Long John 



Texas So. 1 



(100 days) Very large, 

 fleshed, sweet. 



oblong, green 



Wftrioir Dall ^^^^ days) Possesses characteristics 

 nua^Y oail ^j^^^ make it one of the finest melons 

 that has ever been offered to the grower, the shipper 

 and the consumer. Exceedingly prolific, individual plants 

 producing as many as fifteen to twenty 5 in. dia. canta- 

 loupes to the plant. 



Honey Dew 



(112 days) A melon of the Cassaba 

 type. The fruit is large, oval in form, 

 about 10 Inches long and 8 inches in diameter; thick flesh 

 is light green in color, ripening to the rind, very tender, 

 with an extreme sweetness. The vines are vigorous and 

 set 6 to 10 melons to the hill. An excellent shipper, will 

 keep for several weeks even when fully ripe. 



SALMON FLESHED VARIETIES 



Hale's Best Jumbo 



(83 to 88 days) A leading 

 variety for market garden- 

 ers and shippers. Fruits oval, about 7% x 6 Inches, 

 weighing 5 to 6 lbs., heavily netted and with ribbing 

 somewhat prominent. Flesh is thick, sweet and of excel- 

 lent quality. 



Hale's Best No. 45 ilU^^J. 



portant shipping and home garden 

 variety, resistant to powdery mildew, 

 having thick, firm, sweet flesh with very 

 small seed cavity. Fruits oval about 6% 

 X 5 inches and weighing 3 to 4 lbs., in- 

 distinct ribs, can be picked for shipment 

 when nearly full ripe. 



<;iirrar RnrV '•^^ ^^^^'^ ^ valuable 

 OUgar XIOCK distinct type. Sweet 



as sugar and solid. Has marvelous 



flavor and can be thoroughly ripened 



before picking. A remarkably heavy 



yielder. 



^ujknteL 



melon 



CANTALOUPE 



1 oz. for 50 hills ; 3 lbs. per acre 



The most suitable soil for melons is a warm, sandy 

 loam, well worked and enriched with rotted manure. 

 After danger from frost is over, sow ten to twelve seeds 

 to a hill, about 2 inches deep; the hills being six feet 

 apart each way. When the plants have the second pair 

 of leaves and danger from Insects is past, thin out to 

 four plants to a hill. Many large growers produce potted 

 plants in hotbeds, thereby assuring an earlier crop to 

 set out in May or earlier under Hotkaps. Cultivate fre- 

 quently, deeply away from the plants and shallow close 

 to them. When hoeing, remove the crust from around the 

 plants and replace with fine, loose soil. 



GREEN FLESHED VARIETIES 

 Knight's Early Maryland 



(82 days) An ex- 

 tremely early me-, 

 dlum sized melon. Fruit oblong, skin deep green, turning 

 to golden at maturity, well covered with a close gray 

 netting and distinctly ribbed; flesh fairly thick and very 

 sweet; color medium green blending to light pink near 

 the center. The earliest high quality green flesh melon 

 and a good shipper. 



Ta^n^r ^^^ •'^y^) Our stock of this Anne Arundel 

 jas^nSL County variety is a definitely established fixed 

 type which is well netted, uniform in size and shape and 

 of excellent quality. It is prolific, medium early and In 

 general a profitable variety to grow. 



Improved Rocky Ford, Jr. 4^?^ SUt \';p": 



of Rocky Ford. Fruit oval, slightly ribbed, densely cov- 

 ered with coarse netting. Flesh light green, very thick 

 and highly flavored. 



PRICES 



Pkt. Oz. Vi tb. Lb. 



Benders Surprise $ .10 $ .20 $ .60 $2.00 



Golden Honey Dew 10 .20 .65 2.00 



Hale's Best Jmnbo 10 .20 .65 2.00 



Hale's Best No. 45 10 .20 .65 2.00 



Hearts of Gold 10 .25 .75 2.25 



Honey Ball 10 .20 .60 1.75 



Honey Dew 10 .20 .60 2.00 



Jasper 10 .30 .85 2.50 



Knlg-ht's Early Maryland. .10 .20 .60 2.00 



lions' John 10 .30 .90 2.75 



Pride of Wisconsin 10 .30 .85 2.50 



Bocky rord Improved, Jr. .10 .30 .85 2.50 



Schoon's Hard SheU 10 .25 .80 2.40 



Sufar Bock 10 .25 .75 2.25 



Texas Ko. 1 10 .40 1.15 3.50 



Texas No. 1 



A cross between 

 Porto Rican Rocky 

 Dew and Hale's Best, developed by the 

 Texas Exp. Sta. ; extremely prolific, re- 

 sistant to downey mildew and aphids, 

 fruits about 7 in. long by 6 in. in dia. 

 with very thick flesh. 



Xmperlal — Hale's Best 



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