﻿"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 
  

   for 
  its 
  parents 
  two 
  exceptionally 
  fine 
  stocks 
  of 
  

   Rocky 
  Ford 
  Melons. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  bred 
  up 
  by 
  

   our 
  expert 
  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, 
  protecting 
  its 
  keeping 
  and 
  shipping 
  

   qualities 
  and 
  lessening 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  weight 
  

   from 
  evaporation. 
  In 
  quality 
  it 
  is 
  most 
  delic- 
  

   iously 
  sweet 
  and 
  spicy, 
  creating 
  a 
  largely 
  in- 
  

   creased 
  demand 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  these 
  excellent 
  

   points. 
  The 
  seed 
  cavity 
  is 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  

   well-filled 
  with 
  seed, 
  the 
  attractive 
  green 
  

   fesh 
  is 
  thick, 
  smooth 
  and, 
  firm, 
  combining 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  the 
  best 
  melon 
  for 
  carrying 
  

   long 
  distances 
  that 
  the 
  grower 
  has 
  ever 
  had. 
  

   Pkt. 
  10c. 
  Oz. 
  20c. 
  I 
  Lb. 
  50c. 
  I 
  Lb. 
  75c. 
  Lb. 
  

   $1.50. 
  Postpaid. 
  

  

  Better 
  Crops 
  Than 
  Ever 
  Before 
  

  

  Victoria 
  Corsica, 
  Selby 
  Co., 
  Tenn., 
  writes: 
  "We 
  ha'i'e 
  had 
  better 
  

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

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

  

  Bolgiano's 
  "Melting 
  Gold" 
  Cantaloupe 
  

  

  61. 
  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 
  "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 
  ten- 
  

   der 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  deep 
  golden 
  color, 
  it 
  ripens 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  

   skin, 
  the 
  thin 
  rind 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  rich, 
  dark 
  green 
  color 
  contrasting 
  at- 
  

   tractively 
  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 
  ih 
  to 
  5 
  inches 
  

   in 
  diameter. 
  "Melting 
  Gold" 
  Cantaloupe 
  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. 
  Pkt. 
  10c. 
  Oz. 
  25c. 
  J 
  Lb, 
  75c. 
  Lb. 
  $2.50. 
  

   Postpaid. 
  

  

  344 
  Henderson's 
  Bush 
  Cantaloupe 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  Bush 
  Cantoloupe 
  in 
  the 
  World. 
  Produces 
  an 
  abund- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  desirous 
  melons, 
  requires 
  very 
  little 
  ground. 
  A 
  won- 
  

   derful 
  novelty, 
  every 
  one 
  should 
  try 
  it. 
  Especially 
  valuable 
  for 
  a 
  

   small 
  garden. 
  Pkt. 
  10c. 
  i 
  Oz. 
  20c 
  Oz. 
  35c. 
  J 
  Lb. 
  $1.00. 
  Lb. 
  

   $3.50. 
  Postpaid. 
  

  

  "Junior" 
  Rocky 
  

  

  Ford 
  Cantaloupe, 
  js^^.^ 
  "Knight" 
  or 
  Maryland 
  Cantaloupe 
  

  

  337. 
  This 
  superb 
  green-fleshed 
  Muskmelon 
  has 
  for 
  five 
  succes- 
  

   sive 
  years, 
  bi'oken 
  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 
  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 
  uniform 
  

   in 
  shape 
  and 
  size, 
  averaging 
  about 
  six 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  from 
  

   stem 
  to 
  blossom, 
  and 
  4J 
  to 
  5 
  inches 
  the 
  other 
  direction; 
  hand- 
  

   somely 
  netted 
  very 
  thick 
  meat. 
  Every 
  melon 
  grower 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   congratulated 
  who 
  gets 
  a 
  crop 
  of 
  this 
  magnificent 
  melon. 
  Pkt. 
  

   10c. 
  Oz. 
  15c. 
  i 
  Lb. 
  40c. 
  Lb. 
  $1.25. 
  Postpaid. 
  

  

  Watters 
  Solid 
  Net 
  Rocky 
  Ford 
  Cantaloupe 
  

  

  207. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  earliest 
  strains 
  of 
  Rocky 
  Ford 
  Canta- 
  

   loupes. 
  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 
  

   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. 
  10c. 
  Oz. 
  15c. 
  i 
  Lb. 
  25c. 
  

