Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-10-12
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J. G. Vaughn Of Chicago claims Il 10 his
osass Gem renamed. N b only nsesss-
a1y 70 compare The phetogrsph Of his
melon, reproduced In eolors on he cover
Of his 1900 oatalog with the photograph
Of . "Burrsll Gem" to show 70 any person
whsthss he b an sxpsrt On melons or
not, that thsss are very different melons.
vaughn's osags Gem has . thin net
ting. II 10 not continual lseing but con-
sists Of short raised gYowths varying
from scarcely more than spsek TO .
half inch in length. but not connected and
intsEla esd. the intsrstiess between the
nets are wide. averaging wider than the
nets, 90 that the space bstwssn the
suturss 10 not more than 40 per cent
covered with netting.
The Burrell Gem has q closely laced
and interlaoed netting which does not
show single end from where It begins
at ono suture to where II ends At the
other suture. The lacing Is SO close that
very few OF tho interstices between the
netting show and fully 30 per cent Of the
space between the sutures is covered with
netting.
Tho sutures on tho Burrell Gems av-
erage wider than on vaughn's Usage
Gems.
Tho Burrell Gem is a much longer
melon in proportion to its thickness than
Vaughn's Usage Gem.
The only point in common is the color
OF the meat.
| make tho above statement based on
tirely on tho photograph Vaughn gives Of
his melon which have reason to bslieve
is his ideal and will say that in my l60
acre field this year not single melon
showed tho type Of vaughn's Usage Gem.
Tho Burreil Gem Is the result Of my
own selection with view 10 getting an
ideal shipping melon.
II seems strange 10 mo that Vaughn
would claim this melon when there il
such difference bstwssn Il and his IDEAL
His melon has never won . distine,
reputation 90 as 70 b separately quoted
In the markets In the seven years Il has
been out. 90 far a. am able 70 learn.
have nevsr offered the sssd Of my Burrsl
Gem until the last two weeks and mus,
say that many nsighbors offered my msr
last year from Csc melon. 70 $l.oo fol
pound Of the sssd In their efforts to gs'
seed. and othsrs paid eating houses $50
and more. Per pound for sssd and thsf
got badly mixed sssd st that: the person,
: who saved It putting Ia 80 70 90 per cent
Rocky Fosds.
Two ysars ago marketed only 81
baskets Of these melons. yet the stswars
Of the Antlsrs hotel In Colorado Spring,
wrots me they were very hns and wantss
. supply for the next season when b,
! would put them on thsir bill-of fare.
Last season I sold 70 Fred Harvey ans
have also this season. They state the!
, will not use any other when they can g
BurTsll Gems. They have taken Ii,
, Kansas City market. In Chicago on
. car Of s65 dozen melons, Sept 20. nstts.
se65.66. or over $l.oo per dozon. Sew
sral cars Ia both Chicago and New Yorl
nsttsd ovor $500 each. Our average 70
, the entire crop will b over 76e per dog
On melons. This accounts for some 9th
srs wishing to claim the melon. II 10 un
fortunate thoy wore not able 70 make
record with their melon.
fhavs vAughn's eatalog At tho store
Lot me show you his melon. also III
Burreii Gem. will also show you som
4 good looking account sales and kilograms
; Yours truly.
D. v. BuRRELL.
p. S.-Moro next wook.
: Burroll reports having Just received 70
turns for 755 crates tdossnsl sold Ia New
} York for Ssi9. Not melon was In ba,
eondition-ail sold.