Plant Tail’s Thoroughbred Seeds 
MUSKMELONS 
(Cucumis Melo.) 
Melon-Muscade. Melone. Popone. Muscate. 
SALMON FLESHED VARIETIES 
Hale’s Best Muskmelon 
CULTURE.—1 ounce is sufficient for a row of 100 feet planted in hills; 
3 pounds will plant an acre twice, more or less replanting being usually 
necessary. The melon delights in warm, rich soil with perfect drainage, 
and they can never be grown to perfection under unfavorable conditions. 
Very good melons, however, can be grown on almost any land if the 
trouble is taken to dig holes 2 feet square, filling them with a rich compost 
of wood-mould and cow-pen manure. Plant % of an inch deep from April 
to June in rows 6 feet apart, leaving not less than 4 feet between the hills, 
putting about 10 seed to the hill. As insects are often very destructive, it is 
best not to thin at all until the plants are well started. When they are large 
enough to be safe, thin to two in a hill, and keep the ground mellow and free 
from weeds. Spraying is absolutely necessary for best results, and neglect 
of this means either total loss of the crop or inferior quality in what fruit 
is made. 
HonCV Rock known as “Sugar Rock.” An unusually fine melon, 
-£_sweet as honey, and solid as a rock. The fiesh is of deep 
orange-salmon color out to the very rind, and of delicious flavor. It is nearly 
round, of medium size, and the heavy coarse outstanding netting on a grayish 
green background gives it a most unique and attractive appearance. It ma¬ 
tures a little later than Hale’s Best. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., ^ lb. 35 cts., 
lb. $1.25. Postpaid. 
Tait’s Thoroughbred Ideal idei! 
is early, of medium size, attractive as to the exterior, bright salmon fleshed, 
richly crystalline in grain, deliciously sweet, and absolutely unique in flavor. 
An irregular percentage of the melons will sometimes show green flesh. 
Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., ^ lb. 35 cts., 1 lb. $1.25. Postpaid. 
HhIc’s Rest earliest deep salmon fiesh melon, and a splendid 
X shipping variety. It is nearly round, of medium size, 
and so densely covered with netting as to be almost devoid of ribbing. 
The flesh is thick, fine grained, and of splendid quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 
10 cts., M lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.15. Postpaid. 
Perfected Perfecto improvement on Edward’s Perfecto, and one 
^ ^ of the best early deep salmon fleshed melons. 
Nearly spherical in shape, solidly netted, and outstanding for its thickness 
of flesh and excellent quality. Splendid for family use. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 
10 cts., M lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.15. Postpaid. 
TToQvfc nf rilnirl A splendid mid-season variety developed from the 
JlCdriti Ul VjUlU ..Hoodoo.” It is a little larger than that variety, 
Perfected Perfecto Muskmelon 
Tip Tup Muskmelon 
and more uniform in shape. The flesh is a deep orange salmon color, and of 
splendid quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.15. Postpaid. 
Tin Tod ^ rather large, medium early variety with distinct ribs. The skin 
^ is pale green, slightly netted, and turns to lemon color at ma¬ 
turity. The flesh is a rich orange salmon color, and very sweet and juicy. 
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. Postpaid. 
TTYfi*?! TT.Jiylv OciicA An oval medium size melon with dark green 
slightly ribbed with shallow netting. The 
flesh is orange colored, sweet and spicy. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 14 lb. 30 cts., 
lb. $1.00. Postpaid. 
TTmpmlH Optm A medium size early round melon slightly flattened at 
ncxaiu vjc both ends. The skin is emerald green, slightly netted. 
The orange colored flesh is remarkably thick, and very sweet. Pkt. 5 cts., 
oz. 10 cts., 14 lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. Postpaid. 
Ra.n3.n3. variety is nearly two feet long when well grown, 
****** and the light yellow skin is entirely without netting or ribs. 
The orange salmon flesh, while sometimes finely flavored, is generally of 
indifferent quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 14 lb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25. Postpaid. 
FOR EABI.Y UEI.ONS USE HOTKAFS. (See page 84.) 
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