JEROME B. RICE SEED COMPANY, CAMBRIDGE, N. Y. 
MUSK MELON 
CANTALOUPE 
Culture .— A rich, deep sandy loam, well worked and highly manured with old rotten compost, is of the first 
importance. Plant when all danger of frost is over, in hills 5 to 6 feet apart each way; scatter a dozen seeds to a hill, 
and after they are out of danger from bugs, thin to three or four plants. When they have four or five rough leaves 
pinch off the end of the main shoot, which will cause the lateral branches to put forth sooner. This will strengthen 
the growth of the vines, and the fruit will come earlier to maturity. 
One ounce will plant about 80 hills; 3 pounds to one acre in hills 
Sugar Rock 
FIVE EXCELLENT MUSK MELONS 
SUGAR, OR HONEY ROCK 
Becoming very popular in the central West. A medium size melon, round in form, of gray-green color, fairly 
covered with a heavy coarse netting; flesh deep salmon, very sweet and of high quality. 
BENDER’S SURPRISE 
A very popular, adaptable variety of the Surprise type being a close kin of Irondequoit and Tip Top, but with a 
quality far superior; it is more oblong, more full and rounded at the ends. The skin when ripe is light greenish- 
yellow; flesh a very deep salmon. While originally grown only in the market districts of northern New York, it is 
now one of the leading melons in Canada and successfully grown in a large way as far north as Minneapolis. 
Strongly recommended for either home or market garden. 
EXTRA EARLY KNIGHT 
The earliest high quality melon and especially adapted for 
growing in the far North. A medium sized variety with oblong 
fruit distinctly ribbed and well covered with a close gray netting; 
skin deep green, turning to golden at maturity; flesh fairly thick 
exceedingly sweet and of a bright green color. Worthy of a place 
in every garden. 
EMERALD GEM 
Unquestionably one of the best and earliest melons for home gar¬ 
den and local markets and in our opinion the best for quality; of 
medium size, a flattened globe in form, irregularly and distinctly 
ribbed and lightly netted; color deep emerald green; flesh very 
thick, sweet and of rich salmon color; seed cavity exceedingly 
small. 
HEARTS OF GOLD 
An improved type of the Hoodoo, being somewhat larger and 
slightly more oblong. A most excellent, small, mid-season var¬ 
iety; fruit round, with tendency to heartshape, distinctly ribbed 
and densely covered with a fine gray netting. Flesh very thick, of 
splendid quality and rich orange color; ripens thoroughly to the 
rind and has a very small seed cavity. 
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Emerald Gem 
