VT. F. ALLEN'S PLANT AND SEED CATALOGUE. 



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er than any I have ever seen 

 which always indicates 

 quality ; notwithstanding 

 the past season was a very 

 unfavorable one owing to 

 frequent big rains, the 

 quality of this new canta- 

 loupe was good all through 

 the season : it is a green 

 flesh variety and is very 

 sweet and tempting; the 

 vines are vigorous and 

 hardy, and with me have 

 proven to be entirely free 

 from rust. The size is 

 slightly larger than Rocky 

 Ford. I believe when this 

 variety becomes thoroughly 

 known it will be one of the 

 leading market sorts. If 

 you have a fancy local mar- 

 ket you are sure to find this 

 the best selling variety that 

 vou can grow. I will pay 

 Five Dollars in Gold to the 

 person reporting the most 

 profitable acre of Allen's 

 First Choice cantaloupes 

 grown from seed bought 

 of me this spring. Pkt. 10c; 

 oz.30c; quarter-pound SI. 00; 

 pound $3.00. 



EMERALD GEM.-This 



variety has a vigorous and 

 hardy vines : he flesh is sal- 

 mon colored, thick and firm, 

 ripening almost to the rind 

 and of the richest and best 

 flavor : the skin is smooth 

 and of a deep emerald green 

 color ; this beautiful small 

 melon is early and prolific, 



and a very popular variety either for home use or for market. 

 Pkt. 5c. ; oz. 10c. ; quarter-pound 30c. ; pound SI. 00. 



EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK. -This is a round melon 



flattened at the ends 

 and well ribbed ; the 

 skin is netted, and 

 the flesh which is 

 green, is rich and 

 sugary ; the vines 

 make good strong 

 growth and bear 

 abundantly ; it is al- 

 so considered a good 

 shipping melon. This 

 is a production of the 

 old Hackensack; the 

 new form is ten days 

 earlier and is almost 

 of equal size, the 

 melons weighing 

 from five to ten 

 pounds each ; in 

 shape and color it is 

 similar to the parent, 

 the main difference 

 being in point of earliness, which is sufficient to commend 

 it to market gardeners. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; quarter-pound 30c; 

 pound S1.00. 



TRLE; ROCKY FORD. -(Burpee's Netted Gem.) It has 

 come to be a well-known fact that W. F. Allen grows more 



EABL7 HACEXXSACK MUSK MELON 



ALLEN S FIRST CHOICE. 



cantaloupes than any other one grower in all that vast terri- 

 tory east of the Mississippi River and north of Georgia, about 

 three carloads daily being shipped through the season. In 

 New York and Boston fancy dealers begin to inquire for 

 Allen's cantaloupes several weeks befor the season opens. In 

 growing this quantity of cantaloupes it is worth much to have 

 the truest type of uniform size and highest quality, with the 

 surface completely and densely netted. With all this in view 

 my seed are selected. All seed are saved from thoroughly 

 matured cantaloupes that ripen on the vines. The seed that 

 I am offering is the same exactly that I use for my own plant- 

 ing and I have never been able to buy any as true or as good. 

 Neighboring growers willingly pay $1.00 per lb. for my seed 

 sooner than buy on the market at 30 or 35c Some of the 

 largest growers in Georgia secure their seed from me & 

 per pound sooner than take chances elsewhere. See illustra- 

 tion on last cover page. This is a true photograph of an aver- 

 age specimen grown in 1905 of Allen's famous Rocky Ford. 

 Notice the perfect netting. Price of extra selected seed saved 

 only from well matured extra rough cantaloupes. Pkt. 5c. : 

 oz. 10c ; quarter-pound 25c : pound 75c 



PALL ROSE OR PETOSKEY.-This extra find salmon 

 colored melon is a hybrid between Osage and Netted Gem. It 

 is however, larger than Osage Gem with thicker flesh : it is 

 the thickest fleshed yellow or salmon colored melon within my 

 knowledge ; it is of the Netted Gem and Rocky Ford family, 

 being smaller in size, slightly elongated in shape and of high- 

 est flavor : notwithstanding its thin rind, it has a good shape : 

 grows very uniform and handsome. Pkt. 5c : oz. 10c : quart- 

 er-pound 30c : pound $1.00. 



MELON-WATER. 





MONTE CRISTO OR KLECK= 



LEY SWEET. -This melon aver- 

 ages eighteen to twenty inches in 

 length and ten to twelve inches in 

 diameter ; of handsome appearance 

 and most uniformly superior qual- 

 ity. While the skin of this splen- 

 did variety is too tender to admit 

 of its being shipped any great dis- 

 tance, it is the finest in quality of 

 all water melons, and most desir- 

 able for home use or near by mark- 

 et. Fruits oblong in form, of 

 large size, with dark green skin ; 

 very thin rind which is quite brittle, 

 splitting ahead of the knife when 

 a full ripe melon is cut ; flesh is 

 bright scarlet with broad solid 

 heart ; the white seeds are placed 

 close to the rind ; the flesh is crisp 

 and sugary and melting in the high- 

 est degree. It ripens quite early, 

 and is considered the most desir- 

 able for the home garden. Pkt. 5c : 

 oz. 10c ; quarter-pound 20c ; pound 

 50 c 



