. Bailey's seeds : above them all. BAILEY & SONS CO., Salt Lake City, Utah Page 13 MUSKMELON or CANTALOUPE CULTURE. Musk Melons do best in a warm, sandy soil. In clayey or heavy soils the quality will be poor. Previous to planting incorporate well, with the soil in the hill, a shovelful of thoroughly rotten manure and drop from ten to fifteen seed in a hill, covering about onei half inch deep. The hills must be four to six feet apart each way, and when the plants commence to run, thin out to three plants to a hill. As soon as the flowers commence to appear, pinch off the vines to induce ea
. Bailey's seeds : above them all. BAILEY & SONS CO., Salt Lake City, Utah Page 13 MUSKMELON or CANTALOUPE CULTURE. Musk Melons do best in a warm, sandy soil. In clayey or heavy soils the quality will be poor. Previous to planting incorporate well, with the soil in the hill, a shovelful of thoroughly rotten manure and drop from ten to fifteen seed in a hill, covering about onei half inch deep. The hills must be four to six feet apart each way, and when the plants commence to run, thin out to three plants to a hill. As soon as the flowers commence to appear, pinch off the vines to induce early fruiting. Ashes and air-slacked lime are very good to sift over the young plants when the dew is on, to prevent attacks of insects. Do not sow the seed until the ground is warm and danger of frost is over. For early use a few plants may be started in a hill in hotbeds, and planted out when nights are getting warm. One ounce plants about 60 hills. Two to three pounds to an acre. HOODOO, OR HEART OF GOLD. In our opinion, the best salmon fleshed Gem Melon. Quality fine grained, not stringy and of the sweetest flavorâsize just right to serve in halves. Deep orange flesh, ideal, heavy and close. We recommend this for the home garden and it is equally good as a ship- ping melon. Prices: Oz. 15c; % lb. 45c; lb. $ ROCKY FORD, POLLOCK 10-25. Salmon tint. The latest type of netted cantaloupe, does not rust, very popular with market gardeners. Prices: Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; % lb. 45c; lb. $ ROCKY FORD. Bailey's selected gold lined is an ideal type netted gem family. It measures about five inches in length, with a thick netted skin, no ribs and has a small seed cavity. Delicious flavor. Recommended for the home gar- den. Price: Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; % lb. 45c; lb. $ LARGE GREEN HACKENSACK. 5c; oz. 10c; *A lb. 35c; lb. $ Very sweet. Prices: Pkt. Rice's Orange Flesh Superba If you have good, dry, sandy soil and want to taste the most delicious Melon ever introduced, to- get
Size: 1655px × 1510px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggilbertnurseryandseedtradecata, bookcentury1900
