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



CANTALOUPE or MUSK MELON 



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. -rr • , . 



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KNIGHT -r^^'J ^^ ^ ^''"^"m. .--■ Cantaloupe. 



f% CANTALOUPE 



A splendid early Cantaloupe 

 of superb quality, and at 

 the same time makes an 

 excellent market or ship- 

 ping melon. 

 This new cantaloupe gave 



the very best results and 



satisfaction to our customers 



the past season. Its earli- 



n e s s, productiveness, uni- 

 formity in shape and ap- \ 



pearance and fine table 



qualities 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 attractive and salable 



melon. It has thick, green 



flesh, shading to orange at 



the center. The fruits are 



oblong in shape, well ripened and well netted. 



Pkt., 5c. Ounce, 15c. 54 pound, 40c. Pound, $1.50, 

 SWEET AIR. — We know from what we have seen 



of this melon for the past five seasons that we can- 

 not speak too highly of this melon. It is the sweet- 

 est, finest flavored, juicest and best melon ever of- 

 fered. It is a little larger than the Rocky Fard, 



well netted, thick green flesh, small seed cavity. 



When the other standard sorts have been flat to the 



taste this has been perfect in sweetness. Packet, 5c. 



Ounce, 20c. ^ pound, 60c. Pound, S2.00. 



Salmon-Tint Pollock No. 25. 



SALMON -FLESHED MUSK MELONS 

 FORDHOOK MUSK MELON. — Very thick, 

 orange-yellow flesh, small seed cavity, and compara- 

 tively 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 setting fruit to end of vine throughout the sea- 

 son. They are well ribbed and heavily netted. 



Equally good for home garden or market. Packet, 

 5c. Ounce, 15c. 54 pound, 35c. Pound, $1.25. 



SALMON-TINT POLLOCK No. 25.— This is an 

 earl}' melon of the solid netted type that is so de- 

 sirable. Very small seed cavity, with thick, luscious 

 flesh of genuine salmon tint shading to green near 

 the rind. A splendid keeper that stands shipping 

 and always arrives in the best possible condition. 

 It has been successful in the East, in the West, and 

 in the South. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. ^ pound, 

 40c. Pound, $1.50. 



ROCKY FORD NETTED GEM.— Our stock is 

 specially grown for us in the famous Rocky Ford 

 melon district, and is a particularly valuable strain 

 far shippers. It is uniform in size, thickly netted, 

 distinctly ribbed, firm-fleshed and of most delicious 

 flavor. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 10c. ^ pound, 35c. 

 Pound, $1.00. 



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 green, ribbed, but not netted. One of 

 the best for home use. Packet 5c. Ounce, 10c. 

 ^ pound, 35c. Pound, $1.00. 



HONEY DEW.— The delicious honeylike flavor 

 of this new melon has met with instantaneous pub- 

 lic 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, 5c. Ounce, 20c. Y^ pound, 60c. 

 Pound, $2.00. 



T I P T O P.— For splendid eating qualities this 

 melon is certainly rightly named, for it is one of 

 the most delicious flavored and finest table melons 

 in existence. 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, 5c. Ounce, 

 15c. ^ pound, 35c. Pound, $1.25. 



