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JEROME B. RICE SEED CO., CAMBRIDGE, N. Y 
MUSKMELON — Continued 
New Delicious 
Delicious .Meanople 
Best described as an early strain of the famous Bender melon and while 
a trifle smaller in size, possesses all the good qualities of its parent. Not 
to be confused with a green-fleshed variety bearing a similar name. Pop¬ 
ular for home markets. 
Eden Gem (Gold-lined Rocky Ford).Meantime 
A round type of Rocky Ford; entirely covered with fine netting and with¬ 
out ribs, flesh green, tinted yellow at center; quality excellent. 
Emerald Gem . Measles 
A splendid early variety, coming in just ahead of Rocky Ford; fruits deep 
emerald green in color, globular or slightly flattened, irregularly and dis¬ 
tinctly ribbed and lightly netted; flesh very thick, sweet and of a deep, 
rich salmon color, having an exceedingly small seed cavity. One of the 
best melons for the home garden and local market, but it is not a shipper. 
Extra Early Knight (Sweet Air).Measly 
An extremely early medium sized melon of the Acme type. Fruit oblong, 
showing the neck tendency of its parent; skin deep green, turning to 
golden at maturity, well covered with a close gray netting and distinctly 
ribbed; flesh fairly thick and very sweet; color medium green blending to 
light pink near the center. The earliest high quality melon and a good 
shipper. 
Extra Early Osage.Measure 
A week to ten days earlier than the old type Osage, and nearly as large; 
flesh very thick, salmon colored and of high quality. Form, color and 
general appearance similar to Osage. One of the very best melons we 
grow. 
Fordhook . Medal 
A medium sized melon; round, much flattened at the ends, decidedly 
ribbed and fairly netted; skin deep emerald green; flesh thick orange- 
yellow in color and of excellent quality. 
Golden Honeymoon (New).Meday 
A great improvement over the original Honey Dew. Fruits very attractive. 
The skin has a rich velvety, golden color, which sells the melon on sight. 
Earlier than Honey Dew by two weeks and slightly smaller in size, it 
should be grown successfully in the East. Vines said to be disease re¬ 
sistant. Very productive, flesh green, ripens clear to the rind and is very 
sweet. We consider it a valuable addition to the melon list. Our Melon 
expert, Mr. George H. Nieman, paid the originator $1,000.00 for the first 
original half acre so that we own and control all of the originator’s stock 
seed. 
Hackensack (Turk’s Cap).Meddle 
Fruit large, round, flattened at the ends, deeply and irregularly ribbed, 
coarsely and heavily netted; flesh green, thick and of fine quality. 
Hackensack, Extra Early Improved.Medial 
An early selection from the old Hackensack, maturing from a week to ten 
days earlier; somewhat smaller and not so deeply ribbed, but otherwise 
similar to the old type. 
