Bolgiano's Selected Cantaloupe Seed 



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MUSKMELON, or CANTALOUPE 



One Ounce Will Plant 50 Hills; 

 2 or 3 Pounds in Hill per Acre. 

 Prices Include Postage on Pkts., Ozs., V* Lbs. and Lbs. 



CULTURE. Melons thrive best In a rich, light soil. Plant early 

 In May, when the ground has become warm and dry, in hills sli 

 feet apart each way for muskmelons, eight feet for watermelons. 

 Previous to sowing the seed, mix a few shovelfuls of well-rotted 

 manure in each hill, and plant in each 12 to 15 seed; after all 

 danger of the bugs is over, thin out to three plants per hill. When 

 about one foot long, pinch oft the tips to make them branch as 

 It strengthens the growth of the vines and makes the fruit mature 

 earlier. Give plenty of water and feed liquid manure occasionally. 

 A few hills for early use may be had by sowing on pieces of 

 sod in a hotbed, and when warm enough transplant to open ground. 





Bolgiano's Unsurpassed Cantaloupe 



Green Flesh Varieties 



41. Sweet Air. 



This wonderful melon is medium in 

 size, thick green flesh with small seed 

 cavities, delicious sweet flavor, perfectly tender; it fairly 

 melts in your mouth. Just the kind market buyers and ship- 

 pers will pay the highest prices for. Vigorous grower, vines 

 keep green and produce big crops of beautiful netted melons. 

 No culls. It will please the most critical grower. Pkt. 10 

 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; !4 lb. 50 cts.; lb. $1.75, postpaid. 



1041. Jr. Rocky Ford. Two weeks earlier, a little 

 larger and twice as productive as the Rocky Ford, one of the 

 best rust and blight resisters. Vigorous grower, vines keep 

 green and produce big crops of fine market melons. Its net- 

 ting is close and deep, sweet flavor, thick green flesh with 

 small seed cavities, make a very fine shipping melon. Pkt. 10 

 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; V* lb. 50 cts.; lb. $1.75. 



193. Knight, or New Maryland, it is not liable to 

 blight, considerably earlier in maturing and nearly, if not 

 quite, as large as the Sweet Air. The flavor is equal to the 

 best on the market. The melons are firmly netted, uniform in 

 size, and the thick green flesh is most delicious in flavor. 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; V* lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.25. 



1048. Eden Gem or Netted Rock, a medium-sized 



melon, nearly round in shape, very heavily netted and very 

 slightly ribbed. The flesh is extremely thick, the seed cavity 

 very small. It is medium early and very prolific. The vine 

 is vigorous and will resist blight. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 

 Vi lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.25. 



39. Rocky Ford, or Netted Gem. One of the best- 

 known cantaloupes in the world. When this melon was first 

 placed on the market it made a name and a place for itself. 

 Its fine flavor, bright green, very deep meaty flesh, make it 

 a popular variety. Pkt. 5 and 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; li lb. 35 

 cts.; lb. $1.00. 



320. Bottomley Cantaloupe. 



In shape it is oblong, 

 ribbed and heavily net- 

 ted. The flesh is green, very solid and thick, having a de- 

 licious flavor that is equaled by only few melons that ever 

 come to the table. When sold on the Washington Market last 

 spring, it never failed to bring the highest prices offered. 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; Vi lb. 60 cts.; lb. $2.00, postpaid. 



81. Bolgiano's Baltimore Nutmeg. Our seed this sea- 

 son has been grown from the old original stock seed. The 

 Baltimore Nutmeg is a large green-flesh variety, sweet as 

 sugar. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; Vt lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.25. 



210. Honey Dew Melon. Has a peculiar sweet pleas- 



ant taste that makes one wish 



his capacity was unlimited. It must be dead ripe before being 

 prepared for the table. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; Vi lb. 45 cts.; 

 lb. $1.50. 



Salmon Flesh Varieties 



10180. Bolgiano's Unsurpassed Cantaloupe. 



As a shipper it is a wonder, stands long distance hauls, and 

 is in perfect condition when shipped from California to 

 New York. Packs 45 to the crate perfectly. "Solid netted, of 

 a whitish gray color." The meat is a beautiful golden. Very 

 thick flesh with extremely small seed cavities. Tender, a 

 sweet pleasing flavor, one never to be forgotten. Vigorous 

 grower, one of the best blight-resisters, producing large 

 crops of even size melons, absolutely no culls. Be sure and 

 give it a trial. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; '/i lb. 60 cts.; lb. 

 $2.00, postpaid. 



231. Hearts of Gold. Here is a fair sized melon, 

 larger than Rocky Ford with distinct ribs and quite heavily 

 netted. The rich golden flesh has a most excellent flavor 

 and is very deep having only a small seed cavity. It is rec- 

 ommended for home or market gardens, while as a shippei 

 its popularity is increasing, for the high quality is retained 

 perfectly after traveling long distances. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 

 15 cts.; Vi lb. 45 cts.; lb. $1.50. 



344. Pearl Pinkmeat. a new variety with exceptional 

 merit. Netting very course and skin is a beautiful shade 

 of pearl making the outside appearance very attractive, 

 Flesh is deep and pink in color, deliciously flavored. Ship- 

 ping qualities are excellent. It is oval shape and slightlj 

 larger than Rocky Ford. Wherever it has appeared on the 

 markets has commended a premium over other kinds. Pkt. 

 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; '4 lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.25. 



180. Golden Sugar, it is a pleasure for us to offer 

 again this salmon flesh melon which has given such univer- 

 sal satisfaction to those who have grown it. This sweet, 

 deep-fleshed melon has a flavor that invites all who taste, 

 while its regularity of size and tough rind recommend it to 

 shippers. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; Vi lb. 45 cts.; lb. $1.50. 



77. Paul Rose. Slightly oval in shape with deep orange 

 flesh. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; Vi lb. 30 cts.; lb. $1.00. 



54. **Tip Top." Sweet, juicy, finest flavored, firm (but 

 not hard) fleshed. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; % lb. 35 cts.; lb. 

 $1.25. 



242. Extra Early Osage Gem. Delicious sweet flavor; 

 tender; extremely prolific. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; V* lb. 3C 

 cts.; lb. $1.00. 



303. 10-25 Cantaloupe, a re-selection of the Pollock 

 Salmon Tint, No. 25 Strain, which in the last few years haa 

 become very popular among market gardeners. Orange flesh, 

 tender, sweet flavor, without strings or toughness; excellent 

 shipper, good seller. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; Vt lb. 45 cts.; 

 lb. $1.50. 



One Large 10-ct Pkt. Any Three Varieties Cantaloupe Seed for 25 Cts., Postpaid 



