SEED GROWERS 35 



1 lb. 25 lbs. 



or more or more 



Code Word per lb. per lb. 



WINTER VARIETIES 



Cassaba, Golden Beauty mortop $0 .80 $0.70 



Attain full size in 120 days; require semi-tropical conditions for 

 best development. Extensively grown in California for local trade 

 and long distance shipment. Fruits large, globular; 6 — 8 in. in 

 diameter; skin golden yellow; tough, wrinkled. Flesh very thick, 

 white, juicy, and sweet. Keeps well in storage. 



Honey Ball melbal 1.00 .95 



105 days. Splendid for home, market garden, and shipping. Very 

 productive. Fruits globular; 5 in. in diameter; yellowish white; 

 smooth; sparsely netted. Splendid shipper and keeps well in stor- 

 age. Flesh silvery green; juicy, with sweet honey-like flavor. The 

 same as Nicholson's Honey Ball. 



Honey Dew Green Flesh melhon .80 .70 



115 days. Grown extensively in the warmer melon growing sec- 

 tions for local markets and distant shipment. Fruits broad oval; 

 7 — 8 in. long, and 6 in. in diameter; nearly white, becoming creamy 

 yellow; smooth with occasional net. Flesh thick; pale emerald 

 green; sweet, juicy, with honey-like flavor. Keeps well in storage 

 for considerable time. 



WATER MELON 



Angeleno melack .80 .70 



Medium early. Very popular home and market garden sort in 

 CaUfornia. Fruits medium to large; round, with blocky ends; 

 very dark green; with strong rind; stand shipping well; flesh 

 bright red; firm; of splendid quality; seeds black. 



Chilian mothrup .50 .45 



Medium early. Splendid home and market garden variety; very 

 popular on the Pacific Coast. Fruits medium small; round; 

 medium green with dark stripes; flesh bright red; of splendid 

 quaUty; seeds black. There is a white seeded strain which is 

 very similar. 



Citron (red seeded) mentum .50 .45 



Mature size in about 95 days. Standard preserving citron. Fruits 

 globe-shaped; 7 — 8 in. in diameter; medium green streaked with 

 dark green; smooth, very hard; flesh white; very firm; unpalatable 

 in raw state. 



Ferry's Peerless mbatl .50 .45 



Very early. Highest quaUty very early melon for home and 

 market garden. Fruits of medium size, roundish to oval; bright 

 green, faintly veined; rind firm, brittle; flesh bright scarlet, of 

 splendid quahty; seeds white, sometimes sold as Ice Cream. 



Florida Favorite mid at .50 .45 



Medium early. Standard home, market garden, and shipping sort 

 in the South. Fruits large; uniform, oblong; light green with dark 

 striping; rind tough; flesh bright red; of high quahty; seeds white. 



Georgia Rattlesnake (Gypsy) midib .50 .45 



Main crop. Standard horae and market garden sort in the South; 

 extensively grown for shipment. Fruits large; long, cylindrical; 

 light green alternating with narrow very dark green stripes; rind 

 very tough; flesh rich scarlet red; of high quality; seeds clouded 

 white with brownish markings. 



HARRIS' EARLIEST moder .50 .45 



Extremely early. The best extremely early variety; very popular 

 in Northern sections. Fruits medium size; broad oval; dark green 

 stripes alternate with lighter ; rind brittle ; flesh bright red ; of good 

 quality; seeds blackish. 



Irish Grey money .50 .45 



Main crop. Especially valuable for distant shipping. Fruits large; 

 oblong; uniform hght grayish green; rind extremely hard and 

 tough; flesh bright red; of good quality. Seeds white. 



