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HENRY FIELD SEED COMPANY, SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
Mnskmelons 
CULTURE: Plant when the ground is warm, figuring about three 
dozen hills from a packet of seed or 100 hills an ounce. Give them 
plenty of room. Plant in rich soil. 
Orange-Fleshed Varieties 
345 HEARTS OP GOLD. Very popular. Just about the pret¬ 
tiest, sweetest melon grown. If you haven’t eaten one you 
have missed something. Medium size, almost round, and well 
netted. Golden yellow flesh. Price: Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; *4 lh. 
35c; lh. 90c. 
334 GREELEY* WONDER. Has a real fine flavor. Large and 
early. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; V4 lh. 35c; lh. 90c. 
333 HALE’S BEST. Very early, medium size, mostly oblong 
and well netted. Flesh salmon orange, quite thick, smooth 
and good. Price: Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; *4 lh. 35c; lh. 95c. 
332 FIELD’S DAISY*. Thick, smooth orange flesh. Medium 
size. Round. Quality perfect. Pleases everybody who grows 
it. Price: Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; lh. 35c; lh. 90c. 
338 TIP TOP. A big melon of tip top quality. 
Thick orange flesh, smooth grained and sweet. 
Heavy ribbed, smooth and turns yellow when ripe. 
Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; y$ lh. 35c; lh. 90c. 
341 OSAGE. Medium size, oblong, green skin with 
a slight net. Real thick flesh, fine grained and 
smooth. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; V4 lh. 30c; lh. 90c. 
342 PERFECTION. Large, almost round, heavily 
ribbed and a good yellow inside and out. Price: 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lh. 30c; lh. 90c. 
326 BANANA. Looks something like a huge 
banana. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lh. 30c; lh. 90c. 
328 CALIFORNIA CREAM CANTALOUPE. A 
great big, oblong, heavy ribbed yellow fleshed 
melon. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lh. 30c; lh. 90c. 
Green-Fleshed Varieties 
344 STANDARD ROCKY* FORD. The old green 
fleshed “daddy-of-them-all,” that made Rocky 
Ford, Colorado famous. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10 c; 
% lh. 30c; lh. 90c. 
330 EARLY* HANOVER. One of the earliest mel¬ 
ons grown. Green fleshed, oblong and a size 
larger than the Rocky Ford. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 
10c; *4 lh. 30c; lh. 90c. 
Rocky Ford Muskmelon 
Onions 
CULTURE: Plant very early. One ounce of 
seed to 100 feet of row. When tops fall over, pull 
and store in a shed until cold weather. 
304 GIANT PRIZETAKER. Globe shape, straw 
yellow color skin, white flesh and very large. 
Reasonably mild. Keeps fairly well. Price: 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; y± lh. 60c; lh. $1.90. 
306 MOUNTAIN DANVERS. A flattened globe 
shape. A fine bronzy yellow. Keeps and ships 
well. Heavy yields and early. Price: Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 20c; *4 lh. 65c; lh. $2.00. 
314 YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. A nice round 
globe shape. Medium size, firm and solid. Ex¬ 
tra good keeper. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 14 lh. 
60c; lh. $2.00. 
Hale’s Best Muskmelon 
Silverskin or White Portugal Onion 
Red Varieties 
White Varieties 
312 SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. Pure white, 
thin skin, flesh white and fine grained. Price: Pkt. 
5c; oz. 25c; *4 lh. 75c; lh. $2.50. 
311 SILVERSKIN or WHITE PORTUGAL. A good 
keeper, medium size and somewhat flattened. Price: 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 14 lh. 65c; lh. $2.00. 
307 NEW QUEEN. Pure white. Plant the seed 
thick and don’t thin them out for pickling size. 
Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; V4 lh. 65c; lh. $2.00. 
Yellow Varieties 
303 RIVERSIDE SWEET SPANISH. A leader for 
market, home use, keeping quality and flavor. A 
beautiful light yellow tinged with brown. It turns 
out enormous yields. Price: Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 
% lh. 60c; lh. $2.00. 
309 RED WETHERSFIELD. The best known Red 
Onions for fine flavor. Rather hot. Price: Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 20c; *4 lh. 55c; lh. $1.80. 
305 LARGE RED GLOBE. Flesh fine-grained and 
tender. Medium sized. Medium late. One of the 
best keepers. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; V4 lh. 60c; 
lh. $1.90. 
SWEET SPANISH ONION PLANTS 
We can furnish both Bermuda and Riverside Sweet 
Spanish, plants. The Riverside Sweet Spanish keeps 
better, yields better and makes better plants. Order 
early and we will send when the time comes. They 
must be ordered in even amounts as specified below: 
300 for 50c; 500 for 80c; 1,000 for $1.50; 3,000 for 
$3.50. Write for prices on larger quantities. 
