See culture below illustration. 



Muskmelon 



371 Maule's Perfections 



The overwhelming first choice of Maule customers since 1884 (92 days) 



Maule's Perfection is the best muskmelon we've ever seen, and its steady 

 leadership for the past 60 years shows that our customers think so, too. You'll 

 seldom see it offered on the market because it isn't a shipping type melon. It's 

 too big and too tender. But while its size and its ability to ripen clear out to 

 the skin are the things that keep it from shipping well they are the very 

 qualities that make it so attractive to you folks who pick them dead ripe right 

 off the vine. Perfection fruits average about 6 lbs., which is twice as big as 

 Hale's Best. There are records of fruits weighing very much more. Best of all, 

 its thick, juicy, salmon-orange flesh is so sweet and perfectly satisfying that 

 other kinds compared with it taste either flat or unpleasantly musky. 



Pkt. 100; oz. 400; Vi lb. $1.20. 



368 Hale's Best* 



Orange flesh. Also known as Sweet Eatin' (87 days) 



The earliest melon of the Rocky Ford type. The bright salmon-orange flesh 

 is exceptionally thick, firm, and of such a rich flavor as to make it a favorite 

 everywhere. Fruits are oval, about 8 by <±}4 in., and heavily netted. 



Pkt. 100; oz. 250; Vi lb. 75?!; >/ 2 lb. $1.30. 



350 Lake Champlain 



Sometimes called Golden Champlain (80 days) 



Very early. Melons are almost round, medium sized, well netted, and moder- 

 ately ribbed. The thick, golden orange flesh is sweet and melting. The most 

 popular extra early melon because it combines good size and flavor with early 

 maturity. Pkt. 100; oz. 250; Vi lb. 750; V 2 lb. $1.30. 



347 Select Rocky Ford 



The best green fleshed melon (89 days) 



Melons are oval, finely netted, and of a 

 size that makes them ideal for serving in 

 halves. Flesh is luscious, green, sweet, 

 very thick, firm, and ripens close to the 

 rind. Pkt. 100; oz. 350; Vi lb. $1.00; Vzlb. $1.7S. 



Maule's Perfection 



Culture: A rich, warm sandy soil is the ideal; melons respond 

 well to fertilizer. Sow the seed when the ground has become warm, 

 placing 8 to 10 seeds in slightly raised hills. Place hills 4 to 6 ft. 

 apart, and thin to 4 plants per hill. Cover the seed 1 in. deep. A 

 packet plants 15 hills; an ounce, 60 hills. Keep up shallow cultiva- 

 tion as long as possible. We'll give a S20 bill for the largest 

 Maule's Perfection fruit sent to us before October 1, 1945. 

 Good Luck! 



364 Pride of Wisconsin & 



You will call it your Pride, too (90 days) 



In our melon patch the best strains dis- 

 appear most rapidly. Maule's Perfection 

 is gone first, and then Pride of Wisconsin 

 is "tested " to extinction. This Wisconsin 

 variety is relatively new, but it's certainly 

 important. It is almost round, well netted, 

 thick fleshed, and flavored with an ideal 

 balance of sweetness, spice, and aroma. It 

 weighs 3 l /i to 4 lbs., has orange flesh, and 

 easily carries long distances. 



Pkt. 10^; oz. 350; Vi lb. $1.00; Vz lb. $1.75. 



Pride of 

 Wisconsin 



360 Honey Rock 



Also called Sugar Rock (86 days) 



This melon has won favor because of its 

 deeply colored salmon flesh and its singu- 

 lar sweetness and flavor. Melons are nearly 

 round, weigh 3 lbs., have light yellow skin, 

 and a heavy, coarse, gray netting. 



Pkt. 100; oz. 350; Vi lb. $1.00; Vz »>. $1.75. 



357 Hearts of Gold * 



Reliable; prolific; orange-fleshed (90 days) 



Melons are of medium size, almost round, 

 about 5 in. thick, heavily netted, and weigh 

 about 2 lbs. each. The deep orange flesh is 

 sweet flavored, very thick, and ripens close 

 to the rind; small seed cavity. The rind is 

 tough, making it a good shipper. 



Pkt. 100; oz. 350; Vi lb. $1.00; Vi lb. $1.75. 

 Hearts of Gold 



383 Banana Melon 



Banana-like shape and flavor (95 days) 



Unique both in flavor and type of fruit. 

 Fruits grow 18 to 24 in. long and 4 to 5 in. 

 thick. The melon tastes sweet and has a 

 tantalizing aroma. Cool orange flesh color, 

 and a texture like firmly frozen ice cream. 



Pkt. 100; oz. 350; Vi lb. $1.00; Vi lb. $1.75. 



367 Bender's Surprise & 



Very large, deliciously sweet (95 days) 



Melons are large, many weighing 10 lbs. 

 each; they are short oval in shape, dis- 

 tinctly ribbed, and exquisitely netted. 

 Rind is light green turning to a golden tint 

 when ripe. Flesh is very thick, salmon- 

 orange, deliciously sweet, and of fine 

 flavor; bright, firm and attractive. 



Pkt. 100; oz. 350; Vi lb. $1.00. 



Bender's 



Surprise 



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