WM. HENRY MAULE, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Seeds — 57 



Muskmelons or Cantaloupes 



Culture.— Plant seed in hills i to 6 feet apart each -nay, alter danger 

 of frost Is over. Use well rotted manure In the hills. Insert seeds 



just under surface of soil: 1 ounce to 60 hills; 2 to 3 pounds to acre. Thin 

 out, leaving only 4 plants to a hill. A light, warm soil is best, but there 

 are varieties adapted to heavy loams, if well drained. In hoeing draw 

 the soil well up to the plants. Fight bugs with tobacco dust. Slug 

 Shot, air slaked lime, land plaster, Bug Death or Buhach. 



1364 



Improved Waiter's Solid Net Rocky Ford 



Packet, 5 



IMPROV 



cents; 



The Earliest of All 

 Rocky Fords 



Excellent Home Garden 



or Nearby 



Market Muskmelon 



(Green flesh.) Watter's Solid 

 Net sets a very heavy first 

 crop, and is several days ear- 

 lier than Pollock's Solid Rock 

 so that in a few days after the 

 first ripe melons, heavy pick 

 ings 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. Ftu'thermore, 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 seems to ma- 

 ture its crop in a short per- 

 iod. The large yield of early 

 cantaloupes when prices 

 average high, Is the strong 

 point in favor of this strain. 

 The illustration is a repro- 

 duction of a photograph. Our 

 stock of Watter's Solid Net 

 is direct from headquarters, 

 grown for us the same as 

 Pollock's, in Rocky Ford, Col- 

 orado, by one of the very best 

 growers there. 



ED WATTER'd 3L)LiD NtT HuCKY FuRD MUSKMELON. 



ounce, 10 cents; quarter pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents, postpaid. 



354 



Davis White Seeded 



(Salmon flesh.) This muskmelon in shape and appearance 

 is somewhat similar to Osage or JNIiller's Cream. It is 10 

 days earlier than any other salmon fleshed variety. The vines 

 are healthy and very productive, producing melons of uniform 

 size, slightly oblong and heavily netted. The netting is ex- 

 ceptionally dense, extending over practically the entire surface. 

 That is a very desirable feature. The flesh is very thick, solid 

 and sweet, dark salmon and ripens to the rind; seed cavity ex- 

 ceedingly small. This melon is a profitable variety to grow 

 where the market demands a melon of this type. 



Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; 4 pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.25. 



DAVIS WHITE SEEDED MUSKMELON. 



370 Delicious Gold Lined Rocky Ford 



fGreen flesh.) One of the sweetest and most delicious early 

 melons ever grown. The melons are deeply netted, being 

 covered with a heavy grayish netting. Its shape is ideal, 

 very slightly oval, no ribs and is heavily netted over the entire 

 melon. A wonderfully proliflc yielder, producing its melons 

 10 days to 2 weeks earlier than the Rocky Ford. It is the 

 right shape to pack to best advantage in crates. The close 

 and deep netting, thoroughly covering the melon, protects its 

 keeping and shipping qualities. The seed cavity is very 

 small, the attractive green flesh is thick and firm, makmg it 

 the best melon for market as well as the home garden. 



Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; | pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.25. 



DELICIOUS GOLD LINED ROCKY FORD MUSKMELON. 