   Lb. 
  60c. 
  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 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  with 
  a 
  closely 
  laced 
  and 
  interlaced 
  gray 
  netting. 
  The 
  blossom 
  end 
  is 
  protected 
  with 
  a 
  well 
  developed 
  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 
  25 
  pounds, 
  

   the 
  length 
  six 
  inches 
  and 
  the 
  thickness 
  41 
  inches. 
  The 
  Standard 
  crate 
  

   is 
  131 
  inches 
  wide, 
  4J 
  inches 
  deep 
  and 
  24 
  inches 
  long, 
  holding 
  twelve 
  

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

   crates. 
  Pkt. 
  10c. 
  Oz. 
  15c. 
  | 
  Lb. 
  25c. 
  Lb. 
  60c. 
  Postpaid. 
  

  

  Thoroughbred 
  Rocky 
  Ford 
  Cantaloupe 
  

  

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

   weight, 
  11 
  pounds. 
  Ten 
  distinct 
  ribs 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  well 
  developed 
  gray 
  

   netting 
  which 
  is 
  closely 
  laced 
  and 
  interlaced. 
  The 
  interstices 
  between 
  

   the 
  natting 
  very 
  small. 
  The 
  sutures 
  between 
  the 
  ribs 
  very 
  narrow 
  but 
  

   well 
  defined 
  from 
  stem 
  to 
  blossom 
  button. 
  Blossom 
  button 
  well 
  devel- 
  

   oped 
  but 
  small. 
  Color 
  of 
  rind 
  in 
  interstices 
  and 
  sutures 
  light 
  green 
  

   turning 
  toward 
  grayish 
  slate 
  when 
  ready 
  to 
  pick, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  essen- 
  

   tial 
  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 
  spicy 
  and 
  

   sweet. 
  Seed 
  cavity 
  triangular, 
  seed 
  held 
  in 
  three 
  lobes. 
  Yields 
  abund- 
  

   antly, 
  have 
  made 
  300 
  standard 
  crates 
  from 
  one 
  acre. 
  Ripens 
  about 
  

   four 
  to 
  five 
  days 
  later 
  than 
  Improved 
  Watter's 
  Solid 
  Net 
  — 
  continues 
  

   longer 
  in 
  bearing 
  — 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  uniform 
  melon 
  we 
  have 
  ever 
  known. 
  

   Porty-flve 
  of 
  these 
  melons 
  cuts 
  a 
  pound 
  of 
  seed. 
  Oz. 
  10c. 
  i 
  Lb. 
  20c. 
  

   Lb. 
  50c. 
  Postpaid. 
  

  

  Christmas 
  Gift 
  or 
  Santa 
  Claus 
  Cantaloupe 
  

  

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

   your 
  Christmas 
  dinner. 
  It 
  was 
  originated 
  in 
  California. 
  The 
  rind 
  is 
  

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

   There 
  is 
  no 
  seed 
  cavity. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  imbedded 
  in 
  a 
  jelly-like 
  pulp. 
  

   The 
  light 
  green 
  flesh 
  is 
  absolutely 
  stringless; 
  its 
  flavor 
  excels 
  any- 
  

   thing 
  in 
  the 
  melon 
  line; 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  class 
  by 
  itself, 
  and 
  is 
  beyond 
  des- 
  

   cription. 
  Plant 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  you 
  would 
  any 
  other 
  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 
  crisp- 
  

   ness 
  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, 
  bceause 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  delicious 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   Christmas 
  melon. 
  All 
  our 
  customers 
  should 
  give 
  this 
  a 
  trial. 
  Pkt. 
  

   10c. 
  Oz. 
  20c. 
  \ 
  Lb. 
  50c. 
  Lb. 
  $1.50. 
  Postpaid. 
  

  

  HnnAnn 
  Po-n+ali-iiiT^o 
  549. 
  As 
  a 
  cantaloupe 
  for 
  the 
  private 
  

   UVJUOU 
  V^dllldlUUpc 
  garden 
  this 
  variety 
  will 
  please 
  all 
  who 
  

   plant 
  it. 
  Pkt. 
  10c. 
  Oz. 
  15c. 
  J 
  Lb. 
  30c. 
  Lb. 
  75c. 
  Postpaid. 
  

   Delicious 
  "Melting 
  Gold" 
  Cantaloupe. 
  . 
  

  

  