1935 SPRING SEED CATALOG-HENRY FIELD CO.-SHENANDOAH 
FIELD’S DAISY 
MUSKMELONS 
CULTURE—Plant when the ground is warm, 
figuring about three dozen hills from a packet of 
seed or 100 hills from an ounce. Give them plenty 
of room. Plant in rich soil. 
339—ORANGE MEATED NUTMEG. Medium 
size, a nice gray net, flesh thick fine grained and 
an appetizing orange-yellow color. Don’t see how 
it could be better. Price, Pkt. 100; oz. 200; X A lb. 
600; 1 lb. $2.00. 
332—FIELD’S DAISY. This melon 
just exactly fills the bill if you want a 
good home melon. Thick, smooth, 
orange-colored flesh. Medium sized, 
round a®d dark green. Quality just 
about perfect. Certainly good eating. 
Don’t know of a melon that will come 
nearer pleasing everybody. Price, Pkt. 
100; oz. 150; X A lb. 400; 1 lb. $1.25. 
336—HONEY ROCK. One of the 
newer brag melons being heavily ad¬ 
vertised by many seedsmen. Medium 
size, almost round and a wide gray 
net. Salmon flesh sometimes coarse 
but most generally good. Productive. 
Price, Pkt. 100; oz. 150; X A lb. 400; 1 
lb. $1.50. 
334—GREELEY WONDER. One of 
our favorites. A dandy fine melon. 
Flesh a rich orange-yellow, very thick 
and close grained. Has a real good 
muskmelon flavor. If you want a big 
melon that is really good to eat don’t 
see how you can beat it. Price, Pkt. 
100; oz. 150; X A lb. 400; 1 lb. $1.25. 
330—EARLY HANOVER. Said to be 
the earliest melon grown. Green flesh¬ 
ed, oblong and a size larger than the 
Rocky Ford. Grow a few for real 
early and another kind for main crop. 
Price, Pkt. 50; oz. 150 X A lb. 400; 1 
lb. $1.25. 
338—TIP TOP. A big melon of tip 
top quality. Thick orange flesh, 
HALE’S BEST 
smooth grained and sweet. Heavy 
ribbed smooth and turns yellow when 
ripe. Price,Pkt. 50; oz. 150; X A lb. 400; 
1 lb. $1.25. 
333—HALE’S BEST. A well known 
commercial variety. Very early, med¬ 
ium size, mostly oblong and well 
netted. Flesh salmon orange, quite 
thick, smooth and good. A new strain. 
Much better than the old. Price, Pkt. 
100; oz. 150; X A lb. 400; 1 lb. $L25. 
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LETTUCE 
503—EARLY OHIO CAB¬ 
BAGE HEAD. A good 
head variety in the curl¬ 
ed or crisp heading types. 
It grows a medium-sized 
head, round and firm. The 
leaves a light green, 
crumpled and fringed. The 
quality is fine, the leaves 
tender and sweet. If you 
like head lettuce, try this 
one. Plant the seed early. 
In fact, a good plan is to 
start the plants as you do 
early cabbage. Pkt., 100; 
ounce, 150; X A lb. 400. 
513—EARLY CURLED SIMPSON. At center forms 
a tight cluster of leaves crisp and sweet. Good in sand¬ 
wiches as well as other ways. Loose leaf or bunching 
variety. Light green crumpled leaves. Price. Pkt. 50; 
oz. 150; X A lb. 400; 1 lb. $1.25. 
505 — ICEBERG. 
Heavy, compact and 
white inside. Crisp ruf- 
fly leaves tinged a t 
edges with brown. A 
head variety but good 
to eat at any stage. 
Medium large, curly 
leaved. Price, Pkt. 50; 
oz. 150; X A lb. 400; 1 lb. 
$1.25. 
511 — PRIZEHEAD. 
Forms a good sized 
heart, very tender and 
sweet. Grows quickly. 
Makes a lot of good 
eating leaves. Stays tender a good long time even into 
hot, dry weather. Medium dark green leaves tinged 
brown. Price, Pkt. 100; oz. 150; % lb. 400; 1 lb. $1.25. 
508—WHITE HEART COS. It forms an elongated 
head. When the outer leaves are drawn together and 
loosely tied the head blanches to a light green or 
cream color and is very tender. It is a good summer 
lettuce Price, Pkt. 50; oz. 150; X A lb. 400; 1 lb. $1.50. 
PRIZEHEAD 
341—OSAGE. A good old variety that you can’t go 
wrong in planting. Medium size, oblong, green skin with 
a slight net. Real thick flesh, fine grained and smooth, 
and hard to beat. Price, Pkt. 50; oz. 150; X A lb. 400; 1 
lb. $1.25. 
337—HONEY DEW. A distinct type and flavor. Very 
sweet and spicy. Late, tender growth and hard to grow 
but worth a lot of trouble. Large green flesh, smooth skin. 
Price, Pk. 50; oz. 150; X A lb. 400; 1 lb. $1.25. 
344—STANDARD ROCKY FORD. The old green flesh¬ 
ed “daddy-of-them-all” that made Rocky Ford, Colorado 
famous. Price, Pkt. 50; oz. 150; X A lb. 300; 1 lb. 900. 
OSAGE 
326—BAN¬ 
ANA. Looks 
s o m ething 
like a huge 
b a n a n a. 
Quality fair 
A little sug¬ 
ar helps the 
flavor. Or¬ 
ange flesh. 
Price, Pkt., 
50; oz. 150; 
X A lb. 400; 1 
lb. $1.25. 
342 — PERFECTION. 
At one time a popular 
melon mostly on account 
of size and looks. Large, 
almost round, heavily 
ribbed and a good yellow 
inside and out. Price, 
Pkt. 50; oz. 150; X A lb. 
350; 1 lb. 900. 
328 — CALIFORNIA 
CREAM CANTELOUPE. 
A great big, oblong, 
heavy ribbed, yellow 
fleshed melon. Price, 
Pkt. 50; oz. 150; X A lb. 
350; 1 lb. 900. 
HEARTS OF GOLD 
345—HEARTS OF GOLD. Very popular with the Mich¬ 
igan and Ohio gardeners and ought to be popular with 
anyone who likes a good melon. Medium size, almost 
round, fairly well netted. Golden yellow flesh and real 
good eating. Price, Pkt. 100; oz. 150; X A lb. 400; 1 lb. $1.25. 
335—GREEN MEATED NUTMEG. Very early, medium 
size, quality fair. Price, Pkt. 50; oz. 150; X A lb. 300; 1 
lb. 900. 
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