Rocky Ford Muskmelons 
MUSKMELONS 
Melonen Melon Muscat Muscatel Popone 
One packet will sow 10 hills; one ounce, 75 to 80 hills. 
Culture. Melons must have a rich soil. Dig holes at least 1 foot deep. 
3 to 4 feet apart each way, and fill with well-rotted manure. Build hills of light 
sandy soil on top of this manure foundation and plant about 10 seeds to the hill. 
After danger from the beetles is past, thin to about 3 sturdy plants in each hill. 
Early plants may be started as described for cucumbers. 
GREEN-FLESHED VARIETIES 
Extra-Early Hackensack. Large round melons slightly flattened at 
the stem and blossom end. Surface is heavily netted and deeply 
ribbed, turning yellow as the fruit matures. 
Rocky Ford. The most popular of all small, green-fleshed melons, 
luscious in quality with a fine aroma. 
SALMON-FLESHED VARIETIES 
Bender’s Surprise. Fine shipper with a hard rind. Delicious flavor 
and very sweet. The thick flesh is deep orange. 
Elmerald Gem. Exactly the right size for market. The thick salmon 
flesh is granular, sweet, and luscious. 
Golden Delicious. A smaller, earlier type of Bender’s Surprise. Good 
netting over a hard rind makes it capable of carrying considerable 
distances. Size 634 by 634 inches; weight 5^4 pounds. Thick and 
fine texture. 90 days. 
Hale’s Best. Remarkably early variety with thick salmon flesh of 
fine flavor. The fruits average 6 inches long. 
Hearts of Gold. A small midseason variety with rich orange flesh, 
unsurpassed for quality. Matures in 90 days. 
Honey Dew. A distinct type of recent introduction, about 834 inches 
in diameter, globular; creamy white, smooth, hard, practically no 
netting. Flesh light emerald-green, thick, ripening to rind; juicy, 
tender, with distinctive sweetness. 
Honey Rock or Sugar Rock. Light gray-green melons about 5 to 
6 inches long. The shell is hard and the thick, meaty, bright orange 
flesh is the sweetest we have ever known. Commands top prices. 
Irondequoit. An excellent market melon, with deep salmon flesh. 
Profitable for main crop. 
Lake or Golden Champlain. Valued for unusual earliness. Medium¬ 
sized fruits with handsome salmon flesh which is very sweet. Good 
for short growing seasons. 
Miller’s Cream or Osage. A late melon of the Rocky Ford shape, with 
deep rich salmon flesh of most delicious flavor. 
Honey Rock Muskmelon 
Honey Dew Melon 
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