



BURPEE'S 



"HOW TO GROW" 



PRIZE ESSAYS. 



How to Grow Melons for Market 



Illustrated, Price SO Cents, postpaid, by mail. 



Our cash prizes for best essays on this subject -were "won by 

 Mr. J. E. Kue, Jr., of Littleton, N. C; Mr. J. T. Rosa, of 

 Waverly Mills, S. C, and special prize for merit by ¥m. 

 Bailey, Esq., of Zanesville, Ohio. In order to present the 

 subject to our readers in the most comprehensive and concise 

 manner, we have compiled from these essays and our own ex- 

 perience a treatise that we think will be of value to every 

 melon grower. It treats of both Musk Melons and Water- 

 melons, with full information on the selection of soil, use and 

 application of manures, selection of suitable and profitable 

 varieties, planting the seed, destruction of insects, copious notes 

 on cultivation of the crop, how to grow extra large melons, how 

 and when to gather for market, and how to preserve for late use. 



May be had of the Publishers of the Leading Agricultural 

 Papers, or will be sent , postpaid by mail, upon receipt of price, by 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO, 



Nos. 475 and 477 North Fifth Street, 

 Nos, 476 and 478 York Avenue, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



