1934 SPRING AND FALL THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
New York or Wonderful 
This is the head lettuce grown in thousands of 
acres around Los Angeles, Calif., in Idaho and 
other places, and shipped in carload lots all over 
the world. It is the standard head lettuce and 
best of any except Gurney’s Stonehead Riviera. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., iSc; 14 lb., 40c; 1 lb., $1.25; 
5 lbs., $5.50. 
Paris White Cos 
The Cos Lettuce is distinguished from other 
lettuce in that its leaves are elongated and al¬ 
ways somewhat spoon-shaped. It is grown in 
exactly the same way as other lettuce. 
When young, the leaves are pale green. When 
full grown, they form a loose conical head, out¬ 
er leaves light green and rather crimped, inner 
leaves very pale green with the midrib white and 
very prominent. Very crisp and has a delicious 
flavor. We strongly urge you to try this variety, 
as we believe you will be well pleased with it. 
Succeeds very well everywhere, never wilts 
under the severest sun and can be grown to an 
immense size; plants weighing six pounds have 
been grown of this variety. Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; 
14 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 90c. 
Improved Hanson 
A very fine heading variety of large size. The 
heads are very solid, sweet, tender and crisp 
throughout and entirely free from any bitter 
taste. A standard Summer Head Lettuce, very 
slow to run to seed. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 
30c; 1 lb., 90c. 
LETTUCE—(Continued) 
Grand Rapids—The Best Leaf Lettuce 
Grand Rapids 
This is beyond question the most popular of 
all forcing lettuce. On account of its upright 
habit of growth it can be grown much closer than 
the other sorts, and it is less liable to rot; the 
leaves are light yellowish green, excellent for 
shipping and keeps a long time without wilting. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 90c; 
5 lbs., $4.00. 
Black Seeded Simpson 
A favorite forcing variety; it does not head, 
but forms a compact mass of leaves, and differs 
in being lighter colored; stands the summer heat 
well, and is nearly double the size of the Curled 
Simpson. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; !4 lb., 30c; 
1 lb., 90c, 
MUSHROOMS 
A Free Bulletin With Each Order 
These delicious fungi can be grown in a warm 
cellar or close shed in which an even tempera¬ 
ture can be maintained of from 50 to 60 degrees, 
and where plentiful supply of fresh horse-stable 
manure for making the beds can be obtained. 
Our spawn is imported from the best English 
makers, runs freely and produces the finest 
mushrooms. Bricks weigh about one pound and 
a brick is sufficient to plant about nine square 
feet. Best Spawn, 30c per lb.; 5 lbs., $1.25. 
MUSTARD OSTRICH PLUME 
The plants are of vigorous growth and have 
beautiful dark green leaves which curve outward 
like fine ostrich plumes. It is a handsome 
variety, of strong growth, yielding a large 
quantity of greens. The plants stand a long 
time before bolting to seed. The flavor is mild 
and the leaves are excellent for garnishing and 
salads. It is a favorite variety in quite a few 
sections. Does well even during hot weather. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 25c; 1^ lb., 40c; 
1 lb., 65c. 
MELONS—MUSK—1 oz. for 50 Hills, IVz lbs. per Acre 
What’s the use of letting your boys steal the Melons they want from 
neighbors ? Why not plant them yourself and have company ? Did you ever 
steal a watermelon? Crawl through the wet cornfield on your belly, about 
nine or ten o’clock at night,1 istening every minute for the watchdog, finally 
reach the patch, and find one of the largest and ripest ones right on the 
edge of the cornfield, pick it carefully, roll it ahead of you until you are ’way 
back in the field, then pick it up and run, reach the edge of the field and then 
with your two or three companions, eat the most delicious watermelon you 
ever had ? Possibly those in your father’s patch were much better, but you 
wanted this melon because it was harder to get. I have stolen melons a 
good many times. As my hair commences to get gray, I don't know that I 
approve of it, but boys will steal melons for the next twenty generations 
just as they have for the last, and when they go into the patch and take 
just what they want to eat, picking and handling them carefully, not de¬ 
stroying the vines, nor spoiling melons, I think we can all forgive the crime 
just for the fun they get out of it. Plant enough for your boys and neighbors. 
