8 Garden Seeds 
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NEW and BETTER SORTS 
McCrea’s New 
Bush Lima Beans. 
Beans—JVBcCrea’s New Bush Lima 
The Early Giant Podded Dwarf Lima Bean 
Entirely new and different Lima with an unusually sweet flavor. 
Large thick beans of 
green color, retaining a green tint when cooked. Strong bushy plants, will stand cold and 
wet weather in spring and resist extreme heat in summer. Very prolific. The dry beans are 
small, shriveled, like a sugar pea, when cooked they swell to same size as the green beans, 
retaining the sweet flavor. The ideal home-garden Lima; highly recommended for market 
and canning. Pkt., 15c; lb., 45c; 3 lbs., $1.20, prepaid. 
Cabbage—Marion Market—Disease-Resistant 
Excellent Early Sort—Preferred on Detroit Market 
Will mature in 75 days, producing fine round heads of the Copenhagen Market type. The 
heads are solid, fine grained and tender, weighing 8 to 10 pounds each. Has given wonderful 
satisfaction, producing a normal crop on yellow-infected soils where the non-resistant 
strains failed almost entirely. Highly recommended to the Cabbage grower for market 
and is equally as good for the home garden. If you have experienced trouble growing good 
cabbage owing to yellows disease, try this variety for better results. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; ^4 
lb., $1.25; lb., $4.50, prepaid. 
Muskmelon—Delicious 
Muskmelon, 
Delicious. 
Profitable Early Market Sort 
A large melon of extra fine qual¬ 
ity which ripens early. In size and 
appearance it resembles Ben¬ 
der’s Surprise but is all of two 
weeks earlier - . The firm, 
tender flesh of deep orange 
color is surprisingly sweet 
and truly delicious. The 
outside color is creamy 
yellow and the melons are 
entirely covered with fine 
netting. Its earliness, size 
and splendid quality recom¬ 
mend it for the home gar¬ 
den and early market. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 15c; % lb., 45c; 
lb., $1.60, prepaid. 
Muskmelon—GoBden Honeymoon 
Early Ripening Improved Honey Dew 
An early strain of the well known Honey Dew Melon, 
ripening fully two weeks earlier, permitting the grow¬ 
ing of this desirable melon in sections where the Honey 
Dew will not ripen. The melons have a rich, velvety, 
golden yellow color; flesh is most delicious, light green, 
ripens clear to the rind and has the characteristic Hon¬ 
ey Dew flavor celebrated for its rich honey sweetness. 
Vines are of strong growth, very productive and disease- 
resistant. The grower for market as well as the home 
gardener should try out this promising sort. Pkt., 15c; 
oz., 30c; % lb., $1.00. 
Cucumber—Straight Eight 
Watermelon—Stone Mountain 
An All-America Selection—Gold Medal Award 
Here is the latest development in a slicing Cucumber of 
medium length. The shape is very symmetrical, almost cyl¬ 
indrical, perfectly straight and averaging 8 inches long by 
2 inches in diameter. Color is a beautiful deep green with 
practically no light stripes. The flesh is firm and crisp 
making it an ideal slicing cucumber both for the home 
garden and as a market and shipping sort. The vines are 
of strong growth, resistant to disease and will yield an 
astonishingly large crop of fine shaped, beautiful dark 
green colored cukes. Pkt., 15c; oz., 25c; lb., 75c; lb., 
$2.50, prepaid. 
The Quality Melon. Also called Dixie Belle or Lipsey. 
It originated in Georgia and was named after the Great 
Stone Mountain in that state. The melons are very large, 
almost round, rich green. The flesh is bright scarlet, extremely 
sweet and of finest quality, solid through, almost all heart 
and but very few seeds. When eaten once, it is not forgotten 
—the finest and sweetest flavor of them all. On the southern 
markets it outsells all other melons. We offer Michigan grown 
seed, best for the states north of the Mason-Dixon line. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 30c; lb., 95c, prepaid.—Not prepaid, 5 lbs., 
$4.00. 
New Cucumber—Straight Eight-—An All-America Selection. 
