Never cat or pnll Moskmelons from the vine; when fruits cracl( around the stem they are ripe 



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Seeds from hand 

 selected fruits 



Muskmelons 



Popularly known 

 as Cantaloupes 



Culture. — Plant seed in hills 4 to 6 feet apait each ■way, after danger of frost is over. Use well rotted manure in the hills. Insert seeds just 

 nnder surface of soil; use a packet to 15 hills, 1 ounce to 60 hills; 2 to 3 pounds to an acre. Thin out, leaving only 4 plants to a hill. A light, warm 

 soil is best suited to all melons. Ready to use in 58 to 85 days. Casabas in 120 days. Fight bugs with Bordo Lead, Key-Cide, Slug Shot, or Bug Death. 



361 Salmon Flesh Eden Gem 



The Popular, All Round Melon for Home or Mturket 



(Salmon flesh.) This muskmelon is considered the best of the salmon 

 fleshed Rocky Fords. Is the most reliable and best cronper, thriving on 

 most any soil, producing ripe melons in about 70 days. The fruits are 

 of great uniformity in size and shape, with well developed gray netting, 

 closely laced and covering the entire surface. The rich salmon flesh is 

 very deep, solid, of a luscious, sweet flavor and ripens clear to the rind. 

 Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents: 

 pound, $1.!25, postpaid. 



360 Golden Beauty Casaba 



The Great Chrittmas Melon, Often Called Winter Muskmelon 



(White flesh.) It is extensively grown throughout the Southwest for 

 shipping to our Eastern markets, and sold at such high prices during 

 the fall. Matures in 120 days. The melons are nearly globular In 

 shape, bright yellow with golden tint and wrinkled skin. Measures 6 

 to 8 inches in diameter. Flesh is white, thick, and of delicious flavor. 

 Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cent»; quarter pound, 60 cents; 

 pound, S2.0U, postpaid.^ 



56H Improved Waiter's 



Solid Net 



Rocky Ford 



The Earliest of AH 

 Rocky Fords 



(Green flesh.) Watter's Solid 

 Net sets a very heavy first 

 crop,so that in a few days after 

 the first ripe melons, heavy 

 pickings are in order for the 

 next two or three weeks. It is 

 a most valuable sort to 

 plant where first melons on 

 the market are of great im- 

 portance, and has made the 

 best record for money returns 

 on account of its early matur- 

 ity. Furthermore, Watter's 

 produces melons of even size 

 and shape. The well devel- 

 oped gray and green netting 

 Is very closely laced. The 

 thick flesh is light green, spicy 

 and sweet. It germinates a 

 very vigorous plant that sets 

 fruit early and matures its 

 crop In about 65 days. The 

 large yield of early canta- 

 loupes when prices average 

 high, is the strong point in 

 favor of this strain. The il- 

 lustration is a reproduction 

 of a photograph. Our stock is 

 dlre'ct from headquarters. 

 Excellent for home garden or 

 nearby market. 



Packet, 10 cents; 

 ounce, 20 cents; 



quarter pound, 45 cents; 



pound, SI. 50, postpaid. 



364 IMPROVED WATTER'S SOLID NET ROCKY FORD MUSKMELON. 



