Steckler's seeds : 1915 . Rockyford. BOCKYFOBD.—Undoubtedly the best ex-tra early, small, round, green fleshedmelon in cultivation, nearly perfect globein shape. Remarkably uniform in size,weighing- from 1^4 to IV^ pounds. Verythick netted with thin rind. Skin greenand heavily ribbed; flesh, light green incolor, melting and uniform, of a very lus-cious flavor,ripening. EMEBAZiD GEM.—A medium size melonwhich originated in Michigan, is almostround, of good quality, the skin is greenand smooth; flesh salmon, fine grained andthick. A good variety. EABIiT HACKENSACK.—A very popu-lar variety which a
Steckler's seeds : 1915 . Rockyford. BOCKYFOBD.—Undoubtedly the best ex-tra early, small, round, green fleshedmelon in cultivation, nearly perfect globein shape. Remarkably uniform in size,weighing- from 1^4 to IV^ pounds. Verythick netted with thin rind. Skin greenand heavily ribbed; flesh, light green incolor, melting and uniform, of a very lus-cious flavor,ripening. EMEBAZiD GEM.—A medium size melonwhich originated in Michigan, is almostround, of good quality, the skin is greenand smooth; flesh salmon, fine grained andthick. A good variety. EABIiT HACKENSACK.—A very popu-lar variety which attains a large size, isround in shape and flattened at the ends;skin green and thickly netted; the fleshalso is green, rich and sugary in flavor. Itis very productive, and extensively grownby market gardeners. Very prolific and early in. Hoodoo. HOODOO.—This melon is of recent in-troduction. It is the same size throughfrom top to bottom as the RockyfordCantaloupe. It is slightly flattened fromstem to blossom end. The netting is welldeveloped and covers the ribs space between the ribs is not nettedbut is quite narrow. The rind is salmon colored and grained the sameas the Rockyford Cantaloupe. The flavoris pleasant. BANANA.—This variety gets its name onaccount of the long fruits having a banana-like aroma. The fruits are from fifteen totwenty inches in length, and from four tosix inches in diameter. The salmon fleshis thick and of a delicious flavor. FINE AFF^E.—A medium sized earlyvariety, oval in shape, and of fine flavor. NETTED CITBON.—This variety is cul-tivated to a greater extent for market thanany other sort, and for this purpose it hasno superior. When grown from seed thathas been well selected, it is of very fineflavor; fruit round, flattened at both ends,roughly netted, and
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