16 SEEP CATALOGUE 0/ L. L. 1VT A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
"Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
May's Watermelons—New, Standard Varieties 
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TOM WATSON 
Fine for Home Use and Excellent for Shipping Purposes 
OUR MELON SEED IS CAREFULLY SELECTLU FROM SPECIMEN FRUITS 
MAY'S Tom Watson 
•;^s^ '"p'nis IS A VERY large melon averaging i8 to 2^ inches in 
>.! 7«v A length and 10 to 12 in diameter, while it weiglis 
when fully developed from 50 to 60 pounds. The 
skin is dark green with a netted surface making 
it quite distinct from other varieties and the 
rind is thin but tough. The flesh is a very 
bright red, a rich watermelon pink, crisp, 
sweet and delicious. The heart is large and 
the seeds brown tipped with white. In 
appearance and quality it is most desirable 
for both home and market use, and we con- 
sider it a most desirable variety for the 
■ home garden. W'e carefully select our melon 
seed from specimen fruits. This insures to 
the planter of our seed the very finest strain 
of melons that can be produced. The value of 
the crop raised depends dire'ctly on the quality of 
the seed. May's Northern grown seeds are the best. 
Packet lOc, ounce 15c., M-povuid 4Sc., pound $1.50. 
WEEDS, How TO ERADICAtE THEM 
BY THOMAS SHAW. // describes the knls arising from the pres- 
ence of weeds; the agencies concerned in their distribution; 
the possibility of destroying them and the methods and principles 
applicable towards their destruction and eradication. The book 
contains 210 pages and is nicely illustrated: The market garde- 
ner, as well as the small home gardener will find it an invaluable 
aid in combating the weed pest. Price, cloth, 50c., paper 25c. 
VEGETABLE GARDENING 
A MANUAL on the growing of vegetables for home use or for the 
market. It is neatly bound in cloth or paper. The subject 
matter is well written and is told in such manner as to give to the 
amateur, as well as practical gardeners, the simplest and best man- 
ner to raise vegetables successfully. New edition has just been 
printed. Price, paper 50c., Cloth $1.00. 
MELON CULTURE. The soil should he a deep, rich, warm 10am; 
in mojat seasons it does especially well on very sandy, well- 
manured land. Plant about ten seeds eight feet apart each way, 
covering about one inch deep. If the soil is not in good condition, 
put a shovelful of manure in each hill before planting seed. Pack 
the soil over the seed. As soon as the plants are up, and after each 
rain, loosen the soil around them, thus conserving the moisture. 
In order to prevent damage by the striped beetle, which is often 
very troublesome and deslructiv'e to the young melon plants, keep 
the plants dusted with Paris green, land plaster or some other good 
preventive. These attacks by insects are often avoided by starting 
the plants in hotbeds or frames, either in pots or on sod. Cultivate 
the land in both directions until the vines prevent it, so that little 
cultivation by hand will be necessary. After the danger from 
serious insect injury has passed, remove all but three good plants 
from each hill. If melons of fancy quality are desired, place a 
board or piece of_ glass under them to keep them ofl^ the ground, 
so that they may ripen more evenly and not become bruised. 
THE SAME cultural directions apply 
to watermelons as to musk 
melons, except that the end of the 
muskmelon vine may be pinched so 
that the laterals will be stronger, 
although this is seldom done where 
melons are grown on a large scale. 
When properly grown the fruit is 
most delicious and has often been 
known to weigh 50 pounds, even 
in the extreme Northern states. 
"Your Early 'Come-On' H'alermelon is 
terlatnly the Jynrsl melon in existence I 
do not believe there is another variety Ih^.^ 
:an compare with it for earllness, size an.: 
Havor. Thev tcere the szceelest, tendercM, 
and most delicious u-atermelon thai we ez t 'r 
tasted. They are all and more than yiu 
claim for them." 
A- y. LIXDQUIST. Fphraim, Wis.. 
Box 66. 
"I want you to reserve me at least ten 
founds ojthe same lot oj Onion Seed as you 
sent me last spring. I am an old onion 
erower, but never sax such ine results 
from any crop before." 
L. R. GRANT, Battle Lake, Minn. 
" Your melon seed is all that you claim for 
l(. From your 'Tom Watson' seed 1 ffcw a 
melon weigtnt a little under 60 pounds. They 
are all right.' 
G. M. WFE, Kalamaioo, Mich. 
WHEN YOU ORDER 
MAY'S EARLY COME-ON 
THIS IS ONE of the finest melons 
for the home garden and insures 
melons to the family during the 
entire season. It is one of the 
earliest to ripen and continues to 
produce until frost, even in the most 
Northern states. In shape, the 
fruit is almost globular and the skin 
is pale green with dark green shad- 
ings. The flesh is a red solid, crisp, 
exquisitely sweet and melting, with 
a large heart and few seeds. The 
rind is very thin, but tough, and it 
is an excellent shipper as well as a 
melon that by its appearance com- 
mands the best price on the market. 
Packet 10c., ounce 20c., }^ -pound 
50c., pound $1.50. 
" Yours received. W e sold all our Netted 
Gem potatoes as fast as dug for loc. per bu. 
above other potatoes. Sold t,ooa bu. to a 
man for big hotel. He said they were the 
finest potatoes for cooking he ever saw. Wt 
saved ^00 bu. to plant. We might raise the 
crop for you by contract if you desire." 
Yours truly, 
n. B. CABLE, Hudson, So. Dakota. 
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