Rock Ford 
Sm Cantaloupe 

MELONS FOR LOCAL AND ROADSIDE MARKET 
We offer two outstanding new sorts which are absolutely tops in quality 
and substantial enough to market in good condition. Be sure to grow some 
of the Queen of Colorado and Schoon’s Hard Shell. Our Honey Rock is 
improved stock having a heavier netting and thicker flesh, especially 
favored in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Pride of Wisconsin combines 
the delicate flavor of Honey Rock with better texture of flesh found in 
Hearts of Gold. The large round type or Morrill strain Hearts of Gold is 
probably the most popular for Michigan. Those wishing large melons pre- 
fer Original Jumbo H. B. and Schoon’s Hard-Shell. Cantaloupe and musk- 
melon are special items with us and we firmly believe that better seed 
than we have of these is not obtainable. 
MARKET ONLY GOOD MELONS 
With all cantaloupes the customer develops an appetite and buys regu- 
larly if the melons are always good, but poor melons destroy the desire for 
melons and those who would be good buyers, turn to peaches and other 
fruits instead. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes green. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes from rusted vines. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes from aphis covered vines. 
Don’t pick cantaloupes from vines diseased with mildew. If cantaloupes 
are subject to mildew in your district, we suggest that you use the 
Powdery Mildew Resistant No. 45 or D-2. 
Don’t pack melons you would not buy to eat yourself if you were the 
customer, 
Don’t buy cheap seed. Your crop costs about fifty dollars per acre, and 
often more, considering rental of land, before you begin to pick, and poor. 
seed may cut the value of the crop in two and even more. Two to four 
dollars per acre for the best seeds is small compared with other costs. Buy 
the best seed. 
“Plant seeds of known origin.”’ 
We grow the cantaloupe seed we sell. 
Abbott's Pearl or Pearl Pink Meat °°, 927%, Has a 
hard pearl colored rind; flesh, salmon colored, and of good flavor. 
It is a good shipper, packs 12 to the standard flat crate. 
(Pkt., 5c) (0z., 10c) (%4 Ib., 30c) (ib., 90c) (5 Ibs., $4.00) prepaid 
98 days. Our own introduction. One of the best 
Burrell Gem shippers for some sections where there is little 
rainfall and irrigation is depended upon. Fruits, oval, 6 inches long, 
4% inches in diameter, well developed, closely laced netting, un- 
netted suture between the ribs. Flesh deep orange salmon, thick, 
very fine grained, spicy and sweet. Packs 12 to the Jumbo flat crate. 
(Pkt., 5c) (0z., 15¢) (4 Ib., 40c) (lb., $1.50) (5 Ibs., $6.60) prepaid 
! 92 days. This variety of our own in- 
Burrell § Superfecto troduction is especially recommended 
for planting where melons are inclined to rust. Pack 12 to 15 to 
the Jumbo flat crate. The netting is well developed and closely 
laced, covering the entire melon ‘Solid Net.” Flesh, rich orange 
salmon, thick, and seed cavity very small; quality is unexcelled, flesh 
is fine grained, very sweet and spicy. The best cantaloupe for late 
market. 4 
STOCK SEED. 
a (Unable to Supply) 
No. 1 SEED. 
; (Unable to Supply) 
H 88 days. Developed in the Imperial Valley from 
D-2 Resistant the No. 45. Saved from vines that showed free- 
dom from mildew in badly infested fields. Hardly as uniform in 
shape and size as the 45 but carries heavier, rougher netting. Ours 
is the true stock grown by the originator. 
(Pkt., 10c) (0z., 20c) (%4 Ib., 60c) (1b., $2.00) (5 Ibs., $8.80) prepaid 
a aE 
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