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EL PASO SEED COMPANY, EL PASO, TEXAS 
Cantaloupe 
Prepare a deep, finely pulverized and well 
settled seed bed. Plant 10 to 12 seeds to the hill, 
close together, if the soil is inclined to crust, as 
one plant will help the other raise the crust, and 
the strongest should be left in thinning. Cover 
the seed about 2 inches deep. If hills 4 feet each 
way, thin to one plant to the hill ; if 6 feet each 
way, thin to two plants to the 
hill. 
Cultivate frequently, deep, 
away from the plants, but shal¬ 
low close to them. When hoe¬ 
ing, remove the crust from 
around the plants and replace 
with fine, loose soil. 
If under irrigation, they 
should be watered regularly 
about every 2 weeks and the 
watering continued through the 
ripening season to keep the 
vines thrifty. Many do not irri¬ 
gate during the ripening sea¬ 
son, with the result that after 
a couple of weeks the Melons 
ripen prematurely and are of 
poor quality. 
“Perfecto” Orange 
ripch No. 1 Seed. Orange flesh. 
■ ■''®**This variety is recognized 
as the highest development in canta¬ 
loupes and is especially recommended for planting 
where melons are inclined to rust as it is more rust 
resistant than most sorts. Well grown, practically 
all these melons pack 12 to th e jumbo flat crate. 
The netting is well developed and closely laced, 
covering the entire melon “solid net.” The inter¬ 
stices between the netting are small and bright 
green changing to orange green when full ripe. 
The flesh, a rich orange-salmon, is very deep and 
the color shows through the rind where the melon 
touches the ground a day or two before the melon 
will slip, enabling the careful picker to pick very 
closely and accurately. The quality is unexcelled. 
The flesh is fine grained, very sweet and spicy. 
Market growers now plant thousands of acres to 
Perfecto cantaloupes. Postpaid, pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; 
V 4 lb., 50c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00. 
Improved Hale’s Best Early Cantaloupe. 
E. P. S. Co.’s Perfecto Orange Flesh Cantaloupe. 
Pollock’s Salmon-Tinted 
< OE The me l° ns run very uniform in size, 
™ and the exceptionally heavy netting is 
laced and interlaced over the entire surface, mak¬ 
ing it an ideal shipper. The flesh is green, shading 
to salmon about the seed cavity, which is unusually 
small. The meat is solid and fine-grained, flavor 
unexcelled. Postpaid, pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; % lb., 50c; 
lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00. 
Improved Burrell’s Gem 
Has established itself as a standard melon. It is 
one of the largest yielders. The shipper calls for 
it because it is solid and carries well in transit. 
The consumer wants it because of its excellent fla¬ 
vor. The growers all want our seed because we 
have the best strain. Postpaid, pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; 
%, lb., 40c; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.50; 10 lbs., $10.00. 
Imp. Hale’s Best Early 
all Rocky Ford Cantaloupes. It is prolific, and 
usually the first setting of the fruit is very heavy, 
mostly ripening at the same time. It 
is of fine shape and size, and inclined 
to run to solid quality. Where early 
melons are an object, or for dry local¬ 
ities, or under irrigation, this is the 
most valuable cantaloupe. Postpaid, 
pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; y 4 lb., 50c; lb., 
$1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00. 
Baby Persian Melon 
Large, extremely netted, without 
ridges, thick yellow flesh of delightful 
flavor. A good keeper and a good 
shipper. It should be picked while yet 
quite solid. When properly picked 
they are ready for the table within six 
to ten days. Average weight 6 lbs. 
Edible in 102 days. Postpaid, pkt., 5c; 
oz,. 40c; % lb., $1.35; lb., $4.00. 
