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The "Henderson Bush Musk Melon 



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THE MOST REMAKKABLE AND VALUABLE SEED NOVELTY OF THE AGE 



A CLIMAX IN PLANT BKEEDING AND VINE CURTAILMENT 



DELICIOUS MUSK MELONS MAY NOW BE GKOWN IN EVERY GARDEN 



AND IN FIELD CULTURE THE SAVING IN SPACE 



PERMITS TWICE AS MANY MELONS TO BE PKODUCED AS FROM VINE VARIETIES 



MUSK Melons and Cantaloupes — the most delicious of the 

 world's vegetable-fruits, natives of the warmer parts of 

 Asia — have been esteemed and cultivated from remote 

 antiquity, during which time thousands of special varieties 

 have developed, degenerated and been superseded, but never among 

 them all, so far as we know, has a Vineless or Bush variety been 

 produced until the advent of THE "HENDERSON" BUSH MUSK 

 MELON. 



For a number of years we have been breeding and selecting this 

 remarkable variation from Vine Melons, and at last have it so "fixed," 

 that we offer it to our patrons as the most valuable seed novelty 

 that has been introduced in many years. 



The fruits are of the popular "Jenny Lind" type but larger, 

 averaging 5 inches in diameter; they vary somewhat in shape from 

 flattened-round to almost spherical; the ribs are shallow; the surface 

 is dark green, but so densely netted that it appears almost russet 

 colored. The flesh is very deep, edible almost to the rind and is 

 colored light green flushed with salmon towards the centre. The 

 seed cavity is small. The quality is superb, lusciously sweet and 

 juicy with a cool gratifying flavor and a delightful aroma. They 

 ripen a little in advance of "Rocky Ford. " 



"Your 'Henderson' Bush Musk Melons aroused the curiosity of all who saw 

 them — 50 different were they in habit of growth from the vine melons that many 

 people cotild not believe they were melons until the fruit appeared. I could plant 

 twice as many hills on the same plot of ground which was a great advantage." 

 A. J. SCRIVEN.S. North Hackensack. N. J. 



" We never grew melons before as our garden is small, but last year we put in 

 a few hills of your Bush Musk Melon, 3 feet apart, and followed your directions 

 with gratifying results. We allowed four plants to the hill and their average yield 

 was 15 melons to the hill, all as sweet and delicious as the best melon we ever lasted. " 



V. R. METZ, Closter, N. J. 



But the crowning merit of The "Henderson" Bush Musk Melon 



is its vineless character of growth or "bush" habit, which is of dis- 

 tinct advantage, thus not only saving space and permitting it to be 

 grown in even small gardens where home-grown Melons have been 

 denied on account of the amount of ground that the vine varieties 

 require but — as all experienced Melon growers know, the sweetest 

 Musk Melons on vine varieties are produced nearest the root — as 

 all of the Melons produced on the "Henderson" Bush Musk Melon 

 are borne near the roots, they are all naturally of superlative quality. 

 The plants of The "Henderson" Bush Musk Melon are stocky 

 and vigorous, growing from 15 to 18 inches in length, and two to three 

 of them to a hill form a circular mound 2 J^ to 3 feet in diameter which 

 permits the hills to be spaced 3 feet apart or at the rate of 4840 hills 

 to the acre, whereas the vine varieties are usually planted 5 feet 

 apart or 1742 hills to the acre. Allowing as a fair average 5 fruits 

 to a hill the yield would be 24,200 fruits per acre from the Bush 

 Melon and of the Vine Melons at 7 fruits to the hill, 12,194 fruits 

 to the acre. This comparison thus shows The "Henderson" Bush 

 Musk Melon will yield practically double the number of fruits that 

 Vine Melons do, on a given area. 



Special cultural directions will accompany every package. Price, 

 15c. per pkt., 4 pkts. for 50c.; 9 pkts. for $1.00. 



