BETTER CROPS FROM HARVEY’S SEEDS 
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MELONS 
MELONS, MUSK 
(Ger.) Melone 
Select light warm soil; plant in hills six feet apart each 
way. The hills should be prepared by digging out the soil 
a foot deep and thoroughly mixing in a couple of shovel- 
fulls of well-rotted manure, filling up a little above the 
level. Planting should be deferred until warm, settled 
weather. 1 ounce will plant 100 hills. 
See Cut on Inside of Back Cover 
Bender’s Surprise —This Melon has a thin cream colored 
skin and thick salmon colored flesh. Early, very productive 
and of delicious flavor. Externally it resembles White 
Japan, but grows to twice the size. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 
y 4 lb. 40c, lb. SI .50. 
ROCKYFORD —Originated in Colorado,- the most popular 
melon of the times, known everywhere and sought for 
by lovers of good melons. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, x /\ lb. 40c, 
lb. $1.45. 
Paul Rose —Originated from the Osage and Rockyford. 
Flesh orange red, firm and sweet to the rind. For table 
use this is the best melon extant. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, l / 4 lb. 
40c, lb. $1.45. 
Tip Top —This excellent yellow fleshed variety is one of 
the most desirable sorts etiher for the home garden or 
the market gardener who ships to near markets. The fruits 
are of medium to large size with thick, rich colored flesh 
of superior quality. The vines are vigorous and produc¬ 
tive. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, l / 4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.50. 
Hearts of Gold —A deep orange fleshed variety with 
thickly netted skin. The melons are almost perfectly 
round, very sweet and of delicious flavor. Pkt. 5c, oz. 
15c, y 4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.50. 
Emerald Gem —Small extra early,- skin dark green,- flesh 
orange and of delicious flavor. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, l / 4 lb. 
40c, lb. $1.45. 
Osage (Also known as “Miller’s Hybrid’’ and "New 
Princess’’) —A strong growing and productive green 
skinned variety,- flesh a rich salmon color and very thick. 
It makes a fine appearance and is a good selling melon. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, T4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.45. 
Golden Champlain —This melon ripens earlier than any 
other variety. Unsurpassed for early trade, medium in 
size, orange flesh and of good flavor. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 
y 4 lb. 50c, lb. $2.00. 
Honey Dew —Pink. Pkt. 5c, oz. 1 5c, V4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.45. 
Honey Rock —New early variety. Five to six inches in 
diameter, rind hard, flesh medium thick and deep salmon 
in color. Pkt. 5c, oz. 1 5c, l A lb. 40c, lb. $1.50. 
MELONS, WATER 
(Ger.) Wassermelone 
Mountain Sweet —A standard market variety. Skin marbled 
green,- flesh red, firm and sweet. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, V4 lb. 
30c, lb. 95c. 
Cole's Early —Fines for northern use. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 
*4 lb. 30c, lb. 95c. 
Black Spanish —An old variety, one of the richest, medium 
size, dark green skin, red flesh. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, V4 lb. 
30c, lb. 95c. 
Citron —Red seeded, medium size,- used for sweet, meats 
and preserves. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, Vi lb. 30c, lb. 95c. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN 
(Ger.) Essbare Blaetterschwamme 
Mushroom beds may be prepared in a warm cellar or 
shed in Winter, or in the open air in Summer. Collect daily 
the fresh horse manure from the stable and lay it in a heap 
to ferment; turn and mix it well once a week and when 
well and equally fermented, which will be in about three 
weeks, it will then be ready for the beds. The beds should 
be about four feet wide and any length required for a 
supply. Place the prepared dung two feet deep on the 
beds, mix thorouhgly with the earth and beat or press it 
firmly down with the back of the spade,- in this state it 
should remain until the temperature has become sufficiently 
mild, which may be ascertained by thrusting a stick into the 
different portions of the bed. Pieces of the spawn of the 
size of a walnut should then be inserted about two inches 
deep and six inches apart; cover with loamy soil two inches 
deep and press down evenly and firmly. 
Pure Culture— In bricks. Per brick 25c, per dozen $2.50. 
MUSTARD 
(Ger.) Senf 
Used as a salad early in Spring with Lettuce and Cress. 
Sow at intervals thickly in rows six inches apart. Cut when 
about two inches high. 
Giant Southern Curled— Grows nearly two feet high and 
has fine curled leaves which are excellent for salad. Very 
popular in the Winter and early Spring. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 
y 4 lb. 30c, lb. 90c. 
OKRA OR GUMBO 
(Ger.) Essbarer 
This vegetable produces long nutritious pods, which 
when young are used in soups and stews, to which they 
impart a rich flavor. It is of easy culture, grows freely and 
bears abundantly. To be sown at the usual time of all tender 
vegetables in drills two inches deep and two feet apart 
in the row. 
Dwarf Long Pod Green—Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, V4 lb. 20c, lb. 
60c. 
ONIONS 
(Ger.) Zwiebel (It.) Cipollo 
The Onion should have a clean loamy and very rich soil. 
The use of well-rotted compost is very beneficial, and 
Onions will do well if sown on the same piece of land 
for a succession of years. Sow Seed as early as possible in 
drills fourteen inches apart and half an inch deep. As 
Onions grow on top of the ground they may be allowed 
to remain pretty thick, no matter if they crowd each other. 
In hoeing which should be frequently done do not cover 
the young bulbs with earth. One ounce of seed will sow 
a bed 5 by 20 feet. 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS —A thick heavy straw 
colored Onion,- mild flavored and yields abundantly. 
Ripens early and keeps well, the standard market variety 
of this section. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, V4 lb. $1.00, lb. $3.50. 
Ebenezer —A yellow globe variety, famous for their keep¬ 
ing qualities. We have the true variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 
y 4 lb. 80c, lb. $3.00. 
Harvey’s Special Bunching Onion— This strain far surpasses 
the White Welch, being hardier but still of milder flavor 
and above all it stays pure white. It can be used success¬ 
fully for either Spring or Fall planting. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 
i/ 4 lb. 75c, lb. $2.75. 
Large Spanish Onion (Sweet Valencia) —By far the best 
large Onion obtainable. This strain won the Indiana 
state championship two years straight. In 1931 with a 
yield of 993 bushels per acre and in 1932 with a yield 
from one plot of 1,030 bushels per acre and another plot 
of 1,004 bushels per acre. The principal advantages of 
this Onion are its size, wonderful keeping qualities, a fine 
dry skin, its very mild flavor and its resistance to thrip and 
aphids. This Onion always brings a much higher price 
than any other Onion. Pkt. 10c, oz. 45c, *4 lb. $1.50, 
lb. $5.00. 