Special List of Profitable 
Muskmelons for Market Gardens 
This list is selected to cover, as nearly as 
possible, yield, season, quality and ability to 
stand shipping or rough usage. 
Make this the most profitable acre on 
your farm. This selection of varieties will 
Don Gurney. 
Collection No. 60, Enough Seed for 1 acre. 
1/2 lb. Hearts of Gold.$0.50 
% lb. Milwaukee Market.55 
14 lb. Rocky Ford.25 
14 lb. Farthest North.30 
14 lb. Golden Champlain.30 
14 lb. Sugar Rock.50 
Total.$2.40 
Bargain Price.$1.95 
Gurney’s Farthest North 
This melon originated in the Imperial Valley 
in California and is one of the best long-distance 
shipping melons we have, but on account of its 
extreme earliness—maturing in 68 days from the 
planting of the seed—it can be grown farther 
north than any other muskmelon. Salmon, 
flesh of exceptional thickness about 8x4^ inches 
with heavy netting, fairly prominent ribs. Its 
chief values are its extreme earliness, its ability 
to stand long distance shipping and its better 
than fair quality. Pkt., 7c; oz., 13c; 14 lb., 
.30c; 'A lb., 50c; 1 Ib., 80c; 5 lbs., $3.25. 
Milwaukee Market 
Brother Don planted about an acre of Mil¬ 
waukee Market one year. Not because he wanted 
to; but on account of the dry weather he lost a big 
field of Strawberries and had to fill in with some¬ 
thing else. 
It was a fortunate proposition, as Milwaukee 
Market proved to be the earliest, good sized, high 
quality, thick yellow meated Muskmelon that 
appeared on the market, and he realized a good 
price from them, selling the immense crop at 
from 15c to 25c per melon. 
The ribs are fairly prominent, and the netting 
heavy. Shape slightly oval. A light green or 
cream color. I believe it will produce as many 
melons to the acre as any melon you can plant, 
and when it comes to quality—Oh Boy! Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; 'A lb., 30c; 1 lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.10. 
Hearts of Gold Muskmelon 
See Colored Picture on Inside Front Cover 
On this page we show the best of varieties for 
the market gardener. Hearts of gold muskmelon. 
It is the hardiest, the highest yielding, and the 
best quality melon that can be grown in this 
Northern territory. It is an excellent shipper 
and a good keeper, and we recommend it especial¬ 
ly to the market gardeners as it is exceptionally 
early. Pkt., 8c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 30c; !4 lb., 
50c; 1 lb., 80c; 5 lbs., $3.25. 
Honey Dew Muskmelon 
This melon is especially adapted to west of 
the Missouri River in South Dakota, Western 
and Northwestern Nebraska, Colorado and 
Montana and Southwestern North Dakota. It 
produces exceptionally large crops of even sized 
quality melons and brings more money per acre 
than any crop you could grow. Honey Dew 
melons sell at an extremely high price, retailing 
often at from 60c to $2.00 each, and people lo¬ 
cated in the places named above, will do well to 
plant sufficient quantity of Honey Dew for their 
local as well as their shipping market, as they 
will bring exceptionally high prices in October, 
November and December. 
The Honey Dew is in a class by itself, being 
different from any other melon. The flesh is 
very thick and firm, emerald green in color, spicy, 
and of a flavor that you do not get in any other 
melon. 
Green Fleshed Honey Dew—Pkt., 7 c; oz., 
15c; 14 lb., 35c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
Golden Fleshed Honey Dew—In every 
respect the same as the Green Fleshed Honey 
Dew, except the flesh is a rich golden color. 
Pkt., 8c; oz., 20c; !4 lb., 40c; 14 lb., 70c; 1 lb. 
$ 1 . 20 . 
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