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BOLGmNG'S JUNIOR" 



ROCKY FORD CANTALOUPE 



BOLGIANO'S "JUNIOR" ROCKY FORD CANTALOUPE 



Without A Single Exception, The Biggest Honey MaKing Melon Ever Offered. Two Weeks Earlier, A Little Larger, Twice As 



Productive as RocKy Ford. More Thoroughly And Deeply Netted. Bust and Blight Proof. 



PacKs In Crates Better And Carries Better Than Any Other Melon. 



16. This Greatest of all Money Making Cantaloupes, had for its parents two exceptionally fine stocks of Rocky Ford Melon, 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 a 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 larsrely increased demand on account of these excellent points. The seed cavity is very small and is well filled with seed, 

 the attractive green flesh is thick, smooth and firm, combining together to making it the best melon for carrying long distances that the grower 

 has ever had. PKt. 10c. Oz. 25c. 1/4 Lb. 65c. 1/2 Lb. $1.25. Lb. $2.50. 



/. Bolgiano & Son. Baltimore, Md. September 30th, 1907. 



We wish to express our tha'/ks for the seeds which we bought from you last year, as they have given us perfect satisfaction. In fact we have 

 had better crops than ever before. We used your Bolgiano' s Junior Rocky Ford, and New Eden Gem, and our cantaloupes were the best on the market. 

 We have given you our seed order for this year, and trust that we will have the same success. 



Station E.R.F. D. No. 3. Yours truly, 1'ICTORIA CORSICA, Shelby Co., Tenn. 



ROCKY FORD CANTALOUPE. 



157 OUR'S IS THE FINEST STOCK IN THE WORLD, AS ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS PUT IT "NOT A MIXED SEED IN THEM," 

 SWEET LUSCIOUS MELON, WORLD FAMOUS FO ITS CAPTIVATING FLAVOR. 



PUREST AND BEST STRAIN GROWN. 



157. There is a difference in the stocks of the Rocky Ford Melons 

 that are being placed in the trucker's hands, and that difference is 

 most severely felt when the trucker places his so-called Rocky Ford 

 stock on the market alongside of some of Bolgiano's true, handsome, 

 most deliciously flavored stock. It does not need the eye of an 

 expert to discern the difference, for the one presents regularity of 

 form, uniformity of size, each Melon cut proving the parent luscious 

 stock; and the huckster, shipper, commission merchant, fruiterer, 

 hotel-keeper, quickly purchase this stock, knowing that they never 

 have trouble selling at good prices a Melon of such trueness and qual- 

 ity. Bolgiano of Baltimore can send it direct to you, no matter where 

 you live. It is impossible to secure truer, better stock, even if you 

 pay five times the price we ask. We await your order, and shall take 

 pleasure in promptly filling the same. PKt. 5c. Oz. 10c. 1/4 Lb. 15c. 

 1/2 Lb. 25c. Lb. 50c. 



J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md. — The Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Seed that you supplied Mr. J. B. Huske last season were short and thick, packed 

 in crates better than any other that were planted here and brought from 50 cents to $1.00 more on the market ; we assuie you that they were of superior 

 quality, I would like to get 15 pounds of this stock this coming season. Yours truly, C. D. A VERETTE, Cumberland Co., N. C. 



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12 Strong' Points for which our Stock is Famous. 

 Size about 4 12 inches high by 5 inches long. 

 Netting' well defined and deep. 

 Blossom-end well protected with a small button. 

 Ten distinct ribs, 



No netting across the space between the ribs. 

 The space between the ribs well defined from stem to 

 blossom button, but not so wide as to weaKen the melon. 



7. When cut, flesh is green, changing VERY SLIGHTLY 

 toward yellow at center. 



8. Flesh very deep, so as to leave a small seed cavity. 



9. Flesh fine grained. 



10. Our seed is saved from the finest melons of the first pichina. 



11. Each individual melon is cut open by hand, and carefully 

 inspected both inside and out. 



12. Last, but not least, it is an excellent shipper, having' deep 

 flesh at the blossom end. The blossom end in many other strains 

 is a very weaK point. 



NEW EDEN GEM. 



167. This Magnificent new Muskmelon is a selection of the old Rocky 

 Ford, which it completely surpasses in lusciousness, yield, carrying, 

 and good selling qualities. In shape it is somewhat longer and a trifle 

 larger and closer and deeper netted. PacKet 10c. Oz. 15c. 1/4 Lb. 

 30c. 1/2 Lb. 50c. Lb. $1.00. 



GENUINE POLLOCK CANTALOUPE. 



334. A rust resisting melon, with netting over the blossom end ; not 

 a long melon, but rather inclined to be short, with the finest shipping 

 and eating qualities. The selections from time to time have reduced 

 the size, now they crate nicely. PKt. 10c. Oz. 15c. 1/4 Lb. 30c. 

 1/2 Lb. 50c. Lb. $1.00. 



BANANA MUSKMELON. 



(Yellow flesh ) This curious melon attains a length of 18 to 30 

 inches and a diameter of 2 to 4 inches. The flesh is deep, and of ex- 

 quisite flavor. It looks and smells like a banana. It is not to be con- 

 founded with the less valuable melon known as Log of Wood. This 

 sort is not a mere curiosity, but is in such favor as to command good 

 prices in choice city markets, 50 cents to SI 00 being sometimes de- 

 manded for a single specimen. PacKet 10c. Ounce 5Cc. 



Gentlemen.— I sa7v some of your "Junior" Rocky Ford Cantaloupes 

 growing and they certainly were the finest th bigs in the way of cantaloupes 

 I have ever seen. I will wdnt at leail two pounds for my next crop. 



Yours truly, 

 October 10, 19%. N. C. CROMWELL. Norfolk. Va. 



FOR OUR COMPLETE LIST OF CANTALOUPES, See Pages 43 S 44. 



