To prevent blight keep your vines in a healthy condition by spraying or dusting with Bordo Mixture or Key-Cide 61 



the 



Melon 



Rockyfo^',; 



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if not the best, 



347Maule's Select 

 Rocky Ford or Netted Gem 



The Popalar Melon for Market or Home Garden 



(Green flesh. ) In this Rocky Ford melon we offer our cus- 

 tomers a strain of seed grown for us by one of the very best 

 growers of melons in Rocky Ford, Colo. 

 Melons are slightly oval in shape, finely 

 netted. Flesh is light green in color, very 

 thick and firm, ripening close to the rind; 

 in flavor it is luscious and sweet, the vines 

 are vigorous and productive. Matures in 

 70 days. 



Rocky Ford or Netted Gem has become 

 one of the most popular melons; is shipped 

 in large quantities from Colorado and Ari- 

 zona. It is also a desirable medium early 

 ■•^ort for home and market garden. 



Packet, 8 cents; ounce, 12 cents; 



quarter pound, 40 cents; potuid, $1.85; 



5 pounds, $5.75, postpaid. 



SPRAYING CROPS 



A valuable book by C. M. Weed 

 Illustrated Cloth Bound 81.00, i)09tpaid. 



347 MAULE'S SELECT ROCKY FORD OR NETTED GEM MUSKMELON. 



354 Mixed Muskmelons 



Excellent for the Home Garden 

 (Green and. orange flesh.) By planting this mix- 

 ture one is sure to produce melons in 58 to 85 days 

 of luscious flavor that are suited to your climate. 

 Excellent assortment for the home garden. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 

 quarter lb., 30 cents; pound, $1.00) postpaid. 



Customers may order half pounds at pound 

 rate, 2 pounds or over at 5 pound rate, postpaid. 



MELON CULTURE 



This book tells best how to grow and care for Melons. 

 By TROOP. niDStrated. Cloth-bonnd. $1.00. postpaid. 



Z55 Maule's Honey 



Noted lor its Very Rich, Sweet and Sugary Flavor 



(Green flesh.) We call it Honey from the fact that 56 of our customers 

 suggested this name, in competition for a SlOO prize, and it was very 

 gratifying to us to linow that so many felt compelled on account of 

 its sweet, delicious flavor to call this grand melon Honey. Maule's 

 Honey muskmelon is of medium size, weighing 3 to 4 pounds on an 

 average. It is distinctly and evenlj- ribbed and moderately netted; 

 globe shape and somewhat flattened at the stem and blossom end. 

 Its exterior color is a peculiar shade of green, quite unlike any 

 other muskmelon. The flesh is green, inclining to yellow. The spicy 

 flavor Is as distinct and characteristic as it is sweet and pleasing. The 

 flesh is both deep and flrm, the edible portion almost touching the 

 rind. Matures in 75 days. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 

 quarterpouud,4:5 cts.; pound, $1.50; 5 pounds, S7.00,postpald. 



378 New Honey Dew 



357 Hearts of Gold 



Extremely Thick, Sweet Orange Flesh 



(Orange flesh.) An ideal basket and crate melon of medium size, 

 round, heavily netted, flesh very thick, of rich orange color, handsome 

 appearance and of the sweetest flavor. Average size of melon 6 to 8 

 Inches In diameter. Matures in 75 davs. The seed cavity is small and 

 the rind is very tough, making it a good shipper; its vine is a vigorous 

 grower and a heavy cropper. A very convenient sized melon for the 

 table and for packing in shipment. 



Packet, 10 cts.; onnce, 20 cts.; quarter pound, 60 ctS4 pound, $2.00, postpaid. 



Orange 

 Flesh 

 The Famous New Melon; Sweetest Melon Ever Grown 



(Orange flesh.) New type of melon, cross between cantaloupe and a 

 Cassaba. The fruit is oval-shaped, about 6 inches in diameter and 7 to 

 8 inches long, weighing from 8 to lu pounds each. It ripens in about 

 100 days. The skin is smooth, dull white when ripe. The rind is thin but 

 tough. The flesh is thick, of rich, orange color. This melon has 

 been appropriately named; it is of a distinct honey like flavor, more 

 luscious and juicy than any other muskmelon. 



It is the best keeper and shipper of all and will stay In good con- 

 dition several weeks after It is ripe. Melons not ripe when frost 

 comes may be stored in a cellar and wlU there ripen slowly and 

 can be used all winter. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, iSO cents; quarter pound, 60 cents; 

 pound, $2.00, 5 pounds, $9.50, postpaldo 



