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W. F. Allen’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
NEW EDEN GEM. —This new canta¬ 
loupe is one of the very best market varie¬ 
ties to he had. It was originally selected 
from Rocky Ford, but has been selected and 
improved until it is entirely distinct and far 
superior to that popular old variety. The 
size is the same, but averages better in qual¬ 
ity and is much firmer, thereby standing 
shipment and handling with less than half 
the lossage sustained in handling and ship¬ 
ping Rocky Ford. It makes a larger yield of 
marketable melons. The “New Eden Gem” 
has very slight creases and is densely netted 
all over, making a very beautiful and valu¬ 
able cantaloupe either for market or home 
use. You will make no mistake in planting 
the NEW EDEN GEM, whether you plant a 
few hills in your garden for home use or a 
hundred-acre field for market. The seed I 
am offering of this variety are all of my own 
growing and were saved from selected mel¬ 
ons from healthy vines in a field where there 
was no blight. So sure am I that this seed 
will please you that I will refund every dol¬ 
lar paid me for this seed should it give you 
cause to be dissatisfied or should you be able 
to buy seed elsewhere at any price that when 
planted and cultivated under the same con¬ 
ditions will give you better results. Pkt., 
5c.; oz., 10c. ; quarter lb.. 30c.; lb., $1.00. 
By express, 5 lbs., $4.50 ; 25 lbs., $20.00. 
BREAKFAST LUXURY.— About the size of 
Early Hackensack, and is all that its name implies. It 
is indeed a luxury and one that any lover of canta¬ 
loupes can enjoy. The vine is very strong and healthy 
and bears abundant crops of luscious green-fleshed 
melons that make your mouth water for the second 
piece. Can be shipped in barrels and bring good 
prices. Those who have an appreciative local market 
and are first to get the BREAKFAST LUXURY will 
have a bonanza. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c.; quarter lb., 
60c.; lb., $2.00. 
MODEL. —This would remind you of a big, over¬ 
grown Rocky Ford, being about twice the size of that 
variety. It originated in South Jersey, and its sweet, 
melting green flesh will satisfy the most discriminating 
customer. In delicacy and flavor it is unexcelled. It 
sells freely at top prices when others beg for buyers. 
Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c. ; quarter lb., 50c.; lb., $1.50. 
EMERALD GEM. —This variety has vigorous 
and hardy vines; the flesh is salmon-.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 the market. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; 
quarter lb., 25c.; lb., 80c. 
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 also considered a good shipping 
melon. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c.; quarter lb., 25c.; lb., 80c. 
PAUL ROSE. OR PETOSKEY.— This extra 
fine salmon-colored melon is a hybrid between Osage 
and Netted Gem. It is, however, larger than Osage, 
with thicker flesh. It is of the Netted Gem and Rocky 
Ford family, being smaller in size, slightly elongated 
in shape and of highest flavor. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; 
quarter lb., 30c. ; lb., $1.00. 
JERSEY BELLE. —Somewhat like Jenny Lind, 
not so early, but larger. The melons are flat, heavily 
ribbed, coarsely netted. It has a green flesh and very 
fine quality, and altogether is a very desirable melon. 
Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; quarter lb., 30c.; lb., $1.00. 
HOODOO. An ideal yellow fleshed melon. Average 
size, lbs, packs uniform in crates and baskets: flesh 
very thick and firm; excellent keeper and shipper: seed 
cavity small with few seeds; flavor very sweet: heavily 
netted. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; k lb. $1.00; lb. $3.00. Finest 
selected stock. 
WATERMELONS. 
This is another of my specialties, which I grow in 
large quantities for market. I shall plant this year 
60 acres for market, from which I expect to ship at 
least 50 cars. My seed are grown especially for me in 
Florida and are very fine. In comparing prices please 
do not overlook the fact that my seed are Florida- 
grown, as Western seed are much cheaper. If there 
are any of my customers who want Western seed, I 
can supply them of most varieties at one-third off 
prices which I quote for Florida seed. 
large, oval, very heavy, uniformly mottled, light, and 
very light green ; rind thin but firm ; flesh bright red, 
firm, solid, but very tender, melting and sweet. Fruit 
remains in condition for use longer than most other 
sorts. 1 grew quite a few of this variety the past 
season and know that is is very fine. I shipped a few 
to Boston which sold for $27 a hundred, and the parties 
that bought them were anxious for more. It is indeed 
of large size and very fine quality. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; 
quarter lb., 20c.; lb., 60c.; 25 lbs. by express, $10.00. 
SUCCESS. —Rightly named, as it carries “success” 
with it wherever it goes. This is the variety that 
attracted so much attention at the Jamestown Exposi¬ 
tion last summer and was considered by many to be 
one of the best horticultural attractions. Those who 
plant it want it again, and those who see it over at 
Neighbor Do-well’s all want it next year. The first 20 
cars I shipped this year were each loaded with less 
than 900 melons, averaging about 40 lbs. to the melon, 
with plenty of 60 to 65-lb. specimens. It is enor¬ 
mously productive, verj* large, with rich dark green 
skin. It ships as well as Kolb Gem and others of that 
class, and has what they do not—that is, fine quality. 
Its shipping qualities are phenomenal, scarcely any 
other melon equaling it in tough skin and rind. While 
it has rapidly become one of the leading melons for 
market, it is one of the best all-around melons in exist¬ 
ence, and for the family garden it is also without a 
peer. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c.; quarter lb., 30c.; lb., $1.00; 
25 lbs. by express, $20.00. 
SWEETHEART. — Magnificent new shipping 
melon of uniformly large size and fine qualities; vine 
vigorous and productive, ripening its fruit early; fruit 
DARK RIND KOLB GEM, OR ICEBERG 
(sometimes called yellow-bellied Kolb Gem).—This 
may be described as being very superior to the old 
Kolb Gem variety. It somewhat resembles the old 
variety in size and appearance, but is darker in color 
both outside and inside. Where it rests upon the 
ground it is yellow, while the Kolb Gem is white. The 
shape is oblong to nearly round; the rind is thin but 
very tough, and melons bear shipping and handling 
better than most other varieties. In this section it is 
more largely grown than any other on account of its 
excellent shipping qualities. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; quar¬ 
ter lb., 20c.; lb., 60c.; 25 lbs. by express, $20.00. 
THREE FOLD. —This is a new variety of su¬ 
perior duality. The melons are uniform and long; 
vines of strong, vigorous growth, and produce enor¬ 
mous crops of richly-flavored melons. The skin, while 
thin, is very tough, of a leathery make, which insures 
finest shipping qualities. The flesh is richly colored, 
being of a deep blood red. This new variety should 
supersede many of the popular shipping varieties on 
account of its superior quality. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; 
quarter lb., 20c. ; lb., 60c.; 25 lbs. by express, $10.00. 
