MUSK MELON — Continued 
Forcing Varieties 
NOVELTY 
Earl’s Favourite 
Melon ( see Photo- 
graph ). — This fine melon has 
been pronounced by experts as 
the finest green-fleshed variety 
grown. It is a strong grower, a 
free setter, and the fruit is large 
and beautifully netted, whilst the 
flavour is conceded by judges of 
this luscious fruit to be the best 
possible. Price, .75 per plct. 
I ~ NOVELTY I Carters Delica- 
1 1 tesse.— 1 his superb 
new melon was sent out by 
us in 1912. From all quarters 
we have received most favour- 
able reports remarking on the 
excellent constitution of the plant 
and the delicious flavour of its 
freely produced and handsomely 
netted fruits. Price, .75 per pkt. 
Per pkt. 
Hero of Lockinge. — Pale flesh . . .30 
Ingestre Hybrid. — White flesh . . .25 
Little Heath. — Hardy, scarlet flesh .26 
Syon House Perfection. — Green flesh .26 
GARDEN VARIETIES 
Improved Rockyford or Colorado. 
— An oblong, second early sort, 
very popular. The melons aver- 
age about five inches in length, 
are of a delicious flavour, with a 
light-green flesh. 
Price, .10 per pkt.; .20 per oz. ; 
.70 per }/± lb. 
Earl’s Favourite Melon 
Emerald Gem. — An extra early sort. In shape it is round, with a salmon-coloured flesh and an excep- 
tionally fine flavour. The exterior is a dark green. 
Price, .10 per pkt. ; .25 per oz. ; .85 per }/i lb. 
Miller’s Cream or Osage. — Fruit round and large, with a green, netted skin. Salmon flesh. Very tasty- 
Price, .10 per pkt.; .25 per oz.; .90 per % lb. 
Extra Early Hackensack. — Flesh green, very sweet, large size. 
Price, .10 per pkt.; .20 per oz.; .70 per lb. 
Early Green Nutmeg. — A large, early sort. Very popular. 
Price, .10 per pkt. ; .20 per oz. ; .70 per lb. 
Montreal Nutmeg. 1 he largest nutmeg sort grown. A fine melon for either exhibition or home use. 
Price, .10 per pkt. ; .20 per oz. ; .70 per lb. 
Cultivation of Musk Melon. — Melons succeed the best in a light, rich, sandy soil. Seed should be planted about the 
first week in May. Plant in hills about 5 or 6 feet apart each way for Musk Melon, and 8 to 10 feet apart each way for 
Water Melon. Each hill should have at least a peck of well-rotted manure mixed thoroughly with the soil previous to the 
planting. Plant 10 seeds to. the hill, and when the plants have made a good showing thin out to 3 or 4 of the best plants 
to the hill. One ounce of seed will plant fifty hills; two to three pounds of seed in hills to the acre. 
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