WHOLESALE GARDE S E E D S 
LETTUCE 
Loose Leaf Varieties (Cont.) 
Early Curled Simpson 40 days 
White seed. Especially popular in home 
gardens. Large plant, compact, light lus¬ 
trous green broad leaves, frilled. Crisp, 
sweet and excellent for salads. 
Grand Rapids 45 days 
Black seed. One of the most popular non¬ 
heading varieties. Curled, crisp, light green 
leaves are especially tender and sweet when 
grown under glass. Early, disease resistant. 
Prizehead (Reddish Leaves) 45 days 
White Seed. An early, very rapid grower. 
Very popular for home gardens. Curly, 
non-heading, crisp, medium size with bronze 
on edges of outer leaves, inner leaves 
wholly green. 
Grand Rapids Lettuce 
ROMAINE, COS or CELERY LETTUCE 
Paris White Cos 60 days 
White seed. A strong grower and very productive, with long, shell shaped, medium 
green leaves of most excellent quality. A self-folder, but when plant is over half grown it 
is best to tie it up with string or fibre, that the inner leaves may be blanched perfectly 
white. Head 8 to 9 in. high, long loaf shaped. 
MUSKMELON 
The number of days after each variety refers to the period required to ripen fruit, from 
seed planted in the open ground. 
Green Fleshed Varieties 
Delicious Gold Lined 90 days Extra Early Hackensack 82 days 
One of the sweetest and most delicious A very popular and profitable home gar- 
green fleshed melons of the Rocky Ford den variety, but not adapted to shipping, 
type. Oval in shape, covered with heavy Somewhat flat in shape, 6 in. deep and 7 in. 
grayish netting. Seed cavity small, flesh in diameter. Distinctly ribbed, partially net- 
thick and firm. ted. Flesh very sweet and spicy. 
Netted Rock 92 days 
Extra Early Citron or Early Nutmeg A round melon, uniform in size, netted 
88 days. Fruits are rather heavily ribbed all over and free from ribs. Small seed 
and netted, small size and almost round. cavity. Very desirable melon to pack in 
Very prolific and desirable for home gar- crates or baskets. Flesh is very sweet and 
dens. Size 5 in. by 5 in., weight 2 V 2 to 3 lbs. spicy. 
Orange or Salmon Fleshed Varieties 
Banana 94 days 
A long variety tapering at both ends. 
Skin is lemon colored when mature. Pink 
flesh, delicious eating quality. Size 14x4 in. 
Weight 5 to 7 lbs. 
Bender’s Surprise 94 days 
A large size melon weighing 8 to 10 lbs. 
Round shaped, slightly ribbed with coarse 
netting. Flesh very thick and sweet. An 
excellent home garden and shipping variety, 
growing well in almost all sections. 
Burrell’s Gem, Defender or 
Ordway Pink Meat 90 days 
An excellent variety for shipping or for 
home gardens. Seed cavity is triangular and 
exceedingly small with thick, firm flesh— 
sweet and spicy. Size 6 V 2 by 5 in. and 
weight about 3 lbs. 
Hale’s Best Muskmelon 
