WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 
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Muskmelon 
CANTALOUPE 
We are extensive producers of both Musk and Water Melon seed, 
growing the stock seed under expert supervision on our breeding 
plots at Rocky Ford, Colorado. No better, more true to type stocks 
are obtainable. A trial order will convince. 
Bender's Surprise 
The most adaptable Melon, succeeding everywhere 
Tel. 
Cipher 
Banana Cantaloupe . Meager 
Shaped somewhat as name indicates; grows about 2*4 feet long; flesh 
deep salmon color and has a sweet mild flavor. 
Bender’s Surprise (The Bender Melon).Meanor 
A very popular variety in the east, particularly around Albany, N. Y. A 
selection from Surprise and a close kin to Irondequoit, differing from 
that variety in being slightly earlier, more oblong, fuller and more round¬ 
ed at the ends and not quite as well netted; skin light greenish-yellow 
when ripe. A very delicious, large, salmon-fleshed melon with superior 
shipping and keeping qualities. 
Burrell’s Gem. (Ordway Pink Meat).Meander 
An excellent melon of the Netted Gem type; somewhat later than that 
variety and a fourth larger; fruit oblong, distinctly but not deeply ribbed 
and well netted; flesh deep salmon, of fine quality. 
Defender . * . Meanness 
Quite identical with Burrell’s Gem; medium size, oval shaped, ribbed and 
well netted; flesh deep salmon and of fine flavor. 
