18 J. MANNS & CO., Forrest and Hillen Sts., Baltimore, Md. 
SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS 
MUSKMELON 
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. Cultivate 
frequently, deeply away from the plants and 
shallow close to them. hen hoeing, remove 
the crust from around the plants and replace 
with fine, loose soil. 
GREEN FLESHED 
VARIETIES 
Knight’s Early Maryland 
An extremely early medium sized melon. Fruit 
oblong, showing the neck tendency; 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 melon and 
a good shipper. Pkt., 5c; 14 Ib., 40c; Ib., 
$1.25. ¢ 
Extra Early Jenny Lind or Jersey Button 
An extra early, small, green-fleshed melon; fruit round and flat- 
tened at the ends, deeply ribbed and heavily netted. Pkt., 5c; 
0z., 10c; 14 Ib., 25c; lb., 75c. 
Is planted exclusively by the foremost canta- 
Bottomly loupe growers of Anne Arundel County, in con- 
nection with the now famous Knight, maturing about 10 days 
later. The most exacting will be satisfied by the delicious quality 
while its appearance exhibits all the refinement of form, color 
and netting so necessary to a good melon. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 
44 Ib., 40c; Ib., $1.25. 
The result of crossing the Texas Cannon 
Honey Ball Ball Cantaloupe and the California Honey 
Dew Cassaba Melon; possesses characteristics that make it 
one of the finest melons that has ever been offered to the 
grower, the shipper and the consumer. Matures in approx- 
imately 105 days, resists sun scald better than most other 
melons and is early enough to escape the mid-summer heat 
It is as round as a ball, has very small seed cavity and a very 
thick wall of delicious green meat clear to the rind. The 
sugar content is higher than even the Honey Dew but the 
fruits are excellent keepers and shippers, the hard and tough 
rind keeping them in perfect condition for three weeks or more. 
The color is greenish white until fully ripe, then turning to a 
creamy white; slightly netted. Honey Ball is exceedingly 
prolific, producing as many as fifteen to twenty large canta- 
oupes to the plant Shippers in the South have found it 
impossible to supply the increasing demand for this delicious 
KNIGHTS EARLY MARYLAND 
BOTTOML ¥Y CANTALOUPE 
new variety in the larger cities. Every commercial grower 
and home gardener should have at least a trial patch of Honey 
Ball. Pkt., 10c; 1 0z., 35c; 14 Ib., $1.00; Ib., $3.50. 
‘ A melon of the Cassaba type. The fruit is 
Honey Dew large, oval in form, about 10 inches long and 
8 inches in diameter; surface smooth and hard, without ribbing 
or netting, creamy white in color turning to a lemon tint when 
fully ripe. The very 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 Pkt., 5c; 14 lb., 
Le 
35c; Ib., $1.25. 
Has a rich golden flesh which is 
Golden Honey Dew deep and very sweet It com- 
bines the spicy flavor of Emerald Gem with the sweetness and 
long keeping qualities of the original Honey Dew, ot which it is 
a sport. Pkt., 10c; 14 Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.50. y 
- This has become one 
Thoroughbred Rocky Ford oy the*hnost populas 
of small or basket melons. The fruit is oval, slightly ribbed , 
densely covered with coarse netting. Flesh light green, very thick 
and highly flavored. We offer an exceptionally fine stock of this 
sort, the fruit being wonderfully uniform in shape and quality. 
Pkt., 5c; 14 Ib., 25c; Ib., 75c. 
This is one of the leading muskmelons of the 
Eden Gem Rocky Ford type. It is of medium size, nearly 
round in shape, very heavily netted and slightly ribbed. The 
flesh is extremely thick, seed cavity small, making it very heavy 
for a melon of its size. In quality it compares with the best strain 
of Rocky Ford. It is medium early and very prolific. The vine 
is vigorous and will resist blight better than most varieties. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 10c; 14 Ib., 25c; lb., 75c. 
SALMON FLESHED VARIETIES 
Paul Rose, Petoskey, or Salmon-Fleshed 
This is the original salmon-fleshed “basket’? Melon. It 
Gem).ids the same place in the salmon-fleshed sorts as the 
Netted Gem dces in the green-fleshed. Pkt., 5c; 14 Ib., 35c; 
Ib., $1.00. 
3 Of sweet and aromatic flavor, oblong shape, 
Burrell Gem smoothly rounded ends, closely netted and 
slightly ribbed dark green skin. Fruits average 6 inches long by 
4 inches deep. Very fine for marketing. Pkt. 5c; 14 lb., 30c; 
Ib., 90c. 
‘ Ripens early, medium size, nearly round 
Emerald Gem flesh a delicate light salmon color, very 
thick, fine grained and of superb flavor. The rind is thin, dark 
green, ribbed, slightly netted. Pkt., 5c; 14 Ib., 30c; Ib., $1.00. 
The fruits average nearly round. ‘The netting is ex- 
Hoodoo ceptionally dense. The rind, although thin, is so 
very firm that the Melons arrive in distant markets in perfect 
condition. The flesh is very thick, highly colored and of most deli- 
ious flavor. Pkt., 5c; 14 Ib., 35c; Ib., $1.00. 
CITRON 
A Il globular variety, striped and marbled 
Red Seeded with light green. Flesh white and solid; 
seeds red. Used exclusively for pickles and preserves. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; 14 Ib., 40c; Ib., $1.25, 
