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



207 Seventh St.. N. W., 

 Opposite Centre Market 



Cantaloupe or Muskmelon 



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. 



EARLY KNIGHT 



A splendid early Cantaloupe of superb 

 quality, and at the same time makes an 

 excellent market or shipping melon. 



This new cantaloupe gave the very best 

 results and satisfaction to our customers the 

 past season. Its earliness, productiveness, 

 uniformity in shape and appearance and fine 

 table qualities easily place it in the first 

 class both for home use and market. It ma- 

 tures about a week earlier than the regular 

 Rock}^ Ford, is larger in size, and makes a 

 most attractive and salable melon. It has 

 thick, green flesh, shading to orange at the 

 center, and well netted. Packet 10c ; ounce 

 15c; J4 pound 50c; pound $1.50. 



Sweet Air — It is the sweetest, finest flavored, 

 juiciest and best melon ever offered. It is a little 

 larger than the Rocky Ford, well netted, thick green 

 flesh, small seed cavity. Packet 10c; ounce 15c; 

 % pound 50c; pound $1.50. 



Rocky Ford Netted Gem — Our stock is specially 

 grown for us in the famous Rocky Ford melon dis- 

 trict, and is a particularly valuable strain for ship- 

 pers. It is uniform in size, thickly netted, distinctly 

 ribbed, firm-fleshed and of most delicious flavor. 

 Packet 10c; ounce 15c; J4 pound 40c; pound $1.25. 



Honey Dew — The delicious honeylike flavor of 

 this new melon has met with instantaneous public 

 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 10c; ounce 15c; % pound 50c; 

 pound $1.50. 



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 





Salmon-Tint Pollock No. 10-25. 



Bottomly Maskmelona. 



green, ribbed, but not netted. One of the best for 

 home use. Packet 10c; ounce 15c; l4 pound 50c; 

 pound $1.50. 



Bottomly — Is planted exclusively by the foremost 

 cantaloupe growers of Anne Arundel ODunty, in 

 connection with the now famous Knight, maturing 

 about 10 days later. The most exacting will be 

 satisfied by the delicious quality while its appear- 

 ance exhibits all the refinement of form, color and 

 netting so necessary to a good melon. Packet 10c ; 

 ounce 15c; % pound 50c; pound $1.50. 



Tip Top — For splendid eating qualities this melon 

 is certainly rightly named, for it is one of the most 

 delicious flavored and finest table melons in exist- 

 ence. 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 10c; ounce 20c; 

 54 pound 60c ; pound $2.00. 



Pollick's No. 10-25 (Salmon Flesh)— This Musk 

 Alelon is considered the best of the salmon fleshed 

 Rocky Fords. Is the most reliable and best cropper, 

 thriving on most anj- soil, producing ripe melons in 

 about 70 days. The fruits are of great uniformity 

 in size and shape, with well developed gray netting, 

 closely laced and covering the entire surface. The 

 rich salmon flesh is very deep, solid, of a luscious, 

 sweet flavor and ripens clear to the rind. Packet 

 10c; ounce 15c; % pound 50c; pound $1.50. 



Fordhook Musk Melon — Very thick, orange-yel- 

 low flesh, small seed cavity, and comparatively few 

 seeds. The flesh is solid and of very fine flavor, 

 staying solid and firm after the melon has become 

 quite jiellow. The vines are healthy and strong 

 growers, setting fruit close to hill, and keep on set- 

 ting fruit to end of vine throughout the season. 

 They are well ribbed and heavily netted. Equally 

 good for home garden or market. Packet 10c ; 

 ounce 20c; % pound 40c; pound $1.25. 



