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Hardie’s Mushmelon or Cantaloupe 
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227— HALE’S BEST—A remarkable, very early, profitable shipping melon 
from the Imperial Valley in California. The melons are oval-shape with heavy 
netting and ribs hardly apparent. The flesh is exceptionally thick and firm, 
of fine flavor, a deep salmon color, with very small seed cavity. It is 10 days 
earlier in maturing than other shipping types of the Rocky Ford. The melons 
are 8x4% inches and weigh 2% pounds. We have had ripe melons in 68 
days in a season remarkable for its coldness. Plant some of this seed for 
your early melons for home use or shipping. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 30c; 
lb. 90c; postpaid. 
228— HONEY BALL—A new variety that has proven to be an excellent shipping 
melon and is very prolific, one vine producing as many as fifteen or twenty 
melons. It is a cross of the Honey Dew and Texas Cannon Ball and is indeed 
a wonderful variety for both home and market use. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 
35c; lb. $1.00; postpaid. 
229— HONEY DEW—A melon of fine flavor, weighing five to six pounds; 
flesh light green and very thick. A cross between a Cantaloupe and a Cassaba 
and has the good qualities of both, but a flavor superior to either. An ex¬ 
cellent variety for the home garden and a real money maker for the truck 
grower. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.00; postpaid. 
Hearts of Gold 
OF GOLD—Grown extensively 
by market gardeners; also 
a good shipping type. Fruits 
practically round, distinctly 
ribbed, deep green, covered 
with fine grey netting. Flesh 
very thick, deep golden sal¬ 
mon ; tender, juicy and 
sweet. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % 
lb. 30c; lb. 90c; postpaid. 
232 —POLLOCK 10-25—A 
splendid shipping and market 
garden sort, the best of the 
salmon tinted or gold lined 
strains of Rocky Ford. It 
is ideal in shape, densely 
covered with a thick gray 
netting without an indica¬ 
tion of ribbing. Flesh is 
green with a gold margin 
next to the seed cavity. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 30c; lb. 
90c; postpaid. 
230—IMPROVED ROCKY FORD—Most popular cantaloupe in all markets, 
and undoubtedly unexcelled by any other melon. Fruit is slightly oval, densely 
eovered with coarse netting, and slightly ribbed. Flesh is thick, very sweet, 234—HEARTS 
and of a most delicious fla¬ 
vor. In size they run about 
1 % pounds. Our stock of 
seed is fine, having been 
saved by an expert grower 
at Rocky Ford, from selected 
melons of the middle crop, 
especially for seed purposes. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 30c; 
lb. 90c; postpaid!. 
231 —NETTED ROCK— 
About the same size as 
Rocky Ford, heavily netted, 
the flesh is green, deep and 
solid and of very fine flavor. 
Owing to its small cavity and 
solid meat, a crate of Netted 
Rocks will weigh 3 to 4 
pounds more than other 
melons. Splendid shipper, 
having been shipped from 
Rocky Ford to England suc¬ 
cessfully. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c ; 
% lb. 30c; lb. 90c; postpaid. 
Hale’s Best 
Hardie’s Delicious Watermelons 
From Hardie you’ll get ONLY southern-grown seed, saved 
from selected melons of the South’s most famous varieties, 
grown exclusively for seed. That is why so many successful 
growers use only Hardie’s Seed. 
CULTURE—Plant in hills eight or ten feet apart, dropping 
ten seeds to the hill; thin out to three plants to the hill, culti¬ 
vate until the vines cover the ground, and pinch the ends of 
the early shoots to induce early fruiting. 
236—ALABAMA SWEET—Undoubtedly one of the finest ship¬ 
ping melons ever put on the market. Medium early, strong 
of growth, very productive and bears longer than most melons. 
A dark green melon with a faint black stripe; seeds are of a 
dirty white color. Of good size; we have weighed many that 
turned the scales at 50 and 60 pounds each. Size, shape and 
fine cutting qualities make it a winner in any market. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 85c; postpaid. 
237—HARDIE’S SPECIAL—This wonderful melon was intro¬ 
duced by us several years ago and is a distinct variety. The 
color is a beautiful dark green, flesh deep red, very juicy and 
extra sweet and tender, also free from strings. It has a thin 
rind, but is fairly tough. The melon will weigh forty to sixty 
pounds and is well shaped. It 
is our suggestion that you do 
not fail to include this wonder¬ 
ful melon in your order. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 85c; 
postpaid. 
239—GOLDEN HONEY — We 
have had a good many customers 
wanting a yellow-meated melon, 
which want we feel sure this 
melon will fill. Delicious flavor; 
not surpassed by any melon for 
sweetness and tenderness; it 
fairly melts in the mouth. Grows 
a medium size, of oblong shape, 
color of rind mottled green, and 
has a handsome appearance. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; *4 lb. 25c; 
lb. 85c; postpaid. 
Hardie’s Special 
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