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Shumway’s 
Delicious 
Musk 
Melons 
All Pure Bred 
Hand Selected 
SEED 
1 oz. seed for 50 
hills, 3 lbs. per acre 
Customer 
Reports 
$500.00 
per Acre 
Profit 
on This 
TimiiiHimimnjjl 1 ? 
502 Milwaukee Market 
One of the very best for home or mar¬ 
ket. 87 days. A fine prolific medium 
large market melon. Excellent for shipping-. 
The rind is very hard and tough, some¬ 
what ribbed and heavily netted. The fruits 
are of uniform size and shape, and they 
pack well in crates. Eating qualities are 
remarkable. The pink flesh is very thick 
and firm without stringiness; sweet and aro¬ 
matic in flavor. Plst., 10 cts.j oz., 18 cts.; 
% lb., 42 cts.; Vi lb., 70 cts.; lb., $1.25; 
2 lbs., $2.40, postpaid. 
504 Hearts of Gold—Extra Select Seed 
82 days. A fine main crop variety. Very popular with market gardeners and shippers. The firm rind, ex¬ 
tremely small seed cavity and uniform size make it especially suited to long distance shipping. Medium in 
size, well ribbed and closely netted. The very thick, fine-grained flesh is a deep salmon orange with a 
delicious spicy flavor. It ripens close to the rind. The vines are vigorous, prolific and blight resistant. 
Average weight 2 pounds. Pkt., 7 cts.; oz., 16 cts-; *4 lb„ 40 cts.; Vs lb., 68 cts.; lb„ $1.20; 2 lbs,, $2.20, 
postpaid. 
520 Shumway’s 
Improved Perfecto 
See Color Plate Page 21 
85 days. A new salmon fleshed Rocky 
Ford type. This grand new variety has the 
deepest flesh and smallest seed cavity of 
any of this type. The flesh is very sweet 
and spicy. Wonderful shipping quality. 
Very heavily netted, perfectly round, no 
ribs. Every melon about the same size and 
a wonderful crate or basket variety. I 
recommend this grand new variety to every 
market gardener or home planter. Pkt., 
10 cts.; oz., 18 cts.; i/ 4 lh., 40 cts.; i/ 2 lb., 
70 cts.; lh., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
Plant 
an Acre 
or Two 
for 
Roadside 
Sale 
Big 
Cash 
Money 
tS 
Melons 
512 Osage Improved Extra Select 
My strain of this grand melon is really superb. 85 days. 
Probably more widely used than any other large melon. Oval in 
shape, slightly ribbed with light open netting. The flesh is deep 
salmon, thick, spicy, luscious. Excellent for local markets and 
roadside stands. Average weight 6 pounds. Pkt., 7 cts.; oz., 16 
cts.; Vi lb., 40 cts.; % lb., 68 cts.; lb., $1.20; 2 lbs., $2.20, postpaid. 
521 Shumways Delicious 
The melons are covered with a heavy grayish 
netting. Elesh green, gold lined. Its shape is 
ideal; slightly oval, faintly ribbed, heavily 
netted over the entire melon. A wonderfully 
prolific yielder producing its luscious medium 
size melons in 70 days. It is the right shape 
to pack to best advantage in crates. The seed 
cavity is very small,‘flesh thick and firm; a 
good melon for market as well as the home 
garden. Pkt., 7 cts.; oz., 14 cts.; y 4 lh., 35 cts.; 
i/ 2 lh., 58 cts.; lb., $1.00; 2 lbs., $1.80, postpaid. 
516 (90 days). Truly an ideal home 
melon. A large pink fleshed melon 
heavily ribbed and netted. Very 
thick and exceptionally sweet and 
spicy flesh. Not a good shipper but 
excellent for home garden and local 
market. Weighs 6 lbs. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz., 18 cts.; >4 lb., 40 cts.; y, lb., 
70 cts.; lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25, 
postpaid. 
513 Emerald Gem Old Reliable—Very Sweet 
Sainton flesh. This beantiful melon matures in 80 days. It is 
truly a gem. The ribs are marked but the skin is smooth. Deep 
emerald green color. The flesh is thick and firm ripening almost 
to the rind. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 12 cts.; % lbs., 33 cts.; % lb., 53 cts.; 
lb., 90 cts.; 2 lbs,, $1-60, postpaid. 
503 Shumway’s Sugar 
or Honey Rock 
Michig; 
Truckers and others write 
me that my strain on this Grand Melon 
excels all others. 
83 days. A distinctive new 
type fast gaining in popularity. 
The fruits are almost perfectly 
round, non-ribbed and covered 
with a very heavy netting. The 
meat is of superb quality; very 
thick ; firm textured, deep orange 
in color and with a unique 
honey-sweet flavor. A tough- 
507 (85 days). The lead¬ 
ing green-fleshed variety 
developed from the old 
Netted Gem into a round 
type melon. The light 
green flesh is very thick 
with a small seed cavity. 
It has a fine smooth 
grained firm, but melting 
quality and a choice spicy 
flavor. Because they are 
uniform, small in size, 
and round without ribs, 
the fruits are ideal for 
packing in baskets or 
crates. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 
12 cts.; >4 lb., 33 cts.; 
Yi lb., 53 cts.; lb., 90 
cts.; 2 lbs., $1.60, post¬ 
paid. 
loup in all markets. Pkt., 10 cts. 
oz., 17 cts.; 14 lb., 44 cts.; y 2 lb, 
76 cts.; lb., $1.35; 2 lbs., $2.5C 
postpaid. 
507 Rocky Ford or Netted Gem 
503 Shumway’s Sugar Rock or Honey Rock 
