that 

 I have ever planted. From 150 hills I sold $20 worth besides 

 supplying two families. The Halberl Hone}' Watermelon was like 

 honey inside and yielded more melons than any other that I have 

 ever planted." 



Big Crops for Three Years 



On July 19, Mr. H. A. Morgan, of Sumter Co., Ala., wrote: 

 "I can say that Bclgiano's 'Melting Gold' Cantaloupe is the best 

 that I have ever planted. This makes the third year I have plant- 

 ed them and made big crops." 



Very Well Both in Earliness and Productiveness 



On July 2, Mr. J. W. Baass, of 'Victoria Co., Texas, wrote: 

 "The' Melting Gold' Cantaloupe seed which you sent me last year did 

 extremely fine and I consider it one of the best for market. TheSpring 

 was very dry, but it did well both in earliness and productiveness." 



"Junior" Rocky Ford Cantaloupe 



16. Without a single exception the 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 Greatest of Money-Making Cantaloupe 

 had foi its parents two exceptionally fine stocks of 

 Rocky Ford Melons. It has been bred up by our ex- 

 pert growers to be entirely blight and rust proof. 

 "Junior" is a wonderfully prolific yielder, single plants 

 producing 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, pro- 

 tecting its keeping and shipping qualit'es and lessening 

 the loss of weight from evaporation. In quality it is 

 most deliciously sweet and spicy, creating a largely 

 increased demand 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 carry- 

 ing long distances that the grower has ever had. Pkts. 

 5c and 10c. Oz. 15c. 2 Ozs. 25c. }4 Lb. 45c. }4 Lb. 

 80c. Lb. SI. .50. Postpaid. 



Your Seed Certainly Does Grow Big Crops 



On March 6, 1919, Mr. W. F. Slaughter, of Jefferson County, Ky., wrote: 

 "I received my seed ordered of you today by express all 0- K. Your seed cer- 

 tainly does grow big crops. I have planted them for several years with great 

 satisfaction. Bolgiano's 'Junior' Rocky Ford Cantaloupe is the finest that 

 I have ever planted. I made $iOO an acre last year and the season was an 

 unfavorable one. too." 



"Junior" Rocky Ford Always Comes Out on Top 



On July 13. 191S, W. A. Gaskins, of Marion Co., Fla., wrote: "Please 

 allow me to say a word about your 'Junior' Rocky Ford Cantaloupe from last 

 season. Although the weather conditions were much against the crop here, 

 the 'Junior' Rocky Ford came out on top. You can reserve my order for the 

 1919 crop." 



A Good Crop in a Bad Season 



On Septem'oer 30. 1918. J. A. Stitcher, of Dillon Co., S. C, wrote: "The 

 'Junior' Rocky Ford Cantaloupe seed that I purchased from you last Spring 

 did extremely well. The weather was dry, but they made a very good crop of 

 delicious sweet fruit. Later, when we had seasonable rains, the vines continued 

 to grow and make a second crop." 



Bolgiano's "Melting Gold" Cantaloupe 



The Delicious Gold Lined Melon 



51. Did you ever eat anything so exceptionally deficious, 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 "Melting 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 attrac- 

 tively with the deep-golden flesh, which is so deliciously sweet and tender. 

 The melons are weU ribbed and covered with a grayish netting; they are 

 6 to 7 inches long by 4^^ to 5 inches in diameter. "Melting Gold" Canta- 

 loupe is an excellent shipper and it is so good that the Eastern Markets 

 eagerly take every melon grown. As a melon for home garden it is the 

 greatest addition in years. Pkts. 5c and 10c. Oz. lac. 2 Ozs. 25c. }4 

 Lb. 45c. 14 Lb. 80c. Lb. SI. -50. Postpaid. 



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