Rocky Ford or Netted Gem 92 days 
Fruit—5 12x 4% inches, a small rounded 
melon, slight ribbing and heavy netting 
over dark green skin, flesh green with 
gold tinge around seed cavity, very 
sweet and spicy flavor. 
The original Rocky Ford cantaloupe. 
Now principally used for home and 
market garden. 
Rocky Ford—Orange Flesh 
(Identical to Hales Best) 
Schoon’s Hardshell 90 days 
Fruit—7% x 6% inches, large, oval with 
flattened ends, prominent ribs and 
abundant coarse netting over a gray- 
blue skin, flesh thick, salmon colored, 
solid and of excellent quality. 
Slow to ripen, the rind stays firm allow- 
ing a longer picking period. Its tough 
skin also makes it an ideal shipper. 
Sugar Rock or Honey Rock 85 days 
All-America Selection—1933 
Fruit—5% x 5 inches, nearly round, lacks 
ribbing, coarse gray netting on a gray- 
green skin, flesh very thick, juicy, 
salmon-orange in color and exceptional- 
ly sweet with musky flavor. 
All America Selection, Golden Medal 
1933. Quite resistant to growth crack- 
ing. Excellent for home gardening and 
local market. Considered the ideal for 
halving by the restaurant trade. 
Delicious 
Sunrise or Delicious 83 days 
Fruit—6 x 5% inches, slightly flattened 
on both ends, medium ribbing and well 
netted, flesh bright salmon colored, 
sweet and deliciously flavored. 
Similar to the original Bender’s Surprise 
but earlier, smaller and better flavored. 
One of the earliest salmon fleshed types. 
Now being replaced by Delicious No. 51. 
CASABAS or WINTER MELONS 
Cranshaw 110 days 
(or Crenshaw) 
Fruit—8 x 6 inches, skin is dark green 
when immature, yellow when ripe, 
rough or slightly corrugated, flesh 
salmon pink, of distinctive flavor and 
quality, small seed cavity. 
Best adapted and popular in California 
and areas of long, warm growing sea- 
son. Thin rind requires careful handling 
and special packing for shipment. Plants 
are vigorous and very productive. 
Honey Dew—Green 
Golden Beauty 110 days 
Fruit—8 x 7 inches, skin wrinkled, a rich 
golden color when mature, flesh is 
white in color, very sweet and spicy. 
Of tropical origin, it will not reach per- 
fection except in the South and West 
where the seasons are long, warm and 
dry. Properly stored they remain edible 
for months. 
110 days 
Fruit—7%4 x 7 inches, skin creamy-white 
when ripe, rind smooth and hard, an 
excellent keeper suitable for long dis- 
tance shipping, flesh thick, emerald- 
green, sweet and tender. 
Honey dew requires a long growing sea- 
son and thrives best in the warmer sec- 
tions of the country. 
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