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HENRY FIELD SEED CO., SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
Garden Seeds 
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Purple Top Globe 
The best main crop turnip 
Turnips 
CULTURE: Plant some for early and some for late crops. The 
latter part of July or first part of August is the time for late 
planting. 
807 PURPLE TOP GLOBE. Can be used for either 
early spring or July planting. Yields heavy crops. 
Roots large, globe white, purple top. Very tender, crisp 
and sweet. Flesh white. Fine to store for winter. 
Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; X A lb. 20c; lb. 50c. 
811 JAPANESE (Improved Shogoin). Pure white, globe 
shape and very sweet. Tops fine for greens. Price: 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; X A lb. 20c; lb. 50c. 
806 PURPLE TOP 
STRAP LEAP. 
Something like Pur¬ 
ple Top Globe but 
roots flat. Used 
mostly for late 
planting. Price: 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; X A 
lb. 20c; lb. 50c. 
810 WHITE GLOBE. 
A large late, one 
with some small side 
roots. Rather coarse 
and used mostly for 
stock on account of 
heavy yield. Price: 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; X A 
lb. 20c; lb. 50c. 
803 EXTRA EARLY MILAN. A very early spring turnip. Roots fiat, 
white with purple on top. Flesh white and fine grained. Sweet and 
tender before hot, dry weather comes. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; X A lb. 30c; 
lb. 75c. 
808 RUTABAGA AMERICAN PURPLE TOP. Has smooth leaves like 
cabbage and is yellow with purple top and yellow flesh. Quite valuable 
for northern sections. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; X A lb- 20c; lb. 50c. 
Rutabaga 
American 
Purple Top 
Watermelons 
CULTURE: Plant on rich soil when the ground is 
warm. Figure about 50 hills to the ounce or 3 pounds to 
the acre. 
713 FORDHAM’S EARLY. One of the best early 
melons. Fine for home use. While not so large, 
much better than shipped in melons. Dark 
mottled green. Short, blocky and thin rind. 
Flesh tender and sweet. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 
l A lb. 20c; lb. 65c. 
716 KANSAS SWEETS. A new big round melon 
that looks like the old Kolb Gem but with the 
quality and flavor of the Kleckley Sweet. Pink 
colored seed. Price: Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; X A lb. 35c; 
lb. 90c. 
718 IRISH GRAY. Flesh is a bright red. Skin 
a light gray, rind hard and firm. Size medium 
to large. Carries well to market. Price: Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 10c; X A lh. 20c; lb. 65c. 
714 STONE MOUNTAIN. A great big melon, al¬ 
most round, with a large center of sweet tender 
flesh. The larger melons will weigh up to 50 
pounds on good melon ground. Almost round 
and blunt ended. A tough rind and a good ship¬ 
per. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; X A lh. 35c; lb. 75c. 
709 TOM WATSON. A very large, long melon. 
Flesh red, firm and rind hard. Price: Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 10c; X A lb. 20c; lb. 75c. 
Dixie 
Queen 
Melon 
722 DIXIE QUEEN. A new and highly desirable melon. 
Its good qualities embody just about everything you 
could ask for. The flesh is crisp and tender; it has 
fewer seeds than any other variety; a thin tough rind. 
It is medium large, and the outside color is perfect— 
a striped light and dark green. Many are asking big 
prices for this new beauty. Our prices: Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 20c; X A lb. 50c; lb. $1.75. 
704 KLECKLEY SWEET. Probably the best known 
home melon in America. Popular principally because 
of its quality. Our strain is mid-season to" late and 
will mature a big crop of melons for you. A deep 
green, medium long to oblong and will run from 30 
to 40 pounds. Flesh bright red, very tender and sweet. 
A thin tender rind. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; X A lb, 35c; 
lb. 75c. 
720 PRIDE OP MUSCATINE. If you are troubled with 
melon wilt you should grow this variety; It is a strain 
of the Kleckley Sweet. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; X A lb. 
35c; lb. 75c. 
Kleckley Sweet Watermelon 
