W. F. ALLEN’S PLANT AND SEED CATALOGUE. 
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er than any I have ever seen 
which always indicates 
quality; notwithstanding 
the past season was a very 
unfavorable one owing to 
frequent big rains, the 
quality of this new canta¬ 
loupe was good all through 
the season; it is a green 
flesh variety and is very 
sweet and tempting; the 
vines are vigorous and 
hardy, and with me have 
proven to be entirely free 
from rust. The size is 
slightly larger than Rocky 
Ford. I believe when this 
variety becomes thoroughly 
known it will be one of the 
leading market sorts. If 
you have a fancy local mar¬ 
ket you are sure to find this 
the best selling variety that 
you can grow. I will pay 
Five Dollars in Gold to the 
person reporting the most 
profitable acre of Allen’s 
First Choice cantaloupes 
grown from seed bought 
of me this spring. Pkt. 10c.; 
oz.30c.; quarter-pound $1.00; 
pound $3.00. 
EMERALD GEM-This 
variety has a vigorous and 
hardy vines; he flesh is sal¬ 
mon colored, thick and firm, 
ripening almost to the rind 
and of the richest and best 
flavor ; the skin is smooth 
and of a deep emerald green 
color ; this beautiful small 
melon is early and prolific, 
and a very popular variety either for home use or for market. 
Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; quarter-pound 30c.; pound $1.00. 
EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK.-This is a round melon 
flattened at the ends 
and well ribbed ; the 
skin is netted, and 
the flesh which is 
green, is rich and 
sugary; the vines 
make good strong 
growth and bear 
abundantly; it is al¬ 
so considered a good 
shipping melon. This 
is a production of the 
old Hackensack; the 
new form is ten days 
earlier and is almost 
of equal size, the 
melons weighing 
from five to ten 
pounds each ; in 
shape and color it is 
eably Hackensack M 08 K melon. similar to the parent, 
the main difference 
being in point of earliness, which is sufficient to commend 
it to market gardeners. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; quarter-pound 30c.; 
pound $1.00. 
TRUE ROCKY FORD. — (Burpee’s Netted Gem.) It has 
come to be’a well-known fact that W. F. Allen grows more 
ALLEN’S FIRST CHOICE. 
cantaloupes than any other one grower in all that vast terri¬ 
tory east of the Mississippi River and north of Georgia, about 
three carloads daily being shipped through the season. In 
New York and Boston fancy dealers begin to inquire for 
Allen’s cantaloupes several weeks befor the season opens. In 
growing this quantity of cantaloupes it is worth much to have 
the truest type of uniform size and highest quality, with the 
surface completely and densely netted. With all this in view 
my seed are selected. All seed are saved from thoroughly 
matured cantaloupes that ripen on the vines. The seed that 
I am offering is the same exactly that I use for my own plant¬ 
ing and I have never been able to buy any as true or as good. 
Neighboring growers willingly pay $1.00 per lb. for my seed 
sooner than buy on the market at 30 or 35c. Some of the 
largest growers in Georgia secure their seed from me at $1.00 
per pound sooner than take chances elsewhere. See illustra¬ 
tion on last cover page. This is a true photograph of an aver¬ 
age specimen grown in 1905 of Allen’s famous Rocky Ford. 
Notice the perfect netting. Price of extra selected seed saved 
only from well matured extra rough cantaloupes. Pkt. 5c.; 
oz. 10c.; quarter-pound 25c.; pound 75c. 
PAUL ROSE OR PETOSKEY.—This extra find salmon 
colored melon is a hybrid between Osage and Netted Gem. It 
is however, larger than Osage Gem with thicker flesh ; it is 
the thickest fleshed yellow or salmon colored melon within my 
knowledge ; it is of the Netted Gem and Rocky Ford family, 
being smaller in size, slightly elongated in shape and of high¬ 
est flavor; notwithstanding its thin rind, it has a good shape ; 
grows very uniform and handsome. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; quart¬ 
er-pound 30c.: pound $1.00. 
MELON-WATER. 
MONTE CRISTO OR KLECK= 
LEY SWEET.—This melon aver¬ 
ages eighteen to twenty inches in 
length and ten to twelve inches in 
diameter; of handsome appearance 
and most uniformly superior qual¬ 
ity. While the skin of this splen¬ 
did variety is too tender to admit 
of its being shipped any great dis¬ 
tance, it is the finest in quality of 
all water melons, and most desir¬ 
able for home use or near by mark¬ 
et. Fruits oblong in form, of 
large size, with dark green skin; 
very thin rind which is quite brittle, 
splitting ahead of .the knife when 
a full ripe melon is cut; flesh is 
bright scarlet with broad solid 
heart; the white seeds are placed 
close to the rind ; the flesh is crisp 
and sugary and melting in the high¬ 
est degree. It ripens quite early, 
and is considered the most desir¬ 
able for the home garden. Pkt. 5c.; 
oz. 10c. ; quarter-pound20c..; pound 
LECKLEY SWEEfgj 
^"MnNTFCRlSTQ 
50c. 
