SEED GROWERS 35 

Muskmelon, Honey Rock 
MUSKMELON AND CANTALOUPE 
We have indicated the number of days ordinarily required to produce ripe fruits at 
our Oakview Experimental Gardens near Detroit, the seed being planted directly out 
of doors early in June. 
ORANGE FLESHED VARIETIES 
BENDER’S SURPRISE Days 
Delicious salmon-fleshed melon, very popular in New York State. Fruit medium 90 
to large; oval; distinctly ribbed and covered with slight patches of netting; 
skin light yellow when ripe. 
BURRELL’S GEM (Defender) 
(Also known as Ordway Pink Meat.) Fruits oval; 614 in. long, 414 in. diameter, 95 
and with uniform heavy netting, Flesh thick; rich orange-yellow; sweet and 
aromatic. 
DELICIOUS (Early Bender) 
An excellent early variety of very superior quality. Similar in general char- 83 
acter to Bender’s Surprise but a week to 10 days earlier, Fruits about 6 inches 
in diameter with coarse netting and quite prominent ribs. Rind solid; creamy 
green at maturity. Highly recommended for the home garden and for local 
markets. 
EARLY OSAGE 
Standard variety of splendid quality for nearby markets and home gardens. 84 
Fruits 6—7 in. long; almost round; with shallow furrows and sparse shallow 
netting. Flesh very thick; salmon-orange; fine grained, sweet, and aromatic. 
EMERALD GEM 
The standard very early variety for home garden and nearby market, Fruits 80 
flattened globe shave, 5—514 in. long, ribbed; smooth with practically no net- 
ting; not suitable fo~ shipping, Flesh very thick; deep salmon-orange; sweet, 
juicy, and aromatic. 
GOLDEN CHAMPLAIN 
The earliest orange fleshed muskmelon; particularly valuable for home garden 80 
and nearby market. Fruits 5—6 in. in diameter, round to slightly flattened; 
shallow ribbed and more or less netted; flesh salmon-orange, medium thick, 
juicy, and of sweet musky flavor. 
