SUPER-STANDARD STRAINS 



STOKES 



CROWTNC SINCE 1S7S 



SEEDS 



The New Prospero Melon (hand-cut seed) 



A Fordhook- Jenny Lind hybrid that is healthy, vigorous, of fine appearance and delicious flavor 

 Days to maturity, 95. This melon combines the well-known table quality of the Fordhook melon with 

 the more vigorous blood of the older Jenny Lind type. As is usually the case with hybrids, the result is a 

 much more vigorous melon than either of the parents. Selection has been made for an orange-fleshed melon. 

 Prospero has many of the Fordhook characteristics as to shape, color, netting, etc., but it is 50 per cent 

 larger, a very valuable feature. A certain portion of the melons definitely show the familiar Jenny Lind 

 button at the blossom end. 



Fordhook has been severely criticized because a large proportion of the melons are small. Prospero 

 abounds in health and vigor. It is especially recommended to growers catering to the roadside market 

 trade. We are indebted to Mr. Preston Wells, an enthusiastic and successful young Burlington County 

 (New Jersey) farmer, for this melon. He and his father have been working over this strain for the past nine 

 years. Almost invariably they have been able to secure 50 per cent or more for their melons over the daily 

 average price. All of our seed has been hand-cut from selected melons only. It is thoroughly dependable. 

 Price, delivered: Pkt. 25 cts.; oz. 50 cts.; y 4 lb. $1.50; lb. $4; 5 lbs. or more, $3.75 per lb. 



Hearts of Gold (hand-cut seed) 



Days to maturity, 95. Hearts of Gold, or Improved Hoodoo, was first developed by the late Roland 

 Morrill, a successful Michigan melon-grower, and in the early years it was distinctly a Michigan melon. 

 It has now found wide favor in all districts, including the famous Imperial Valley of California, from which 

 point hundreds of carloads of Hearts of Gold are now shipped. Mr. Morrill claimed this to be the result of 

 an accidental cross between Osage and Netted Gem. It combines the golden flesh of Osage with the heavy 

 netting and thin rind of the Netted Gem, and it is about 25 per cent larger than the standard Rocky Ford 

 type. In the eastern part of the country, Hearts of Gold has shown a decided resistance to rust. We have 

 checked this factor in our own trials. We can also say that Hearts of Gold is more hardy and withstands 

 heavier frosts than other varieties. A careful survey of market reports for this past season will show that 

 Hearts of Gold outsold many other commercial types. It is very often shipped in a flat crate of six melons 

 each. With proper cultivation it should maintain a picking season of from four to eight weeks. Customers 

 can be assured of the purity of our strain, all of which has been hand-cut. Price, delivered: Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 oz. 25 cts.; y 4 lb. 65 cts.; lb. $2; 5 lbs. or more, $1.75 per lb. 



Two pounds 

 will plant 

 an acre 



Hearts of 



Gold 

 A fine-flavored 

 type 



2*% V 



A rust-resist- 

 > ant Melon of the 

 orange -fie shed 

 type. Very profitable 

 on the commercial market 



