Burpee's Fordhook Musk Melon
“The most perfect cantaloupe I ever grew. It is about the same size as Improved Jenny Lind, very thick flesh, of orange-yellow, very small seed cavity, comparatively few seeds, flesh very solid and of very high flavor, flesh staying solid and firm after melon has become quite yellow, making it an excellent long-distance shipper. The vines are healthy and a very strong grower, setting fruit close to hill and keep on setting fruit throughout the season to end of vine. They are well ribbed, very heavily netted, weighing about two pounds apiece.” thus wrote Frank J. Rode, an extensive South Jersey trucker, who is one of our near neighbors at Swedes-boro. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; ¼ lb., 40c; lb., $1.25
Originally listed in: Burpee's Annual for 1916
“The most perfect cantaloupe I ever grew. It is about the same size as Improved Jenny Lind, very thick flesh, of orange-yellow, very small seed cavity, comparatively few seeds, flesh very solid and of very high flavor, flesh staying solid and firm after melon has become quite yellow, making it an excellent long-distance shipper. The vines are healthy and a very strong grower, setting fruit close to hill and keep on setting fruit throughout the season to end of vine. They are well ribbed, very heavily netted, weighing about two pounds apiece.” thus wrote Frank J. Rode, an extensive South Jersey trucker, who is one of our near neighbors at Swedes-boro. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; ¼ lb., 40c; lb., $1.25
Originally listed in: Burpee's Annual for 1916