Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Wholesale Seed Growers, Cambridge, N. Y. 
MUSKMELON 
or CANTALOUPE 
W e are extensive producers of Muskmelon seed, the stock seed being 
grown under expert supervision on our breeding plots at Rocky Ford, 
Colorado. Our stocks are true to type and no better are available. 
GREEN FLESHED 
EXTRA EARLY KNIGHT — SWEET AIR (80 days)—An extremely early, me¬ 
dium-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. 
GOLDEN HONEYMOON, NEW (95 days) —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-resistant. 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 for the first original half acre so that we own and control all of the 
originator’s stock seed. 
HACKENSACK EXTRA EARLY IMPROVED (80 days) — An improved selection 
from the old Hackensack, maturing from a week to ten days earlier; some¬ 
what smaller and not so deeply ribbed, but otherwise similar to the old type. 
Fruit large, round, flattened at the ends, deeply and irregularly ribbed, coarsely 
and heavily netted; flesh green, thick and of fine quality. 
HONEYDEW — ANTIBES (110 days) —A distinct melon of the Cassaba type. 
Fruit large ovoid in form, about 10 inches long and 8 inches in diameter; 
surface smooth and hard without ribbing or netting; creamy white in color, 
turning to a lemon tint when fully ripe; flesh light emerald green, very thick, 
ripening to the rind; very tender and melting, with an extreme sweetness 
found in no other melon. 
OHIO SUGAR (90 days) —Might well be termed a green flesh Tip Top, re¬ 
sembling that variety in every way except in color of flesh. 
ROCKY FORD, or NETTED GEM 
proved strain of this popu¬ 
lar melon as now grown at 
Rocky Ford. The fruit is 
small, almost round, and 
smooth, showing no ribs, 
and densely covered with 
(90 days) —We have 
heavy, hard gray netting; 
flesh thick and deep green, 
showing a faint lining of 
pink or gold at the center; 
of the highest quality. Ex¬ 
cellent shipping variety. 
SALMON FLESHED 
1ANANA CANTALOUPE (100 
days) — Shaped somewhat 
as name indicates; grows 
about 2 Mj feet long; flesh 
deep salmon color and has 
a sweet, mild flavor. 
an 
especially fine, im- 
