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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 jjnuch by 

 weather conditions. 



KNIGHT 

 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, 20c. Y^ 

 pound, 40c. Pound, $1.25. 



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 Ford, 

 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, 10c. y A pound, 35c. Pound, $1.25. 



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\. pound, 

 30c. Pound, $1.00. 



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. ]4 pound, 25c. 

 Pound, 75c. 



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. 

 l /i pound, 25c. Pound, 75c. 



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 closelv netted, slightly ribbed, with a dark green 

 skin. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 10c. Y pound, 25c. 

 Pound, 75c. 



Knight 

 Cantaloupe 



THE PAUL ROSE, or PETKoo^f .— It is a 



cross between the Osage and Netted Gem, and com- 

 bines the best features of the originals. The fruit 

 is oval, medium-sized, dark exterior, thickly netted, 

 with rich salmon flesh, so thick ^s to nearly close 

 the seed cavity. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 10c. % pound, 

 25c. Pound, 75c. 



TIP TO 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 4 pound, 35c. Pound, $1.25. 



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 

 delicious flavor. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 10c. % pound, 

 30c. Pound, $1.00. 



Extra-Early Hackensack 



