WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Seeds — 49 



Muskmelons or Cantaloupes 



Culture. — Plant seed In hills 4 to 6 feet apart eacb way, after 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. 



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Improved Waiter's Solid Net Rocky Ford 





The Earliest of All 

 Rocky Fords 



Excellent Home Garden 



or Nearby 



Market Muskmelon 



(Green flesh.) Walter's SoUd 

 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. Fui-thermore, Walter'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. My 

 stock of Walter's Solid Net 

 is direct from headquarters, 

 grown for me the same as 

 Pollock's, in Rocky Ford, Col- 

 orado, by one of the very best 

 growers there. 



IMPROVED WATTER'S SOLID NET ROCKY FORD MUSKMELON. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; quarter pound, 20 cents; pound, 65 cents, postpaid. 



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BurrelFs Gem 



(Salmon flesh.) For a market where the orange fleshed muskmelons 

 are in demand; they bring much the highest prices. It has a tough thin 

 rind, well arched ribs; covered with a closely Jaced and interlaced gray 

 netting. Shape quite elongated; flesh of a reddish orange, very thick, 

 fine grained and spicy. The melons average about 2% lbs., with an 

 average size of 6 inches long, 4J'^ inclies thick, and will crate more 

 evenly than any other melon grown. An excellent shipper; will carry 

 nearly two weeks without ice. Also called Defender and Ordway Pink. 

 Packet, 5 cts.; ouiice, 10 cts.; J,^ pound, 25 cts.; ponnd, 75 cts. 



357 



Hoodoo 



(Orange flesh.) This new melon bred and named by Mr. Paul Rose, the 

 melon specialist, who claims it to be an ideal basket and crate melon. 

 The melons are of medium size, round, heavily netted, flesh very thick, 

 of rich orange color, handsome appearance and of the sweetest flavor. 

 Average weight of melon l}i pounds. 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 good medium sized melon for both 

 home or market gardener. Seed direct from headquarters stock. 

 Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; % pound, 30 cts.; pound, $1.00. 



FORDHOOK ^Ut>KMELON 



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Fordhook 



(Orange flesh.) This melon resembles the Prize Jenny Lind in shape. 

 The vine is a strong vigorous grower, branching freely and frequently 

 setting five to nine melons close to the hill. The melons grow very- 

 even and regular in size and attractive in appearance, slightly flat- 

 tened at both stem and blossom ends. The shape is shown in the illus- 

 tration. They are roughly netted. The flesh is very thick, color an 

 attractive deep orange and of a delicious flavor. Remarkably early 

 and a good shipper. Medium sized melon for both home and market. 



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



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Champion Market 



(Green flesh.) Same as Starn's Favorite. It is a nearly round melon, 

 thickly netted, with green flesh that is deep and of good flavor. It 

 originated in New Jersey. This variety is an enormous cropper, but a 

 shy seeder, the interior cavity being small. It is a most desirable 

 melon for home or for market and is an excellent shipping melon. 

 Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; i^ pound, 25 cts.; ponnd, 75 cts. 



