CATALOGUE OF CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 
Rice’s Orange Flesh 
Banana Cantaloupe. Shaped as name indicates, grow¬ 
ing about 2]/2 feet long; flesh deep salmon colored. 
Burrell’s Gem (Ordway Pink Meat). An excellent 
small, oblong melon of the Netted Gem type, fairly 
ribbed and well netted; flesh deep salmon color. 
Eden Gem (Gold-lined Rocky Ford). This is the 
standard Rocky Ford shipping melon; fruit round, 
entirely covered with netting and without ribs; flesh 
green, tinted yellow at the center; quality excellent. 
Extra Early Osage. Quite similar to the old type 
Osage. Of the same high quality although about a 
week earlier. 
Ford hook. A medium sized melon; round, much 
flattened at the ends, ribbed and fairly netted; skin 
deep emerald-green; flesh orange-yellow; quality fine. 
Hackensack (Turk’s Cap). Fruit large, round, flattened 
at the ends, deeply and irregularly ribbed, coarsely 
and heavily netted; flesh green. 
Hackensack, Extra Early Improved. An early selection 
from the old Hackensack. 
Honey Dew (Antibes). Fruit large, oval in form, with 
a smooth, hard, lemon-tinted shell, without ribbing 
or netting; flesh light emerald-green. 
Irondequoit. Fruit large, gray-green in color, round, 
flattened at the ends, distinctly ribbed and well 
netted; flesh deep salmon color. 
THREE BEST 
SHIPPING MELONS 
RICE’S ORANGE FLESH 
(See illustration opposite) 
The last word in a Rocky Ford shipping melon, 
having a rich orange flesh throughout and with the 
smallest seed cell. Is very productive and quite 
disease resistant. This melon has brought the 
highest price in every market during the past season. 
HALE’S BEST 
Decidedly the earliest of the Rocky Ford type of 
shipping melons. Melons average as large as any 
of this class and have a sweet, sugary salmon flesh. 
RICE’S PINK MEAT 
A very desirable new melon on the order of Bur¬ 
rell’s Gem but will average considerably larger in size 
is more solid and with a heavier netting. While it will 
not stand the long distance shipping of the Orange 
Flesh it is a very desirable sort for nearby markets. 
Lake Champlain. A very early, small, salmon fleshed 
melon of high quality. 
Milwaukee Market. A variety very popular in Chi¬ 
cago and Milwaukee markets. Of Surprise parentage 
and close kin to Bender’s Surprise although earlier 
and somewhat smaller. Fruit nearly round, lightly 
ribbed and fairly netted; flesh salmon color. 
Montreal Green Nutmeg (Montreal Market). A very 
large, green fleshed variety, weighing upwards of 
20 pounds; fruit round, flattened at both ends. 
Ohio Sugar. Similar to Tip-Top in size and form but 
with a green rather than a salmon flesh. 
Osage, or Miller’s Cream. A standard high quality 
main crop melon; fruit dark green, slightly ribbed 
and well covered with a gray netting; flesh rich 
orange-salmon, exceedingly thick and very sweet. 
Pollock’s No. 10-25. A salmon tinted melon, of fine 
flavor. 
Rocky Ford. Fruit is small, almost round, having no 
ribs and densely covered with a heavy, hard, gray 
netting; flesh thick and deep green, showing a faint 
lining of pink at the center; a high quality shipping 
melon. 
Tip Top. In shape varies from round to slightly oblong; 
rather large in size and late in maturing. Skin pale 
green, distinctly ribbed and lightly netted; flesh rich 
deep salmon, sweet and spicy. 
MUSTARD 
Black or Brown. Considered more pungent than White London; leaves oblong, broad and cut; seed reddish-brown. 
Florida Broad Leaf. Large thick oval shaped leaves with white mid-rib. 
Ford hook Fancy. A handsome, vigorous growing, mild variety, standing a long time before going to seed; leaves 
dark green, beautifully curled and fringed; fine for salads and garnishings. 
Mustard Spinach or Tendergreen. Produces large rosettes of thick tender dark green leaves. 
New Chinese. Leaves light green, much crumpled, and of sweetly pungent flavor. 
Southern Giant Curled. Upright, spreading growth; leaves large, light green, tinged yellow, much crumpled and 
frilled at the edges. The popular market variety in the South. 
White London. Plant of rapid, upright growth, soon going to seed; leaves rather small and smooth, deeply cut or 
divided; color deep green; seed large, light yellow. 
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