1934 SPRING AND FALL THE' HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
MUSKMELONS—(Continued) 
Sugar Rock (or Honey Rock) 
Golden Champlain 
Walrath’s Golden Champlain Musk- 
melon—This melon is so early that it can be 
grown much farther north than any other vari¬ 
ety yet introduced. It ripens three weeks earlier 
than the Emerald Gem, Hackensack or Paul 
Rose. The nature of the New Habit is that it 
throws laterals and blossoms before the main 
stems are six inches long, and real fruit sets on 
these laterals and develops rapidly. You will 
find from eight to fifteen large melons in a bunch 
right around the hill where the seeds were 
planted, making easy and inexpensive handling 
when ripening. The first setting of melons on 
account of starting at the same time, mature at 
the same time, giving a large crop and the early 
money getter. The vines are exceptionally 
strong and hardy. Quality of fruit excellent, 
flesh golden yellow. Outside skin green, well 
netted, and firm. Size from 2!4 to 3 yi lbs. I 
have grown thirty-four different kinds of canta¬ 
loupes in the last fifteen years, but the Golden 
Champlain yields much heavier than any of 
them even if you only count the first setting. 
Three years out of four we have picked ripe 
melons fifty-seven days after planting seeds. 
This melon is successfully grown in the Lake 
Champlain district in high altitude, hence its 
name. Golden Champlain. Its extreme earliness 
prevents a lot of melon money from getting into 
the pockets of the Imperial Valley growers, and 
gives it to the home producer three weeks sooner. 
Pkt., 8c; oz., 15c; !4 lb., 30c; J/j lb., 50c; 1 lb., 
80c; 5 lbs., $3.25. 
Osage 
(Miller’s Cream)—This is the most profit¬ 
able of all melons for the market gardener; uni¬ 
form quality; it makes no difference what the 
size of the melons may be, they are all sweet 
and delicious. The skin is thin, dark green and 
netted. The flesh is deep salmon, remarkably 
sweet and of a spicy flavor; extremely thick 
and delicious to the rind. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
1/4 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 70c; 5 lbs., $3.00. 
Sugar Rock (or Honey Rock)—This is a 
new and unusually fine melon. Sweet as sugar 
and solid as a rock. It has four main points of 
superiority; quality, productiveness, ability to 
stand shipping and appearance. Its flavor and 
quality are the finest we have ever seen, the 
flesh being a very deep salmon color right out 
to the very rind. Under good growing condi¬ 
tions it is a very heavy yielder, often producing 
five to seven perfect melons on one vine. Its 
rind is unusually hard, making it a good ship¬ 
per. This wonderful, new melon is as early as 
the Rocky Ford and one-third larger—making it 
suitable for either home or market gardening. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 13c; lb., 30c; Fz lb., 50c; 1 lb., 
80c; 5 lbs., $3.25, _ 
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. 
Dear Sirs: April 7, 1933 
One of my Anoka Apple trees I planted 
in 1931 had nine Apples last year. There 
were more on but hard winds took them off. 
Yours truly, John Scheive 
Benders 
Surprise 
Folks here’s a 
real melon, one 
that I feel like 
recommending 
to everyone. A 
special strain of 
selected seed will 
be used for every 
order. It’s a mel¬ 
on that is excel¬ 
lent for shipping 
and a dandy for 
the local market 
—but best of all 
it’s one that you 
will like better 
than any other 
because of its ex¬ 
cellent flavor. 
Melons are round 
to oval in shape, 
ribbed and cov¬ 
ered with coarse netting. Their flesh is excep¬ 
tionally thick, and the melons rarely crack. The 
ripe melons have a golden tint giving the fruit a 
very attractive appearance. They are quite large, 
many weighing over ten pounds. Because the 
flesh is so thick and firm they remain in good 
condition much longer than other melons of this 
class, and remember that this is very important 
if you are going to ship. Package, 5c; oz., 10c; 
1/4 lb., 30c; 14 lb., 45c; 1 lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.25. 
