Muskmelons or Cantaloupes 



Culture: Plant the seed in hills 4 to 6 ft. apart each way, after all danger of frost is 

 over. Use well rotted manure in the hills. Insert seeds just under surface of soil. Use a 

 packet to 15 hills; 1 oz. to 60 hills', 2 to 3 lbs. to an acre. Thin out, leaving only 4 plants 

 to a hill. Cultivation should be kept up as long as possible. Ready to use in 57 to 85 

 days. Honey Dews requires about 120 days. 



Salmon and Orange-Flesh Varieties 



350 Lake Champlain $ 



The Earliest Orange-Flesh Melon to Ripen. 

 Does well in all sections and soils (57 days) 



Also known as Golden Champlain. This very early maturing 

 muskmelon produces almost round, medium sized melons, 

 which are well netted and moderately ribbed. The thick 

 golden orange flesh is sweet and melting. The plants are 

 hardy and vigorous. They produce a large crop of excellent 

 fruits. The value of this melon lies primarily in itB easiness. 

 It can be raised farther north than most other varieties and 

 does well in all sections and soils. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 

 Vi lb. 45c; Vi lb. 70c; lb. SI. 15; 2 lbs. $2.10; 5 lbs. $5.05; 

 10 lbs. $9.20. 



368 

 Hale's Best 



368 Hale's Best ® 



The Earliest Orange-Fleshed Rocky Ford 

 Melon (70 days) 



This remarkably early Rocky Ford Melon is of fine flavor. 

 The salmon flesh is exceptionally thiok with very small seed 

 cavity. The fruits are oval, about 6 by i l A inches, with a 

 heavy netting and ribs hardly apparent. This is one of the 

 best melons for shipping to distant markets. It has become 

 a very popular melon in all markets, and is grown in many 

 widely different locations. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 45c; 

 Vz lb. 70c; lb. $1.15; 2 lbs. $2.10; 5 lbs. S5.05; 10 lbs. $9.20. 



365 Extra Early Grand Rapids 



A Delicious Home Garden Melon (75 days) 



This extremely early variety produces extra large melons. 

 They are of oblong shape, pale green, turning to yellow when 

 ripe. An excellent large melon for the home garden with 

 sweet orange flesh. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; Vilb. 40c; Vilb. 60c; 

 lb. $1.00; 2 lbs. $1.85; 5 lbs. $4.40; 10 lbs. $8.00. 



357 

 Hearts of Gold $ 



Extremely Thick, Sweet, 

 Orange Flesh (70 days) 



This is an ideal basket and crate 

 melon. The fruits are of medium 

 size, almost perfectly round, and 

 heavily netted. The rich orange 

 flesh is very thick, of handsome ap- 

 pearanoe, and of the sweetest 

 flavor. The fruits weigh about 2 

 pounds each. The seed cavity is 

 small and the rind is very tough, 

 making it a good shipper. It is a 

 vigorous grower and a heavy 

 cropper. A good, medium sized 

 melon of attractive size and shape, 

 and luscious flavor. Pkt. 10c; 

 oz. 15c; Vi lb. 45c; V 2 lb. 70c; 

 lb. $1.15; 2 lbs. $2.10; 5 lbs. $5.05; 

 10 lbs. $9.20. 



357 

 Hearts 

 of Gold 



358 Burpee's Ford hook 



An Orange-Fleshed Jenny Lind] 



(70 days) 



This melon resembles the Prize Jenny Lind 

 in shape, but is much larger. The vines are 

 strong and vigorous, branching freely and 

 frequently setting five to nine melons close to 

 the hill. The melons grow remarkably uni- 

 form in shape and size. They are of attrac- 

 tive appearance, slightly flattened at both 

 the stem and the blossom end. They are 

 roughly netted. The attractive deep orange 

 flesh is very thick and deliriously sweet. 

 Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 45c; V 2 lb. 70c; 

 lb. $1.15; 2 lbs. $2.10; 5 lbs. $5.05; 

 10 lbs. $9.20. 



348 Maule's Gold Coin 



One of the Largest and Sweetest of 

 the Salmon-Fleshed Sorts (70 days) 



Maule's Gold Coin is a cross between Emerald 

 Gem and Osage. It is earlier than the Osage by 

 10 days, as large, and a great deal more netted. 

 The flesh is thicker and of better quality; the 

 skin lighter in color and wider ribbed. The 

 specimens run from round to oblong, often both 

 on the same vine, some of them weighing 6 to 

 7 pounds. Sweet and lusicous. Pkt. 5c; 

 oz. 10c; Vi lb. 35c; V 2 lb. 60c; lb. $1.00; 

 2 lbs. $1.85; 5 lbs. $4.40; 10 lbs. $8.00. 



371 Maule's Perfection 



Most Delicious 



(75 days) 



You will notice the fine shape of this variety from the illustration shown above. The color of 

 the skin is a rich deep green. The fruits are well ribbed and thickly netted, while the flesh is 

 a rich salmon. The large melons are nearly all flesh, the seed cavity being very small, hardly 

 large enough to accommodate the seeds. In flavor it is simply unexcelled, and certainly jus- 

 tifies its name. Unsurpassed for the home garden and for market. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 

 Vi lb. 50c; Vi lb. 75c; lb. $1.25; 2 lbs. $2.30; 5 lbs. $5.50; 10 lbs. $10.00. 



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