HAYES SEED HOUSE, TOPEKA, KANSAS 
ROUND LIGHT ICING 
Medium early. Fruits light green faint¬ 
ly veined with darker green; rind brit¬ 
tle; flesh bright. 
COLE’S EARLY—Very early, very 
sweet; a fine home melon; flesh bright 
red, crisp and delicate texture. 
CUBAN QUEEN—Solid and heavy, skin 
marked regularly; excellent quality. 
DIXIE—A melon of excellent quality; 
very large and solid, flesh red; inter¬ 
mediate. 
FLORIDA FAVORITE—A superior 
strain; improvement on Rattlesnake; 
intermediate. 
IRISH GREY—Main crop. Especially 
valuable for distant shipping. Fruits 
large; oblong; uniform light grayish- 
green; rind extremely hard and tough; 
flesh bright red; of good quality. Seeds 
white. 
GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE—(Gypsy) 
This old Southern favorite has the most 
conspicuous striping of the oblong types. 
The rind is moderately thick and strong, 
and the flesh is juicy and sweet. 
Pkt. 5c—Oz. 10c—*4 Lb. 
MOUNTAIN SWEET—Large oval var¬ 
iety, green rind, flesh scarlet, sweet and 
delicious; fine for home garden. 
PEERLESS OR ICE CREAM—Very 
early, rd flesh, good home melon. 
PHINNEY’S EARLY—Early and of fine 
quality; red flesh, fine for the North. 
SWEETHEART—One of the bast early 
shipping melons; fruit large, oval, mot¬ 
tled, light green, flesh bright red, firm, 
melting and sweet. 
ALABAMA SWEET—Long, dark green, 
fine flavor, fine shipper. 
WONDERMELON — Wondermelon re¬ 
sembles Kleckley Sweet very closely. It 
is large oblong, dark green with bright 
red flesh. Rind thin and tough but will 
not stand long distance shipping. Faint 
tracings or indentations run the length 
of the melon. 
STONE MOUNTAIN—This variety com¬ 
bines extra large size with earliness. It 
is nearly round in shape, pleasingly 
green in color and unexcelled for sweet¬ 
ness and juicness. Fruits weigh 60 to 
80 pounds. 
CITRONS 
Green Seeded Colorado—Red Seeded 
20c—Lb. 75c—Post Paid 
IMPROVED TOM WATSON 
Main crop. The most widely grown 
melon for shipping; also splendid and 
popular for home and market garden 
use. Fruits very large; oblong, cylindri¬ 
cal, symmetrical; dark green with fine 
veining of very dark green; rind very 
tough; flesh bright deep red, crisp and 
sweet; seeds brownish. 
HARRIS EARLIEST—The best of the 
extra early sorts. Fruit slightly oval 
with irregular mottled stripes of light 
and dark green. Flesh bright red, sweet 
and tender. 
ANGEL KISS—Long light gray melon; 
good keeper; white seed; very sweet. 
ROUND LIGHT ICING—Round, pink 
flesh ,of fine quality. 
See back cover 
9 
page for fine 
New Variety 
