WILSON S. BROWER COMPANY, Inc., CATALOGUE OF SEEDS 
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Loose Leaved Varieties 
GRAND RAPIDS, b. s. 
One of the most popular loose leaved varieties. Excellent for early 
planting outside, and for greenhouse forcing. Plants erect and 
compact; leaves light green, broad, wavy, curly, and heavily 
fringed at the edges. A handsome sort; very tender and sweet 
when grown under glass. 
Simpson’s Curled, b. s. 
A popular early non-heading variety, large and compact, with 
broad yellowish green leaves, crumpled and frilled on the edges; 
crisp and very tender. Reliable in cropping, it is used extensively 
in home and market gardens. 
SIMPSON’S EARLY CURLED, w. s. 
Sometimes called Early Curled Silesia. Probably the most widely 
used of all varieties for home gardens. Early, hardy, and depend¬ 
able; non-heading, with large crumpled, frilled leaves, forming a 
compact bunch at the center of the plant; color light green; tender, 
sweet, and of excellent quality. 
Cos or Romaine 
Dark Green, w. s. 
A medium large, self-closing sort, with well blanched, loaf shaped 
head of tender quality; leaves very dark green, slightly crumpled. 
Used increasingly by market gardeners. 
WHITE PARIS or TRIANON, w. s. 
Widely used for greenhouse planting, as well as by home gardeners 
and truckers. A medium large self-folding sort, with medium dark 
green, erect, smooth, concave leaves. Head compact, solid, loaf 
shaped, with greenish white, well blanched interior; crisp, sweet, 
tender, and of excellent flavor. 
MUSKMELON AND CANTALOUPE 
One of the oldest cultivated vegetables, native to Central Asia. The time of 
maturity for the different varieties is based on average results obtained from plantings 
in Colorado. 
Pkt. 5c — Oz. 25c — *4 lb. 75c 
Green Fleshed Varieties Length 
inches 
Large Hackensack . 6 Vs 
A very large type, used principally for home gardens and 
local markets. Fruits somewhat flattened, weigh 7 
pounds; prominently ribbed with little netting. Flesh 
thick, juicy, sweet; green in color. 
Montreal Market or Green Nutmeg _ _ 7 to 8 
Popular with Canadian market gardeners. Fruits vex-y 
large, globular, flattened at ends; weigh 7 to 8 pounds; 
medium green, deeply ribbed and heavily netted. Flesh 
very thick, green, juicy and sweet. 
ROCKY FORD or NETTED GEM _ 5 Vi 
Probably the most widely known of all cantaloupes. Used 
extensively for shipping, and by market gardeners. 
Fi’uits are small, nearly round, weigh 2Vi pounds; with 
no ribs, and heavily covered with hard grey netting; 
flesh thick, green in color, with gold tinge at the center; 
juicy, delicious, and of fine quality. 
Days from 
Diameter planting 
inches to picking 
8 88 
8 to 9 94 
5 92 
Orange or Salmon Fleshed Varieties 
Long Island Beauty. Similar to Hackensack; very early. 
Osage or Miller’s Cream _ 7 6 95 
Excellent for home and market garden use for local mar¬ 
kets; not a good shipper. Fruits oblong, weigh 6 pounds; 
exterior very dark green, deeply ribbed, covered with 
slight grey netting. Fleslx exceptionally thick, rich or¬ 
ange-salmon; tender, sweet, and of distinct flavor. 
