CANTALOUPE and MUSKMELON 
Plant | to 2 pounds per acre. 
In the garden plant 1 packet to 50 feet of row for a family of 3 or 4 people. 
Cu.LtTurE. General cultural requirements, diseases and insects 
and their control, similar to those of cucumber. (See page 16.) 
Should have rather high, light soil. Plant in hills 4 by 5 feet 
apart, dropping 5 to 6 seeds to a hill. Place fertilizer around 
the hill and make second application when the vines start to 
run. Thin out to two plants to the hill when 4 inches high. 
May be planted in 5 foot rows, thinning plants to 2 feet be- 
tween every 2 plants in the row. For an earlier melon crop and 
to get ahead of the melon worms, use Hotkaps. (See page 59). 
Treatment of seed before planting with Spergon or Semesan 
is advisable. (See pages 49 and 52.) 
The number of days after each variety represents the time 
from seed planting to first picking under average spring con- 
ditions in Florida. Smith’s Perfect (Yellow Dew) 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 

SMITH’S PERFECT (YELLOW DEW). (New) (90 days.) 
At last we have found in this melon, which was originated in 
the West Indies, a variety that possesses about everything de- 
HALE’S BEST, Improved No. 36. (75 days.) An improved sired for Florida growing conditions. A good vigorous grower, 
strain of Hale’s Best, developed for uniformity in shape and resistant to downy mildew commonly called blight, also re- 
complete netting, and with sutures or ribs eliminated. Fruits sistant to aphids, and a very good commercial type, making 
are round in shape, with very heavy, coarse, attractive netting, medium size fruits (averaging about four pounds each) very 
and average about three pounds in weight. Flesh exceedingly heavy for their size, round in shape but slightly flattened at 
thick, with small seed cavity, deep salmon in color, very sweet the stem and blossom ends, covered with a uniform fine net- 
and of exceedingly fine quality. The earliest and best shipping ting, free of ribbing, with a thick rind, making it an ideal 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
cantaloupe for Florida. shipper and market melon. The fruits have a greenish rind, 
which upon ripening turns to a beautiful greenish-yellow. As 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 4 Ib. 60c; 1 Ib. $2.00 the fruits ripen they produce a delicious melon odor. The flesh 
is very thick, of attractive deep orange color, which has a most 
delicious flavor. An ideal melon for the Florida home garden, 
for local market and for shipment to distant markets. 
Seed supply limited. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; %4 Ib. 85c; 1 Ib. $3.00 
BANANA. (95 days.) Grown extensively on the lower east 
coast of Florida. A vigorous growing, hardy variety, which 
produces a high yield over a long season. Fruits smooth, slen- 
der, averaging 14 inches in length, three to five inches in 
diameter, weighing about 8 lbs., tapering at both ends, shaped 
somewhat as the name indicates. Lemon colored skin when 
mature with salmon colored flesh, of delicious eating quality. 
Seed supply limited. 

Hale’s Best, Improved No. 36 
An ideal shipping melon Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; %4 Ib. 75c; 1 Ib. $2.50 

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