SEEDS—TREES—ROSES—SHRUBS—BULBS—EVERGREENS, ETC., SHENANDOAH, IA, 
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One Ounce Will Plant 50 Kills, 2 to 3 pounds per acre. 
Culture. Plant these in hills 6 feet apart each way, 8 to 10 seeds to a 
hill, Vz to 1 inch deep, just as soon as the ground is thoroughly warm. 
When the rough leaves appear, thin out to 3 plants per hill. Melons 
prefer rich, sandy, well drained soil. My favorites are Golden Cham¬ 
plain, Rocky Ford, Honey Rock and New Masterpiece. 
Green Fleshed 
434—EXTRA EARLY. (68 days.) One of the most prolific. Size 5x5 
inches. Weight 2% lbs. Early round, medium size. Fruit slightly 
ribbed. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10 c; Yi lb., 30c; lb., 90c, postpaid. 
435 _GOLD LIKED. (92 days.) A novelty in Rocky Fords. Golden 
fleshed next to seed cavity. Flesh thick, sweet and juicy. Medium 
late. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 30c; lb., 90c, postpaid. 
436 _HONEY DEW. (112 days.) Requires longer and warmer season 
than other Melons. Smooth white rind, green flesh and flavor some¬ 
thing like honey. Has small seed cavity, juicy. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10 c; 
% lb., 35c; lb., $1.10, postpaid. 
442—EXTRA EARLY HACKEKSACK. (70 days.) Fruits round and 
flattened at the end. Very heavily netted and irregularly ribbed. 
One of the best early green-meated sorts. Melons weigh 4% los. 
Pkt., 5 c; oz., 10 c; Yi lb., 30c; lb., 90c, postpaid. 
★ 433 _NEW MASTERPIECE. Here's a new variety—a cross 
between the Honey Dew and the Rocky Ford, having the 
fine qualities of both. A deep fleshed variety, green with 
gold lining. It’s the most delicious muskmelon I know of. 
Pkt., 10 c; oz., 25c; Yi lb., 80c; lb., $2.50, postpaid. Pictured 
in color on page 4 3. 
Improved Rocky 
Ford 
Golden or Orange 
Fleshed Mnskmelons 
MAY’S DELICIOUS 
WATERMELONS 
One Ounce Will Plant About 30 Hills 
MUSKMELON 
or CANTALOUPE 
432 _IMPROVED ROCKY PORD. (70 days.) (Hales Strain.) 
The popular, early Cantaloupe. Slightly ribbed; thick, 
golden orange flesh; delicious flavor. One of the best for 
home use. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 30c; lb., 90c, postpaid. 
★ 443 HONEY ROCK. Every vine will ripen from 5 to 7 
perfect fruits, many times more than that. The rind is 
tough flesh is very firm and solid, and it can be allowed to 
ripen on the vine and still stand handling and shipping very 
nicely. It matures in about 80 days, fruits are round, just 
slightly oval on the ends, overlaid with a heavy gray netting. 
The flesh is deep and a bright orange color. The flavor is 
sweet and delicious. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; Yi lb., 50c; lb., $1.50, 
postpaid. 
452 _GOLDEN LAKE CHAMPLAIN. (57 days.) A new Melon 
that beats them all in earliness, productiveness and hardi¬ 
ness. Medium size; flesh deep golden color; plant very vigor¬ 
ous. Pkt., 5 c; oz„ 10 c; Yi lb., 35c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
458 _HEARTS OP GOLD. My choice. An orange-fleshed, 
round Melon, finely netted, medium size, ideal for market 
and home gardeners. Flesh is thick, firm, of fine texture 
and delicious flavor. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10 c; Yi lb., 35c; lb., $1.00, 
postpaid. 
464 _BENDER’S SURPRISE. (94 days.) My choice of the late 
maturing melons. Has a heavy, coarse netting completely 
covering the fruit. Is slightly ribbed. Flesh deep orange; 
highly flavored. Weight up to 10 lbs. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
Yi, lb., 35c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
465 _YELLOW GIANT. (75 days.) If you want a big melon 
to take to the Fair this Fall, grow Yellow Giant. The giant 
of the pink meated muskmelons. Some melons weigh 25 Tbs. 
