Muskmelon—Pride of Wisconsin 
Mustard Greens 
It is such dishes as Mustard greens and 
bacon that make Southern cooking so 
intriguing. 
POSTPAID: Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; % Ib. 
65¢; Ib. $2.00. 
Fordhook Fancy, 556. 40 days. Rich 
green, fringed and curled leaves of 
mild flavor. 
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED, 557. 
40 days. Strong and upright plants, 
with large crumpled and frilled 
leaves. 
White London, 558. 12 days. Dark 
green, small smooth leaves. Splendid 
for salad and garnishing. Sow every 
10 days and pick when 3 inches tall. 
Mustard Spinach, Tendergreen, 559. 35 
days. Recommended to be grown in 
place of Spinach during the summer. 
Quick growth, leaves ready for use 
when 5 to 6 inches tall. 
HOT KAPS 
Use Hot Kaps for earlier Musk- 
melons. 25 Hot Kaps and Setter 
70¢, postpaid 85¢. 
Parsnip— Hollow Crown 
Muskmelons or Cantaloupes 
Grow your own and enjoy the finer quality of vine ripened fruit. Sow 
when the ground, is thoroughly warm in well fertilized hills 5 to 6 feet 
apart each way. Scatter 10 to 15 seeds on the top of each hill and cover 
about ¥% inch deep. Thin out to 3 or 4 strongest plants per hill. 1 pkt. for 
10 hills; 1 oz. for 50 hills; 6 to 8 pounds in hills per acre. 
POSTPAID: Pkt. 10¢; 0z. 40¢; % Ib. $1.00. 
Bender's Surprise, 488. 95 days. Delicious and attractive melon. Greenish- 
yellow with coarse netting and bright-salmon flesh. 
Hale’s Best, 510. 86 days. An attractive, well-ribbed melon with netted 
skin. The salmon flesh is extremely thick with a sweet tangy taste. 
Hearts of Gold, Special, 506. 95 days. Well-ribbed fruits with fine gray 
netting and very juicy, honey-sweet salmon-orange flesh. 
Honey Rock or Sugar Rock, 509. 85 days. Salmon fleshed variety of de- 
licious flavor. Fruits of medium size with remarkably thick flesh and 
small seed cavity. 
Gold-Lined Rocky Ford, 523. 90 days. A green fleshed melon with an unusually sweet 
and spicy taste. The fruits are nearly round, have no ribs, and are covered with a thick 
gray netting. 
PRIDE OF WISCONSIN, 519. 86 days. Beautiful, heavy, coarsely netted fruits of 
slightly oval form with very thick and very sweet, salmon pink flesh. 
Watermelons 
They taste good and are good for you. Plant seed the middle of May in hills 6 to 8 feet 
apart. Sow 6 to 8 seeds in each hill and cover % inch deep. Thin to 2 plants per hill. 
1 pkt. for 8 hills; 1 oz. for 30 hills. 
Early Canada, 537. 80 days. Extra-early, round fruits, icebox size, with bright red 
sweet flesh. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 50¢; %4 lb. $1.50. 
Golden Honey, 545. 85 days. 
Extra-early with honey sweet, 
cream yellow flesh. Pkt. 10¢; 
oz. 45¢; % lb. $1.65; Ib. 
$5.45. 
Improved Kleckley Sweets, 548. 
(Wilt-Resistant.) 90 days. 
Large cylindrical fruits 30 to 
40 Ibs. each. Thin rind, bright 
scarlet, sweet flesh free from 
fibre. Pkt. 25¢; oz. 75¢. 
Hawksbury, 531. 85 days. A 
wilt-resistant, large, oblong 
melon. 18 inches long 10 
inches thick. Very sweet flesh. 
Fine for Home gardens. Pkt. 
10¢; oz. 40¢; % Ib. $1.35; 
lb. $4.50. 
DIXIE QUEEN 538. 85 days. 
Large, nearly round fruits 
weighing 30 to 35 Ibs. each. 
Light green skin with dark 
green stripes. Sweet bright red flesh. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 45¢; % Ib. $1.65; Ib. $5.45. 
Tom Watson, 550. 95 days. Fruits are long and cylindrical and frequently weigh 40 or 
more pounds. Deep green skin, bright red flesh. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; % lb. 90¢; lb. $3.00. 
SAVE THE SEEDS TO FEED THE RED BIRDS. 
Parsnip 
Freezing does not harm Parsnips but actually improves their flavor, leave them in th. 
ground all winter. Sow in the spring, spacing the rows 2 feet apart and cover seeds % inch 
deep. 1 pkt. for 20 ft.; 1 oz. for 150 ft. 
POSTPAID: Pkt. 10¢; 0z. 35¢; %4 Ib. $1.00; Ib. $3.00. 
All American, 609. 150 days. An improved, Hollow crown with sweet tender, clean 
white roots free from fibre. 
Short Thick, 611. 85 days. Short, thick, sweet, tender roots. 
Mushroom Spawn 
You can grow Mushrooms all winter long in almost any building, cellar, or shed which 
can be darkened. Ask for our FREE leaflet on “How to Grow Mushrooms.” 
Pure Sterilized Spawn, 6321. Shipped with full cultural directions. One carton will spawn 
about 40 sq. ft. of bed. Per carton $1.35; 5 cartons $6.50; 10 cartons $12.50, prepaid. 
American Pure Culture Brick Spawn, 6323. Produces mushrooms of excellent quality. One 
brick will spawn about 8 sq. ft. of bed. Per brick 50¢; 5 bricks $2.25; 10 bricks $4.00; 
25 bricks $9.00, prepaid. 
Book, Manual of Mushroom Culture (Rettew). $2.50, postpaid. 
Watermelon— Dixie Queen 
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