“BEST POSSIBLE” SEEDS. 
CHAS. C. HART SEED CO. —21— WETHERSFIELD. CONN. 
POPONE 
MUSKMELON 
MELON 
Bender’s Surprise 
Melons do best in 
sandy soil or sod 
land; hills should 
be four feet apart 
with ten to twelve 
seeds in each hill 
and when danger 
of frost is over thin 
to four good plants 
in each hill. Culti¬ 
vate as long as 
possible. Plant in 
May or June. 
One ounce sows 60 
hills, two pounds 
one acre 
GREEN FLESHED 
Extra Early Hackensack—Medium sized, nearly 
round, deep ribbed, very coarse netting. Good 
flavor. 
Rocky Ford—Light green and of excellent flavor 
with a small seed cavity. Small, round, smooth 
and heavily netted. Excellent shipper and one 
of the most popular sorts. 
Honey Dew—Marvelously sweet honey-like flavor. 
Fruit large, smooth and cream colored, somewhat 
oval shaped. Growing in popularity all the time. 
SALMON FLESHED 
Honey Rock— A wonderful new golden-yellow 
fleshed melon rivaling a honey comb in luscious 
sweetness and of easy culture. 
Emerald Gem—Excellent early sort, fruit slightly 
flat, lightly netted, flesh thick and rich, deli¬ 
ciously flavored with a small seed cavity. 
Osage or Miller’s Cream—Fruit large, round, 
slightly ribbed, dark green. Flesh thick and of 
the finest quality. 
Hearts of Gold—Medium size, ideal shipping 
melon and very desirable for the home garden. 
Fruit is round and uniform in size. Netting fine 
and dense. Rind thin and firm and flesh is firm 
and thick, of fine texture and deliciously flavored. 
Bender’s Surprise—There is no large melon which 
can compare with the Benders. It is medium 
early with deep orange flesh which is very thick 
and deliciously sweet. The fruit is oval shaped, 
light green with fine netting and turns a golden 
yellow when ripe. It attains large size and keeps 
and ships splendidly. Our seed is from hand cut 
melons only. 
Rhubarbe RHUBARB Rabarbaro 
Roots may be grown from seed sown in the 
spring and are ready to transplant to the permanent 
bed the following year. 
Myatt’s Victoria—Earliest of all; stalks are 
large and colored light green and scarlet. 
Delicious — A new variety closely resembling 
Bender’s Surprise but of extra-early maturity, 
coming in nearly at the season of Golden Cham¬ 
plain. The light green, finely netted oval fruits 
have very tender flesh of a deep orange-yellow 
color and very rich, sweet flavor. They weigh 
about 5 pounds, slightly smaller than Benders. 
Golden Champlain — The earliest melon grown. 
It is medium sized and of fine quality and is of 
the Emerald Gem type. Where the gardener has 
difficulty in ripening melons Golden Champlain 
is very valuable. Not a good shipping melon. 
MUSKMELON 
Pkt. 
1 Oz. 
Mlb. 
1 lb. 
Extra Early Hack- 
ensack. 
$0.10 $0.15 
$0.35 $1.00 
Rocky Ford. 
.10 
.15 
.35 
1.00 
Honey Dew. 
.10 
.15 
.40 
1.10 
Honey Rock. 
.10 
.15 
.35 
1.00 
Emerald Gem. 
.10 
.15 
.35 
1.00 
Osage. 
.10 
.15 
.35 
1.00 
Hearts of Gold. 
.10 
.15 
.35 
1.00 
Bender’s Surprise . .. 
.10 
.15 
.40 
1.25 
Delicious. 
.10 
.15 
.45 
1.50 
Golden Champlain.. 
.10 
.15 
.40 
1.25 
RHUBARB. 
.10 
.20 
.50 
1.50 
SALSIFY. 
.10 
.20 
.55 
1.75 
Salsifis SALSIFY Sassefrica 
Sow seed in May in rows two feet apart and thin 
plants to three inches. The general culture is like 
parsnip. Delicious stews may be made from them 
resembling nothing so much as oyster stew. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island — A large improved 
variety of the very best quality. 
Delicious is the finest early Melon for home or market. 
