Cantaloupes or Muskmelon 













Bender’s 
Surprise 
Cantaloupe 
HALE’S BEST No. 36 
80 Days—Hale’s Best is now outstanding as the 
popular choice for truckers and shippers for all sea- 
son shipping. Possesses earliness, sweetness, and 
an attractive shape ideal for packing in containers. 
It is money maker for all since it meets the ap- 
proval of the consumer. Fruits oval, 6% ins. long, 
5 ins. in diameter, densely covered with medium 
heavy netting and almost entirely without ribs. The 
small seed cavity is surrounded by thick salmon 
orange flesh, firm, fine grained, and richly flavored. 
HALE’S BEST, JUMBO 
83 Days—A large-fruited strain of Hale’s Best. 
An early melon especially popular in the South for 
shipping northern markets. Fruits oval, 6 to 7% 
‘ins., 5 to 6 lbs.,-heavily netted and more ribbed than 
No. 36. Flesh thick, salmon-orange, sweet and of 
_ excellent quality. 
PRIDE OF WISCONSIN 
85 Days—An excellent melon in demand among 
home gardeners, road-side markets, truckers and 
-shippers. It is one of the sweetest melons grown 
and under favorable conditions it will produce 5 to 
7 perfect fruits on one vine. The rind is tough, the 
deep salmon flesh is firm and it stands handling 
and shipping well. The fruits are medium size, al- 
most round, 6% ins. long, 6 ins. in diameter and 
very heavy due to the thickness of the flesh and 
the small triangular seed cavity. Skin a pearly gray 
color with e faint rib, heavily covered with a dis- 
tinctive netting. 
BANANA 
94 Days—A novel variety having both the shape 
and fragrance of the banana with really delicious 
eating qualities. Fruits long, tapering, 14 ins. long, 
4 ins, in diameter with smooth lemon colored skin 
and salmon ‘flesh. Very vigorous and hardy. 


23 
Orange or Salmon Fleshed Varieties 
I Oz. to 50 Hills; 3 lbs. per Acre 
Culture—Cantaloupes require warm soil, either 
light sandy or a well-drained loam, enriched with 
manure or fertilizer. Do not plant until the weather 
becomes real warm. In preparing the soil we recom- 
mend making the hills 4 to 5 ft. apart each way, 
using two shovelfuls of well-rotted manure mixed 
with the soil under each hill. Drop 8 seeds per raised 
hill % in. deep, and thin by cutting off the surplus 
plants just below the surface, instead of pulling 
them, allowing the three strongest seedling to 
remain. Where Summers are short, seed can be 
‘planted indoors in hotbeds and transplanted when 
weather permits. Until runners inter- 
fere, frequent but shallow cultivation is 
necessary. It is important not to dis- 
turb the roots. When a foot long, pinch 
off the ends of the vines to throw in- 
creased strength into the roots and thus 
make them bear better. 
Beetle attacks should be met by dusting 
sparingly with air-slacked lime, soot or 
wood ashes. To prevent blight, spray 
with Bordeaux Mixture every ten days 
after the plants have attained 5 or 6 
leaves. Add Arsenate of Lead for eating 
insects or use Pyrox, a combination 
spray, for all leaf-eating insects, blight, 
and fungus troubles. 
BENDER’S SURPRISE 
90 Days—A large size delicious melon for home and 
market garden. It is especially valuable for its ex- 
tra hard shell which makes it fine for shipping. 
Fruits thick oval, 7 ins. by 8 ins. usually weighing 
from 5 to 8 lbs. Blossom scar is heavy and resists 
cracking. Ribbing is prominent with abundant 
heavy, coarse netting; skin gray green becoming 
yellow at maturity, very tough. Flesh is thick, deep 
salmon-orange, solid and very sweet. 
HEARTS OF GOLD OR IMPROVED HOODOO 
92 Days—A medium-sized melon, very vigorous and 
a heavy cropper with a tough rind which is ideal for 
shipping and used extensively for that purpose. It 
is also a home garden favorite. Fruits uniform, 
round, 6 ins. long, 6 ins. in diameter, slightly ribbed, 
covered with a fine, dense grey netting. Small seed 
cavity with flesh thick, deep salmon pink, juicy and 
sweet, ripening close to the rind. 
FORDHOOK 
87 Days—Well known and one of the best small 
melons for home garden and nearby markets. It is 
one of the very early varieties of seed that New 
Jersey truckers never fail to buy. They can rely on 
it to produce a good crop of attractive, delicious 
sweet, spicy fruits. Flat in shape, 5 ins. long, 6% 
ins. in diameter with broad ribs, heavily netted. 
Flesh thick, orange-yellow and very juicy, 
HONEY OR SUGAR ROCK 
85 Days—Striking in apperance and solid as a rock, 
this melon, when cut, will give off a distinctly rich 
aroma and taste as sweet as sugar. A very heavy 
yielder. Fruits medium size, nearly round, 6 ins. in 
diameter, skin grey-green covered with a coarse 
netting making a tough rind, Flesh thick, firm, deep 
orange-salmon and juicy. 