"/ must tell you how pleased I was with your 'Henderson' Bush Musk Melon. 

 My hills were made 5'-^ feel apart and two plants grown in each hill. I sprayed 

 them every week with Bordeaux, so they were healthy, vigorous and free from blight 

 and lice. The plants bore usually six melons each, all perfect and of the finest 

 flavor. CHARLES E. COMPTON, Harrington, Del. 



" Your Bush Musk Melon did extra well with me considering the hot dry season. 

 It is early, vigorous, very productive and an excellent table melon. " 



EDGAR F. HURFF, Mullica Hill, N. J. 



Henderson s "Golden Rod Sweet Corn 



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THIS typically American product. Sweet Corn — differing from 

 Field Corn in so far as the starchy content is changed to 

 a sugary one — was introduced to the Pilgrim Settlers by 

 the Indians from Susquehanna. It was then an inferior 8 

 rowed, red cobbed variety known as "Papoon" Corn; yet it soon won 

 favor as a delicious and nutritious food. Since that time the 

 appreciation of Sweet Corn has increased progressively with its 

 improvement, resulting from a better knowledge of cultural require- 

 ments, cross-breeding and selecting to type ideals. This improve- 

 ment has been especially pronounced during the past few years, 

 many excellent sorts having been recently introduced, among which 

 the yellow-grained varieties have slowly but steadily won favor 

 strictly on quality merit, for the color has been an objection among 

 people educated up to the white-kerneled varieties. But once tried, 

 the Yellow Sweet Corn invariably wins a devotee. 



Henderson's "Golden Rod" Sweet Corn, the newest — and we 



"/ have to congratulate you upon your success with your new production of 

 Sweet Corn — The Golden Rod. I consider it the finest Sweet Corn on the market. 

 Last year I sent to you and got a pint for a trial at the same lime I got some Golden 

 Bantam which has always been my favorite Sweet Corn. For several years I have 

 had a garden and during that time 1 have tried many varieties of white Sweet Corn, 

 but have cast them all aside for your Golden Bantam and Golden Rod. Notwith- 

 standing the dry season with us the Golden Rod and Bantam were as sweet and tender 

 as usual while the white varieties were tasteless and tough." 



FRED S. BRADFORD, Bristol, R. I. 



think the best of all the yellow varieties — is our hybrid, the resultant 

 cross-breed between Stowell's Evergreen and Golden Bantam, and 

 it possesses many of the merits of both parents with other merits 

 exclusively its own. The plants, sturdy, healthy and leafy, grow 6 to 

 7 feet high and bear almost invariably on each stalk, and in 60 to 

 70 days from planting— ^two fine ears 8 to 10 inches in length, bux- 

 omly filled to tli'e very tips with 12 rows of deep succulent kernels of 

 a rich, translucent creamryellow color, tender, deliciously melting 

 and sweet. This luscious "milk stage" quality, is maintained for 

 an unusually long time on account of the thick, protecting husks 

 which also check attacks from insects, worms and smut. The ears 

 carry plenty of silk, and as the tassel pollen is very potent, it insures 

 full development of every kernel even those rounding out the tips. 

 When mature this Corn is of a golden-chrome color. Price, 15c. 

 pkt., 30c. pt., 50c. qt., $1.85 for four qts., $3.50 pk. (For free deliv- 

 ery in U. S. add 5c. per pint or 10c. qt.) 



"Your Golden Rod is the finest Sweet Corn I have ever se(n or tasted. You 

 could not improve it if you tried." H. G. NIXON, East Lake, Ala. 



"I must say that I am very glad that I experimented with your 'Golden Rod' 

 Sweet Corn and I shall continue to grow it as long as I can get the seed, for it has 

 the most wonderful sweet and tender qualities of any Corn we ever had on our table.:- 

 This is the opinion of not only myself and family but scores of friends who have 

 dined with us." WILLIAM WILSON KNOTT, East Orange, N. J. 



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