Very pleasant taste. Shape a little 
flat. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Yi lb., 30c; 
lb., 90c, postpaid. 
466 — OSAGE. (90 days.) Thick, firm, 
orange flesh of fine quality. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 10c; Yi lb., 30c; lb., 90c; 
postpaid. 
468 — BANANA CANTALOUPE. (95 
days.) The flesh is very solid, rich 
salmon color. Delicious banana 
like flavor when the melon is thor¬ 
oughly ripe. Grows from 20 to 30 
inches in length and is very pro¬ 
lific. Pkt.,, 5c; oz., 10 c; Yi lb., 30c; 
lb., 90c, postpaid. 
470 — MIXED MUSKMELONS. Give 
the boys a packet or ounce of this 
seed for their own melon patch— 
the cream of the crop. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10 c; Yi lb., 20 c; lb., 65c, post¬ 
paid. 
"Best Scods on the Market” 
“Dear Mr.* May: We have just 
made out our order for garden seeds 
and now will be wishing for good 
weather so we can get them planted. 
Our order isn’t as large this year as 
last year because it seemed as though 
every seed grew twice and we still 
have bushels of beets and carrots 
in our cellar. They are just as 
crisp and fresh as the day we put 
them there. We think your seeds 
are the best on the market. Mrs. 
Golden Lake Champlain A. G. Clark, Craig, Nebraska.” 
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POSTPAID 
Culture. Treat same as Muskmelons except to plant 8 to 10 
feet apart, according to variety. Plant 7 to 10 seeds in a hill. 
Seed should not be planted before the ground becomes warm 
and dry. 
479—PRIDE OF MUSCA¬ 
TINE. (Wilt-Resistant.) 
Muscatine Island produces 
hundreds of carloads of 
melons each year. They find 
they have to use wilt-resist- 
ant seed. The Iowa Melon 
Grower’s Association, togeth¬ 
er with our State College, 
have developed a new wilt- 
resistant melon. 
Ours is the genuine State College Certified Wilt-Resistant 
Melon seed, grown under the supervision of the Iowa Melon 
Grower’s Association. This new variety is guaranteed to 
grow in the most extreme cases of wilt-infested ground. Pride 
of Muscatine is similar to Kleckleys with these advantages 
•—it is earlier, a better shipper and a heavier yielder. 
Pkt., 10 c; oz., 15c; Yi lb., 40c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
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IMPROVED KLECKLEY SWEET 
478 — KLECKLEY SWEET. Colorado-grown seed. (85 days.) 
My choice in a long, dark, early melon. The most popu¬ 
lar melon everywhere. It is regular in shape, of high 
quality and has an even dark green skin. This melon 
should be in every town and farm garden. Its large and 
generous heart is frosty red, and deliciously sweet. The 
seed we offer is taken from Colorado-grown melons weigh¬ 
ing 25 lbs. or more and is grown exclusively for seed 
purposes, not seed selected from the left-over melons of a 
commercial patch. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10 c; Yi lb., 25c; lb., 70c; 
5 lbs., $2.95, postpaid. 
492—-EARLY HONEY 
(85 days.) An ideal variety for home use and which bids 
fair to outdo Kleckley Sweet in popularity. Seeds are white 
with black tips. The rind is a deep green with fine veins. 
The melons will average 25 pounds. Slightly ridged, long, 
and blunt at both ends. The flesh is a beautiful crimson, 
very crisp and tender. While not quite ^s large as Kleckley 
Sweet this melon is sweeter and better for home use. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10 c; Yi lb., 25c; lb., 70c; 5 lbs., $3.25, postpaid. 
472 — COLE’S EARLY. (80 days.) One of the earliest Melons 
of all and especially good for family use. Very productive; 
rind green, striped with a lighter shade. Flesh bright red, 
crisp and sweet; good shipper. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Yi lb., 25c; 
lb., 65c; 5 lbs., $2.85, postpaid. 
Watermelon*—Continued next page 
Vegetables marked ★ are illustrated in color on pages 43-44 
