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



207 Seventh St., N. W., 

 Opposite Centre Matfcet 



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. 



Mann's Surprise Cantaloupe 



(SPECIALTY, see page 3.) 



This melon is becoming more popular every 

 year among the market gardeners. Packet 

 15c; ounce 50c; % pound $1.75; pound $3.25. 



Early Knight Cantaloupe 



A splendid early Cantaloupe of superb 

 quality, and at the same time makes an 

 excellent market or shipping melon. 



Its earliness, productiveness, uniformity in 

 shape and appearance and fine table quali- 

 ties 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 attrac- 

 tive, salable melon. Thick, green flesh, shad- 

 ing to orange at center ; well netted. Packet 

 10c; ounce 15c; Ya 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; 

 Ya pound 50c; pound $1.75. 



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. 

 Pkt. 10c; ounce 15c; Ya pound 35c; pound $1.00. 



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; Ya 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 



Cantaloupe or Muskmelon 



Early Knight. 



Bottomly Muskmelons. 



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

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

 pound $1.50. 



Bottomly — Is planted exclusively by the foremost 

 cantaloupe growers of Anne Arundel County, 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; Ya pound 60c; pound $2.00. 



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 15c; 

 Ya pound 50c; pound $1.50. 



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

 Melon is considered the best of the salmon fleshed 

 Rocky Fords. Is the most reliable and best cropper, 

 thriving on most any 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. Pkt. 

 10c; ounce 15c; Y\ 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 yellow. The vines are healthy and strong 

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

 ting fruit to end of vine throuerhout the season. 

 Pkt. 10c; ounce 15c; Ya, pound 50c; pound $1.50. 



Hearts of Gold — A splendid market or shipping 

 variety; fruit round with tendency to heart-shape, 

 slightly ribbed and covered with a fine netting; 

 flesh very thick, deep salmon color and of high 

 quality. Packet 10c; ounce 15c; Ya pound 50c; 

 pound $1.75. 