Rocky Ford 
This variety is an improvement on the Netted 
Gem, and is largely grown in Colorado and 
shipped by the carload to the eastern cities. It 
is much sought after by hotel and restaurant 
keepers on account of its size and exceptionally 
fine flavor. Flesh is greenish white in color, 
very juicy and rich and good clear to the rind. 
It is medium in size, of round oval form and a 
most excellent keeper. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 
lb., 25c; 1 lb., 70c; 5 lbs., $3.00. 
WATERMELONS —l Oz. for 20 Hills, 4 lbs. per Acre 
Gurney’s Mastodon 
Radio Watermelon 
Watermelons are liked by everyone, and the 
kids especially like to go out and crawl into 
someone’s corn field hoping that they will find a 
watermelon patch. Gurney’s Mastodon Radio 
Watermelon will produce more melons than any 
other variety; it also produces the largest mel¬ 
ons; the flavor cannot be beat, and you will never 
find the hard core as you do in so many of the 
melons. 
It is not unusual to produce melons of this 
variety weighing ninety pounds. They have been 
known to exceed one hundred pounds. Its bright 
red flesh is of delicious flavor and the quality 
that calls for more. 
Matured melons are glossy dark green, dis¬ 
tinctly striped skin, very tough, making it a long 
keeping and shipping melon. Pkt., 7c; oz., 15c; 
!4 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.00. 
Gurney’s Scarlet Wonder 
Did you ever see a scarlet watermelon, not 
just red, but a bright flaming scarlet? Gurney’s 
new scarlet wonder is what melon growers have 
long wanted but have never been able to find. 
The black seeds and dark green rind contrast¬ 
ing sharply with the bright scarlet flesh make 
sales for this melon when other varieties are a 
drug on the market. 
.■Appearance sells the first melons. The high 
quality takes care of resales as there is no better 
quality melon grown. Medium size, early, thi i, 
tough rind—a good shipping melon as well as a 
melon for the home garden. Pkt., 8c; oz., 1.5c; 
1/4 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.00. 
William Purdy in his Field of Mastodon 
Radio Watermelon 
Dear Sir: August 5, 1933 
I am sending you a picture of my Radio 
Watermelon field. I am well pleased with 
the seeds I got from you. They are great 
melons to yield and good sellers. I have been 
picking ripe melons for ten days. 
Yours truly, Wm. Purdy, 
La Porte City, Iowa 
Klondike Watermelon 
For genuine merit the Klondike is surpassed 
by no other kind. Deep red flesh, dark green 
rind. Very early. A long medium size melon 
suitable for the home garden or for moderate 
distance shipping. Small seeds, mixed black and 
white. When it is better known, the Klondike 
will take the place of many of the early melons. 
on account of its high quality and good appear¬ 
ance. Pkt., 7c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 75c; 
5 lbs., $3.00. 
Corporal Gurney 
We offered this seven years ago, and, with the 
exception of a very few reports, it has proven 
one of the very best melons of the entire list. Its 
large size, extremely tough rind and excellent 
quality have made it a desirable market melon. 
We are offering it again with the assurance that 
this is the coming melon for the market, at least 
for that part of the country where they are 
grown in large quantities for the market. 
We have called this ‘‘Corporal Gurney” be¬ 
cause the first ripe melon was picked on the day 
he was appointed corporal. Later became ser¬ 
geant, but the melon remained "Corporal” al¬ 
though it is absolutely "General” in quality. It 
is an oblong melon, shorter and much thicker 
through than the Tom Watson and Kleckley. 
In color it is a very pleasing gray, or a very light 
green. The rind is extremely hard, making it 
best of all melons for shipping purposes. It can 
be shipped across the United States and back 
again, and be equal to any freshly picked melon. 
The quality never has been surpassed and prob¬ 
ably never will be. The rind is thin, but strong 
enough so that the heaviest man can stand on it 
without injuring it. I have rolled these melons 
off from an ordinary table to the floor without 
cracking the rind, or bruising the flesh. This 
melon is not as early as the earliest, but will be 
classed as a medium early melon. Plant one 
packet of Corporal Gurney for a real melon 
patch. Pkt., 8c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 
75c; 5 lbs., $3.25. 
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