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P. MANN & CO., WASHINGTON, D. C, 



CANTALOUPE or MUSK MELON 



One ounce will plant about fifty hills. Two or three pounds in hill per acre. 



CULTURE. — Plant seed in hills 5 and 6 feet apart each way, 8 to 10 seeds per hill, after danger from 



frost is past. After plants are well up, thin to 4 to the hill ; keep them well cultivated until the runners 



are so long they cannot be hoed or cultivated. The quality of Musk Melons is affected very much by 



weather conditions. , «s»w «- • ■. L 



Knight 



KNIGHT ^"r^M Cantaloupe. 



CANTALOUPE 



A splendid early Cantaloupe 

 of superb quality, and at 

 the same time makes an 

 excellent market or ship- 

 ping melon. 

 This new cantaloupe gave 



the very best results and 



satisfaction to our customers 



the past season. Its earli- 



n e s s, productiveness, uni- 

 formity in shape and ap- 

 pearance and fine table 



qualities easily place it in 



the first class both for home 



use and market. It matures 



about a week earlier than 



the regular Rocky Ford, is 



larger in size, and makes a 



most attractive and salable 



melon. It has thick, green 



flesh, shading to orange at 



the center. The fruits are 



oblong in shape, well ribbed and well netted. Alto- 

 gether, it is rapidly taking front rank as one of the 



most desirable cantaloupes in cultivation. Price 



Knight Cantaloupes: Packet, 5c. Ounce. 15c *4 



pound, 40c. Pound, $1.50. 



SWEET AIR. — We know from what we have seen 

 of this melon for the past five seasons that we can- 

 not speak too highly of this melon. It is the sweet- 

 est, finest flavored, juicest and best melon ever of- 

 fered. " It is a little larger than the Rocky Fo;rd, 

 well netted, thick green flesh, small seed cavity. 

 When the other standard sorts have been flat to the 

 taste this has been perfect in sweetness. Packet, 5c. 

 Ounce, 20c. % pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



ACME, or BALTIMORE CANTALOUPE.— Has 

 a beautiful, heavily netted green skin; good size; 

 in shape a desirable and distinct oval, and slightly 

 ribbed ; flesh thick, green, very finely flavored and 

 sweet ; very productive, and never bursts open at 

 blossom end. Packet. 5c. Ounce, 10c. Y A pound, 

 35c. Pound, $1.00. 





Rocky Ford Netted Gem Canteloupe. 



ROCKY FORD NETTED GEM.— Our stock is 

 specially grown for us in the famous Rocky Ford 

 melon district, and is a particularly valuable strain 

 for shippers. It is uniform in size, thickly netted, 

 distinctly ribbed, firm-fleshed and of most delicious 

 flavor. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 10c. T 4 pound, 35c 

 Pound, $1.00. 



EMERALD GEM.— Medium size, nearly round; 

 flesh a delicate light salmon color, very thick, fine- 

 grained and of most excellent flavor. The rind is 

 thin, dark green, ribbed, but not netted. One of 

 the best for home use. Packet 5c. Ounce, 10c. 

 V A pound, 35c. Pound, $1.00. 



BURRELL'S GEM.— Originated in Rocky Ford, 

 Col., the home of the celebrated Rocky, excepting 

 it has a yellow or salmon-colored flesh instead of 

 the green flesh. It grows to a very desirable size, 

 is closely netted, slightly ribbed, with a dark green 

 skin. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 10c. Va, pound, 35c. 

 Pound. $1.25. 



HONEY DEW.— The delicious honeylike flavor 

 of this new melon has met with instantaneous pub- 

 lic favor and created a sensation wherever used. 

 The fruit is of large size, weighing eight to ten 

 pounds each. The rind is perfectly smooth and 

 cream colored. The flesh is from one and one-half 

 to two inches thick, light green in color, very sweet 

 and juicy. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. Y\ pound, 60c. 

 Pound, $2.00. 



TIP T O P.— For splendid eating qualities this - 

 melon is certainly rightly named, for it is one of 

 the most delicious flavored and finest table melons 

 in existence. It grows to a large size, has thick 

 orange flesh and is sweet, juicy and of the finest 

 flavor even close to the rind. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 

 10c. V A pound, 35c. Pound. $1 00. 



EXTRA-EARLY HACKENSACK.— It produces 

 melons equally as large and with all the good qual- 

 ities of the well-known Hackensack. but two weeks 

 earlier; heavily netted, and has light green flesh of 

 d^licio^s flavor. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 10c. ^ pound. 

 35c. Pound, $1.00. 



