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W. F. Allen's Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 



NEW EDEN GEM.— This new canta- 

 loupe is one of the very best market varie- 

 ties to be had. It was originally selected 

 from Rocky Ford, but has been selected and 

 Improved until it is entirely distinct and far 

 superior to that popular old variety. The 

 size is the same, but averages better in qual- 

 ity and is much firmer, thereby standing 

 shipment and handling with less than half 

 the lossage sustained in handling and ship- 

 ping Rocky Ford. It makes a larger yield of 

 marketable melons. The "New Eden Gem" 

 has very slight creases and is densely netted 

 all over, making a very beautiful and valu- 

 able cantaloupe either for market or home 

 use. You will make no mistake in planting 

 the NEW EDEN GEM, whether you plant a 

 few hills in your garden for home use or a 

 hundred-acre field for market. The seed I 

 am offering of this variety are all of my own 

 growing and were saved from selected mel- 

 ons from healthy vines in a field where there 

 was no blight. So sure am I that this seed 

 will please you that I will refund every dol- 

 lar paid me for this seed should it give you 

 cause to be dissatisfied or should you be able 

 to buy seed elsewhere at any price that when 

 planted and cultivated under the same con- 

 ditions will give you better results. Pkt., 

 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; quarter lb., 30c. ; lb., $1.00. 

 By express, 5 lbs., .$4.50; 25 lbs., $20.00. 



BREAKFAST LUXURY.- About the size of 

 Early Hackensack, and is all that Its name implies. It 

 is indeed a luxury and one that any lover of canta- 

 loupes can enjoy. The vine is very strong and healthy 

 and bears abundant crops of luscious green-fleshed 

 melons that make your mouth water for the second 

 piece. Can be shipped in barrels and bring good 

 prices. Those who have an appreciative local market 

 and are first to get the BREAKFAST LUXURY will 

 have a bonanza. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 20c. ; quarter lb., 

 60c. ; lb., $2.00. 



MODEL.— This would remind you of a big, over- 

 grown Rocky Ford, being about twice the size of that 

 variety. It originated in South Jersey, and its sweet, 

 melting green flesh will satisfy the most discriminating 

 customer. In delicacy and flavor it Is unexcelled. It 

 sells freely at top prices when others beg for buyers. 

 Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 20c. ; quarter lb., 50c. ; lb., $1.50. 



EMERALD GEM. — This variety has vigorous 

 and hardy vines; the flesh is salmon-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 the market. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; 

 quarter lb., 25c. ; lb., 80c. 





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, str(»ng growth and bear 

 abundantly. It is also considered a good shipping 

 melon. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; quarter lb., 25c. ; lb., 80c. 



PAUL ROSE, OR PETOSKEY.— This extra 

 fine salmon-colored melon is a hybrid between Osage 

 and Netted Gem. It is, however, larger than Osage, 

 with thicker flesh. It is of the Netted Gem and Rocky 

 Ford family, being smaller in size, slightly elongated 

 in shape and of highest flavor. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; 

 quarter lb., 30c. ; lb., $1.00. 



JERSEY BELLE. — Somewhat like Jenny Llnd, 

 not so early, but larger. The melons are flat, heavily 

 ribbed, coarsely netted. It has a green flesh and very 

 fine qualitv, and altogether is a very desirable melon. 

 Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; quarter lb., 30c. ; lb.. $1.00. 



HOODOO. An ideal yellowffleshed melon. Average 

 size, IX lbs, packs uniform in crates and baskets; flesh 

 very thick and firm; excellent keeper and shipper: seed 

 cavity small with few seeds: flavor very sweet; heavily 

 netted. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; fc lb. $1.00; lb. $VK>. Finest 

 selected stock. 



WATERMELONS 



This is another of my specialties, which I gr'ow in 

 large quantities for market. I shall plant this year 

 60 acres for market, from which I expect to ship at 

 least 50 cars. My seed are grown especially for me In 

 Florida and are very fine. In comparing prices please 

 do not overlook the fact that my seed are Florida- 

 grown, as Western seed are much cheaper. If there 

 are any of my customers who want Western seed, I 

 can supply them of most varieties at one-third off 

 prices which I quote for Florida seed. 



SUCCESS. — Rightly named, as It carries "success" 

 with it wherever it goes. This is the variety that 

 attracted so much attention at the Jamestown Exposi- 

 tion last summer and was considered by many to be 

 one of the best horticultural attractions. Those who 

 plant it want it again, and those who see it over at 

 Neighbor Do-well's all want it next year. The first 20 

 cars I shipped this year were each loaded with less 

 than 000 melons, averaging about 40 lbs. to the melon, 

 with plenty of 60 to 65-lb. specimens. It ia enor- 

 mously productive, very large, with rich dark green 

 skin. It ships as well as Kolb Gem and others of that 

 class, and has what they do not — that is, fine quality. 

 Its shipping qualities are phenomenal, scarcely any 

 other melon equaling it in tough skin and rind. While 

 It has rapidly become one of the leading melons for 

 market, it is one of the best all-around melons in exist- 

 ence, and for the family garden It Is also without a 

 peer. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 20c. ; quarter lb., 30c. ; lb., $1.00 ; 

 25 lbs. by express, $20.00. 



SWEETHEART. — Magnificent new shipping 

 melon of uniformly large size and fine qualities; vine 

 vigorous and productive, ripening Its fruit early ; fruit 



large, oval, very heavy, uniformly mottled, light, and 

 very light greea ; rind thin but firm ; flesh bright red, 

 firm, solid, but very tender, melting and sweet. Fruit 

 remains in condition for use longer than most other 

 sorts. I grew quite a few of this variety the past 

 season and know that is is very fine. I shipped a few 

 to Boston which sold for $27 a hundred, and the parties 

 that bought them were anxious for more. It is indeed 

 of large size and very fine quality. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; 

 quarter lb., 20c. ; lb., 60c. ; 25 lbs. by express, $10.00. 



DARK RIND KOLB GEM, OR ICEBERG 



(sometimes called yellow-bellied Kolb Gem). — This 

 may be described as being very superior to the old 

 Kolb Gem variety. It somewhat resembles the old 

 variety in size and appearance, but is darker In color 

 both outside and inside. Where it rests upon the 

 ground it is yellow, while the Kolb Gem Is white. The 

 shape is oblong to nearly round : the rind is thin but 

 very tough, and melons bear shipping and handling 

 better than most other varieties. In this section it is 

 more largely grown thar any other on account of its 

 eyopllent shipping qualities. Pkt., 5c: oz., 10c; quar- 

 ter lb., 20c; lb., 60c; 25 lbs. by express, $10.00. 



THREE FOLD. — This is a new variety of su- 

 perior quality. The melons are uniform and long; 

 vines of strong, vigorous growth, and produce enor- 

 mous crops of richly-flavored melons. The skin, while 

 thin, is very tough, of a leathery make, which insures 

 finest shipping qualities. The flesh is richly colored, 

 being of a deep blood red. This new variety should 

 supersede many of the popular shipping varieties on 

 account of its superior quality. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; 

 quarter lb., 20c ; lb., 60c. ; 25 lbs. by express, $10.00. 



