1934 SPRING AND FALL THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. ^ YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
WATERMELONS (Continued) 
Winter Watermelon 
Yankton, S. D., has the best equipped State 
Hospital, takes- better care of its patients, and 
cures more than any other in the United States. 
This is a broad statement, but I believe it is 
true. It is equipped with theatre, dance hall, 
ball ground, tennis court, and last, but not least, 
an immense automobile, carrying thirty passen¬ 
gers, and on every decent day, during the entire 
year, it is loaded with patients early in the 
morning, a fifteen mile ride given them, the car 
then returns to the Hospital and is reloaded, and 
this operation continues until nightfall. You 
wonder what this has to do with winter water¬ 
melons. I am just coming to that. I have been 
on the grounds of the Hospital for the Insane at 
Yankton this summer a number of times, and it 
was not unusual to see hundreds of the patients 
on these beautiful grounds among the trees and 
on the lawn, each patient, if they wanted it, eat¬ 
ing watermelon. Their garden covers about 
thirty acres, all grown from Gurney’s seeds, and 
they had thousands of the winter watermelons, 
besides thousands of other kinds. On this date, 
November 1st, they still have a quantity of the 
winter watermelons stored. It is the sweetest 
and best of all. You can almost taste the de¬ 
liciousness of this wonderfully sweet melon hid¬ 
den in its luxuriant foliage. It is not only good 
at time of maturity of the ordinary melon, but 
can be harvested and kept well up to Christmas 
time. It is medium-sized, almost clear white 
rind, the brightest red flesh and small black 
seeds, very firm and very tough rind, which ac¬ 
counts for its keeping qualities. These should be 
harvested when ripe, not overripe, placed in a 
coo! dry cellar; or if you wish, place them in the 
open in straw, seeing that the melons do not 
touch each other and covering all of them with 
sufficient straw to keep from freezing. Take 
them out as wanted and you will be well repaid. 
Pkt., 7c; oz., 15c; lb., 30c; 1 Ib., 90c; 
5 lbs., $3.50. 
Earliest and Sweetest 
Almost as far back as I can remember we have 
urged everyone to plant Cole’s Early for the 
earliest watermelons, but the earliest and sweet¬ 
est, a cross of Mountain Sweet and Cole’s Early, 
combining the best qualities of both, is nearly 
one week earlier than Cole's Early, three to five 
pounds heavier, does not break as easily when 
handled, and the facts are that when the two 
melons ripening together are placed before you, 
you will always eat the earliest and sweetest. 
The average weight of this melon would prob¬ 
ably be from 12 to 15 lbs., flesh scarlet, very fine 
grained, and the flavor is delicious. The seeds 
are white. Vines producing wonderful crops, 
often producing eight to twelve melons to the 
vine. We wish to say to our Northern customers 
that this Earliest and Sweetest melon is the one 
they should plant. There is but little use in 
planting the large late varieties in your locality. 
They are only a disappointment, nearly ripe 
when the frost comes. You will always get under 
the wire with the Earliest and the Sweetest. 
Pkt., 7c; 1 oz., 15c; 14 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 75c; 5 
lbs., $3.00. 
Kleckley Sweet 
Or Monte Christo—Vines are strong-grow¬ 
ing. producing uniformly large-sized melons. The 
fruits are oblong. The skin is dark green. Flesh 
is bright scarlet and ripens to within one-half 
inch of the rind. The quality is very rich and 
sweet, hence its name. For the home market or 
family garden it is decidedly one of the best. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; !4 lb., 20c; 1 lb,, 65c; 5 lbs., 
$2.75. 
The House of Gurney, 
Yankton, S. Dak. 
Have been a Gurney seed user for two years 
and think they are hard to beat. Planted 
Winter watermelons for the first time and 
will say they are delicious. If anybody wants 
a great treat, try a package. Our little son 
Roy (age five) says “Yum yum. Dad, they 
are good.” Yours truly, 
Chris Austad, New Ulm, Minn., Route 6. 
Special List of Profitable 
Watermelons 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 do 
it. Don Gurney. 
Collection No. 61, Enough Seed for 1 Acre 
1 Ib. Fordhook Early. $0.65 
'/2 Ib. Kleckley’s Sweet.35 
!4 lb. Corporal Gurney.30 
% lb. Mastodon.55 
'A lb. Round Light Icing.35 
lb. Winter.45 
14 lb. Gurney’s New Scarlet Wonder .40 
Total. $3.05 
Bargain Price.$2.50 
Wilt Resistant Watermelon 
Pride of Muscatine 
This is an improved strain of Kleckley’s 
Sweet, developed by the Iowa .Agricultural 
College at Ames. 
It is bred to resist melon wilt and is the only 
melon that can be raised in many parts of Iowa, 
Wisconsin and Illinois where wilt is prevalent. 
The Pride of Muscatine is a better shipper 
than the regular strain of Kleckley’s Sweet, as 
it has a thicker rind and market gardeners 
who haul melons long distances should plant 
this variety. 
Pkt., 7c; 07 .., 15c: !4 Ib., 40c; !4 lb., 70c; 
1 lb., $1.20; 5 lbs., $5.50. 
Tom Watson 
The Tom Watson is one of the very best ship¬ 
pers of the long melons, and one of the best 
quality. The melons will grow to a length of 
about two feet, and about one foot in diameter. 
The rind is a hard mottled green, thin, but tough 
enough to endure shipping to any distant mark¬ 
et. Of the long shaped melons it is the best 
shipper of any. The flesh is deep red and comes 
very close to the rind. We consider this for qual¬ 
ity equal to any of the melons, and it sells readily 
on the market when there is no demand for 
others. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 'A lb., 20c; I lb., 
65c; 5 lbs., $2.75. 
Golden Honey Sweet—The only desirable 
yellow meated melon, and for home use the best 
of all melons. Very thin rind, golden yellow flesh, 
so remarkably sweet and tender that they will be 
chosen above all other melons for home, not 
shipping purposes. Pkt., 7c; oz., 15c; 'A lb., 
25c; Yi lb., 45c; 1 Ib., 75c. 
Round Light Icing 
Fruit medium sized, nearly round, greenish 
white, slightly veined or dotted with light green. 
The flesh is light red, sweet and crisp, seed white. 
A very early melon producing remarkable crops. 
I advised that it was too late to plant any water¬ 
melon, but he insisted on planting and I recom¬ 
mended some earlier varieties; but he still insisted 
on Round Light Icing, and he marketed from that 
field dozens of carloads about as early as the 
earliest varieties, and received top prices for 
them. Pkt., 5c; I oz., 10c; <A lb., 20c: '4 Ib., 
35c; 1 lb., 65c; 5 lbs., $2.75. 
Fordhook Early 
Without a rival. This is the earliest large- 
fruited melon in cultivation. We secured a good 
number of fine large melons before any other 
varieties ripened, with the exception only of tlie 
small Cole’s Early. These fruits are of good size, 
rather short and blocky in form, with large 
diameter; skin dark green, occasionally with 
faint stripes of lighter green; flesh bright red, 
crisp, sweet, and of splendid quality; rind quite 
thin, but skin tough; makes an excellent ship¬ 
ping variety. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; A lb., 20c; 
1 lb., 65c; 5 lbs., $2.75. 
Don Purcell (WNAX Studio), Don Avey (WNAX Studio), Bud Wyborny (Gasoline Depart¬ 
ment), Frank Seeley (Seed Department), Don Gurney (Seed Department). 
All ftettinft their pictures taken but Bud Wyborny. He couldn’t wait. 
It's Not a Home Until It’s Planted 
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