1935 SPRING AND FALL THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. ^ YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
Sugar Rock or 
Honey Rock 
This is a new and unusually fine 
melon. Sweet as sugar and solid 
as a rock. It has four main points 
of superiority; quality, productive¬ 
ness, ability to stand shipping and 
appearance. Its flavor and quality 
are the finest we have ever seen, the 
flesh being a very deep salmon color 
right out to the very rind. Under 
good growing conditions it is a very 
heavy yielder, often producing five 
to seven perfect melons on one vine. 
Its rind is unusually hard, making 
it a good shipper. This wonderful, 
new melon is as early as the Rocky 
Ford and one-third larger—making 
it suitable for either home or mar¬ 
ket gardening. Pkt., 5c; oz., 13c; 
<A lb., 30c; 14 lb., 50c; 1 lb., 90c; 
5 lbs., $4.20. 
The House of Gurney 
Yankton, S. Dakota 
Dear Sir: 
We used Gurney’s Seeds last 
year and raised a fine garden. 
These seeds came thru a nine 
weeks' drouth and produced 
fine vegetables, while seed 
bought here failed. 
My, how we enjoyed Benders 
Surprise Muskmelons last sum¬ 
mer and are still using Davis 
Perfect Cucumbers as pickles. 
Howard Wimberley, 
Amherst, Nebr. 
MUSKMELONS—(Continued) 
Sugar or Honey Rock 
Golden Champlain 
Walrath's Golden Champlain 
Muskmelon—This melon is so 
early that it can be grown much 
farther north than any other vari¬ 
ety yet introduced. The nature of 
the New Habit is that it throws 
laterals and blossoms before the 
main stems are six inches long, and 
real fruit sets on these laterals and 
develops rapidly. You will find 
from eight to fifteen large melons 
in a bunch right around the hill 
where the seeds were planted, 
making easy and inexpensive hand¬ 
ling when ripening. The first set¬ 
ting of melons on account of start¬ 
ing at the same time, mature at the 
same time, giving a large crop and 
the early money getter. The vines 
are exceptionally strong and hardy. 
Quality of fruit excellent, flesh 
golden yellow. Outside skin green, 
well netted, and firm. Size from 
214 to 314 lbs. Three years out of 
four we have picked ripe melons 
fifty-seven days after planting 
seeds. 
This melon is successfully grown 
in the Lake Champlain district in 
high altitude, hence its name, Gold¬ 
en Champlain. Pkt., 8c; oz., 15c; 
!4 lb., 30c; 14 lb., 50c; 1 lb., 90c; 
5 lbs., $4.20. 
ONION CULTURE AND PROFIT IN ONIONS 
1 Ounce for 100 Feet of Row; 5 Lbs. Seed per Acre 
Y OU cannot plant a crop on your farm that will produce more dollars per 
acre than a crop of onions. The yield in the northwest from the onion, 
Dakota and Southport Red Gilobe and other standard varieties, is al¬ 
ways exceptionally heavy; the gardeners selling them at much higher prices 
than the general run of farm produce, making the greatest yield of dollars 
per acre of any crop. Onions can be grown and harvested for $35.00 per 
acre; this allows a good per acre rent for the land. A very ordinary yield 
would be at least 300 bushels per acre, even this small crop would bring * 
more net dollars per acre than any five acres in an ordinary crop. Yields 
of one thousand bushels are not uncommon and one of our friends at Bassett, 
Nebraska, has a photograph of his field of one and one-fourth acres from 
which he harvested nine hundred bushels. The varieties he planted were 
Gurney’s Red Globe; “Dakota” and Southport Yellow Globe. 
Figure the cost of production as high as you please and you could not 
come within a mile of the gross profit; plant just as many as you can take 
care of. 
Prizetaker 
(110 days to maturity) — This is the largest of 
all onions and most handsome; mildest in flavor. 
Our seed stock of this onion is pure American 
grown and produces the largest and handsomest 
onion we have ever seen, large in size and better 
in appearance than the most wonderful of Span¬ 
ish and Italian varieties, many of the bulbs 
weighing as high as 3 lbs. each. Skin rich golden 
color, and so mild and sweet it can be eaten 
raw like an apple. This onion is a reasonably 
good keeper, but should be disposed of by 
January 1st. We strongly urge the planting of a 
reasonable acreage of this variety, as it will cer¬ 
tainly prove profitable. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; 'A 
lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.70; 4 lbs., $6.10. 
Southport Large White 
Globe 
(115 days to maturity) — This is the best all¬ 
purpose white onion in cultivation; it is large, a 
perfect globe, silvery white and the very best 
keeper, and excellent quality. In growing onions 
we advise that you put in a part of your acreage 
of this large White Globe, as there is always a 
demand for a reasonable amount of them at a 
better price than you could get for other onions. 
On account of their mild flavor they are partic¬ 
ularly valuable for green onions for bunches. 
Pkt., 7c; oz., 25c; 'A lb., 75c; 1 lb. $2.35; 4 lbs., 
$8.25. 
An Acre 
An Onion Bulletin 
With Each 14 -Lb. Order 
In order that you may grow equally as success¬ 
ful as the expert or continuous grower, we will 
enclose with each order of one-fourth pound and 
up, our Onion Bulletin, giving complete instruc¬ 
tions for preparing the seed bed, planting, grow¬ 
ing, harvesting and marketing. 
Southport Yellow Globe 
(110 days to maturity)—The true Southport 
Yellow Globe is particularly valuable for winter 
market. It is a more perfect globe than the 
Yellow Globe Danvers and a better keeper. The 
onions are similar in size and form to the South- 
port Red Globe, but have a pale straw yellow 
skin, mild flavor and a heavy cropper. Owing to 
its handsome appearance and delightful flavor it 
sells readily on all markets. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; 
•4 lb., 65c; 1 lb., $1.95; 4 lbs., $7.25. 
LEEK 
London Flag—Sow early in the spring in 
drills one inch deep and one foot apart. When six 
or eight inches high transplant in rows 13 inches 
apart and 5 inches between the plants as deep as 
possible, that the neck may be blanched. One oz. 
to 150 feet drilled. Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; 'A lb., 
60c; 1 lb., $1.90. 
Onions May Produce Enough to Buy 
Southport Red Globe 
(110 days to maturity)—We consider this the 
most profitable of the onions for planting in the 
north. Brings the best price on the market of 
any of the red onions. Its large size, dark, glossy 
red color and the fact that it is one of the best 
keepers makes it very desirable. We would 
advise that you make the bulk of your planting 
Southport Red Globes. This variety has given as 
high as 1,100 bushels per acre, and is the leading 
market value in the north. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; 
14 lb., 60c; 1 lb., $1.80; 4 lbs., $6.75. 
Large Red Wethersfield 
(100 days to maturity). One of the old stand¬ 
ard varieties and favorite onion especially in the 
West, where immense crops are grown for ship¬ 
ment. Large size, skin deep purplish red, form 
round, somewhat flat, flesh purplish white, 
moderately fine grained, and stronger in flavor 
than most other kinds. Very productive, best 
keeper, it is the best of any variety on poor or dry 
soil. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; 'A lb., 65c; 1 lb., $1.95, 
4 lbs. $7.25. 
The House of Gurney, Inc. 
Yankton, S. D. 
Dear Sirs: 
We received our first order of seeds and 
are certainly well pleased with them. Our 
Bermuda onion plants and strawberry 
plants are growing fine and are all alive so 
far. Mr. Earnest Hall, 
825 S. St., Gering, Nebr. 
New Cat- 
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