1884 
RELIABLE SEEDS 
1936 
MELONS 
Hoodoo or Hearts of Gold 
CULTURE—Musk Melons do best on newly broken sod or prairie land, or 
on soil prepared by plowing under a crop of rye or wheat in the spring. The 
seed should not be planted until the soil has become thoroughly warmed. Plant 
five or six seeds to the hill, in hills four to six feet apart. Rich soil or well 
rotted manure should be used in the hills. When the plants are of sufficient size, 
thin out to three vines to the hill. 
HOODOO OR HEARTS OF GOLD — An 
orange fleshed melon of medium size—fine 
for the home garden season sort. Vines are 
vigorous and resist blight well. Fruits are 
uniform, medium in size, nearly round. The 
flesh is thick, firm, highly colored and de¬ 
licious. 
HALE’S BEST —Melons are oval in shape, 
about 6 inches long by 4V 2 inches in diam¬ 
eter, with heavy netting and fairly distinct 
ribbing. Flesh exceptionally thick and deep 
salmon in color. A most promising and 
profitable variety. 
LAKE CHAMPLAIN — (Golden Cham¬ 
plain.) An exceedingly early, salmon-fleshed 
melon of medium size and fine quality. Evi¬ 
dently a cross between Fordhook and Emer¬ 
ald Gem as it has a tendency to produce 
melons resembling both types. 
BENDER’S SURPRISE— This melon very 
much resembles our stock of Tip-Top, the 
netting is a little heavier, the flesh is thicker 
and the melon weighs more; color the same 
sick salmon, fine grained, spicy and sweet. 
BURREL’S GEM —Dark green with thin 
skin, flesh thick, salmon colored, very de¬ 
licious. 
POLLOCK NO. 10-25 —Salmon tint flesh, 
good shipper and early. 
BANANA —A long salmon fleshed variety 
of good flavor, growing about fifteen inches 
long. 
EMERALD GEM —- Small, extra early; 
smooth ribbed, dark green skin and orange 
flesh; quality first rate, very sweet. 
GOLDEN NETTED GEM— Very early, is 
small and of fine flavor; green flesh. 
LONG YELLOW CANTALOUPE— Yel¬ 
low flesh, well adapted for the North; late. 
Prices: oz., 10c; lb., 40c. 
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