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P. MANN & CO., WASHINGTON, D. C.. 
MUSKMELON, or CANTALOUPE 
One ounce will plant about 50 hills. 2 or 3 pounds in hill per acre. 
Culture.—Plant seed in hills 5 to 6 feet apart each way, 8 to Io 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 Muskmelons 
is affected very much by weather conditions. 
Acme or Baltimore Cantaloupe.—Has a beau- | Burrell’s Gem.—Originated in Rocky Ford, 
tiful, heavily netted green skin; good size, in Colo., the home of the celebrated Rocky Ford 
shape a desirable and distinct oval, and slight- | Melons. This is very similar to Rocky Ford, 
ly ribbed; flesh thick, green, very finely flavor- excepting it has a yellow or salmon-colored 
ed, smooth and sweet; very productive, and flesh instead of the green flesh. It grows to 
never bursts open at blossom end. Packet, 5c. a very desirable size, is closely netted, slightly 
Ounce, 10c. % pound, 30c. Pound, 865c. ribbed, with a dark green skin. The flavor is 
all that can be desired; very rich, sweet and 
Extra Early Hackensack.—It produces mel- tender. This Melon is an excellent shipper 
ons equally as large and with all the good and one of the best yellow-fleshed varieties. 
qualities of the well-known Hackensack, but Packet, 5c. Ounce, toc. 4 pound, 30c. Pound, 
two weeks earlier; heavily netted, and has $1.00. 
light-green flesh of delici- em The Paul Rose, or Pe- 
toskey.—It is a cross be- 
tween the Osage and Net- 
ted Gem, and combines 
the best features of the 
originals. “The ~ frait™4s 
oval, medium size, dark 
exterior, thickly netted; 
with rich salmon flesh, so 
thick as to nearly close 
the seed cavity. Packet, 5c. 
Ounce, 10c. %4 pound, 25c. 
Pound, 85c. 
ous flavor. Packet, -5c. 
Ounce, 10c. 4 pound, 25c. 
Pound, 75c. 
Rocky Ford Netted 
Gem.—Our stock is speci- 
ally grown for us in the 
famous Rocky Ford melon 
district, and is a particu- 
larly valuable strain ~ for 
shippers. It is uniform in 
size, thickly netted, dis- 
tinctly ribbed, firm-fleshed 
and of most. delicious 
flavor. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 
toc. 4 pound, 25c. Pound, 
65c. 
Emerald Gem.—Medium 
Tip Top.—For splendid 
eating qualities this melon 
is certainly rightly named, 
for it is one of the most 
size, nearly round; flesh a © deliciously flavored - and 
delicate light salmon EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK. finest table melons in ex- 
color, very thick, fine istence. It grows to a 
grained, and of most excellent flavor. The rind | large size, has thick orange flesh and is sweet, 
is thin, dark green, ribbed, but not netted. juicy and of the finest flavor even close to the 
One of the best for home use. Packet, 5c. rind. Packet, 5c. Ounce, toc. ™% pound, 40c. 
Ounce, Ioc. % pound, 30c. Pound, $1.00. Pound, $1.25. 
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ACME OR BALTIMORE CANTALOUPE. 
