LETTUCE 
Loose Leaf Varieties (Cont.) 
Early Curled Simpson 40 days 
White seed. Especially popular in home 
gardens. Large plant, compact, light lus¬ 
trous green broad leaves, frilled. Crisp, 
sweet and excellent for salads. 
days 
Black seed. One of the most popular non¬ 
heading varieties. Curled, crisp, light green 
leaves are especially tender and sweet when 
grown under glass. Early, disease resistant. 
Prizehead (Reddish Leaves) 45 days 
White Seed. An early, very rapid grower. 
Very popular for home gardens. Curly, 
non-heading, crisp, medium size with bronze 
on edges of outer leaves, inner leaves 
wholly green. Grand Rapids Lettuce 
ROMAINE, COS or CELERY LETTUCE 
Paris White Cos 60 days 
White seed. A strong grower and very productive, with long, shell shaped, medium 
green leaves of most excellent quality. A self-folder, but when plant is over half grown it 
is best to tie it up with string or fibre, that the inner leaves may be blanched perfectly 
white. Head 8 to 9 in. high, long loaf shaped. 
MUSKMELON 
The number of days after each variety refers to the period required to ripen fruit, from 
seed planted in the open ground. 
Green Fleshed Varieties 
Grand Rapids 
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Delicious Gold Lined 90 days 
One of the sweetest and most delicious 
green fleshed melons of the Rocky Ford 
type. Oval in shape covered with heavy 
grayish netting. Seed cavity small, flesh 
thick and firm. 
Extra Early Citron or Early Nutmeg 
88 days. Fruits are rather heavily ribbed 
and netted, small size and almost round. 
Very prolific and desirable for home gar¬ 
dens. Size 5 in. by 5 in., weight 2 1 /*> to 3 lbs. 
Extra Early Hackensack 82 days 
A very popular and profitable home gar¬ 
den variety, but not adapted to shipping. 
Somewhat flat in shape, 6 in. deep and 7 in. 
in diameter. Distinctly ribbed, partially net¬ 
ted. Flesh very sweet and spicy. 
Netted Rock 92 days 
A round melon, uniform in size, netted 
all over and free from ribs. Small seed 
cavity. Very desirable melon to pack in 
crates or baskets. Flesh is very sweet and 
spicy 
Red or Salmon Fleshed Varieties 
Relative sizes of six popular melons. Upper 
row left to right: Hales Best , Milwaukee 
Market, Osage. Bottom row: Sugar Rock , 
Hearts of Gold, Benders Surprise. 
Banana 94 days 
A long variety tapering at both ends. 
Skin is lemon colored when mature. Pink 
flesh, delicious eating quality. Size 14x4 in. 
Weight 5 to 7 lbs. 
Bender’s Surprise 94 days 
A large size melon weighing 8 to 10 lbs. 
Round shaped, slightly ribbed with coarse 
netting. Flesh very thick and sweet. An 
excellent home garden and shipping variety, 
growing well in almost all sections. 
Burrell’s Gem, Defender or 
Ordway Pink Meat 90 days 
An excellent variety for shipping or for 
home gardens. Seed cavity is triangular and 
exceedingly small with thick, firm flesh— 
sweet and spicy. Size 6 V 2 by 5 in. and 
weight about 3 lbs. 
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