Health Value of Muskmelon 
Calories per lb. 185; Vitamin s 
A, B, C; Proteins .6%; Carbo¬ 
hydrates 9.3%; Iron .00039% 
GURNEY’S MUSKMELONS 
Health Value of Muskmelon 
Calories per lb. 185; Vitamins 
A. B, C; Proteins .6%; Carbo¬ 
hydrates 9.3%; Iron .00039% 
CULTURE: Muskmelons like a warm, 
rich soil. Plant in the open ground as soon 
as the weather is warm. Plant seed in hills 
4 to 6 feet apart each way. After the danger 
of insects is over thin to 3 plants to a hill. 
Muskmelons can be started in paper pots 
and transplanted to the open field. In this 
way you gain 2 to 3 weeks in earlinessr. 
• HEARTS OF GOLD MUSKMELON 
On this page we show the best of varieties for 
the market gardener. Hearts 
of gold muskmelon. It is the 
hardiest, the highest yielding, 
and the best quality melon that 
can be grown in this Northern 
territory. It is an excellent 
shipper and a good keeper, and 
we recommend it especially to 
the market gardeners as it is 
exceptionally early. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 12c; 14 lb., 30c; Zz lb., 
50c; 1 lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $3.90. 
Postpaid. 
• WEAVERS SPECIAL 
This delicious, new, yellow 
meated muskmelon is one of the 
finest introduced in recent 't.tsSSmK 
years. Flesh very thick and 
spicy, having much the same 
flavor as Honey Dew, which is ■ 
one of its parents. The light ' $£ 
green skin is very hard and well 
netted making it a good ship¬ 
per. This melon can be thor- ’">i 
oughly ripened on the vine and 
will still stand long distance «g 
shipping. The melons are per¬ 
fectly round and weigh about 5 
to 7 pounds each. One of our 
Yankton Market Gardeners 
planted one-half acre of Weav¬ 
ers Special this year and he is 
so well pleased with them that 
next year he is going to plant 
ten acres. Pkt., 5c; oz., 12c; 
14 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 90c; 5 lbs., 
$3.90. Postpaid. 
• MILWAUKEE MARKET 
Brother Don planted about an acre of Mil¬ 
waukee Market one year. Not because he wanted 
to; but on account of the dry weather he lost a 
big field of Strawberries and had to fill in with 
something else. 
It was a fortunate proposition, as Milwaukee 
Market proved to be the earliest, good sized, high 
quality, thick yellow meated Muskmelon that 
appeared on the market, and he realized a good 
price from them, selling the immense crop at 
from 15c to 25c per melon. 
The ribs are fairly prominent, and the netting 
heavy. A light green or cream color. I believe it 
will produce as many melons to the acre as any 
melon you can plant, and when it comes to qual¬ 
ity—Oh Boy! 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 80c; 5 
lbs., $3.50. Postpaid. 
• HONEY DEW MUSKMELON 
This large, round, delicious muskmelon is 
rather late and if grown north of Yankton, seed 
should be started in pots and transplanted to 
the field after danger of frost. Honey Dew 
melons sell at an extremely high price, retailing 
often at from 25c to 75c each. The Honey Dew 
is in a class by itself, being different from any 
other. The flesh is very thick and firm, emerald 
green in color, spicy, and of a flavor that you do 
not get in any other melon. Melons 7 to 10 
inches in diameter, nearly round, and weigh from 
8 to 12 pounds. 
Green Fleshed Honey Dew—Pkt., 7c; oz., 
15c; 14 lb., 35c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
$300 PER ACRE 
Is easy with the right varieties of Musk- 
melons. This list will do it. 
Collection No. 77, Enough Seed for 1 acre. 
A lb. Gurney’s Golden Ice Cream 
$0.60 
'/z lb. New Imperial Canteloupe. 
.60 
A lb. Hearts of Gold 
.50 
!4 lb. Weaver’s Special. 
.30 
14 lb. Milwaukee Market. 
. .25 
14 lb. Sugar Rock. 
. .25 
Total 
$2.50 
BARGAIN PRICE, Postpaid. 
$2.20 
Golden Champlain Muskmelon 
• GOLDEN CHAMPLAIN 
This melon is so early that it can be grown much 
farther north than any other variety yet intro¬ 
duced. The nature of this Melon is that it throws 
laterals and blossoms before the main stems are 
six inches long, and real fruit sets on these 
laterals and develops rapidly. You will find from 
eight to fifteen large melons in a bunch right 
around the hill where the seeds were planted, 
making easy and inexpensive handling when 
ripening. The first setting of melons on account 
of starting at the same time, mature at the same 
time, giving a large crop and the early money 
getter. The vines are exceptionally strong and 
hardy. Quality of fruit excellent, flesh golden 
yellow. Outside skin green, netted, and firm. 
Size from 2 A to 3'/ 2 lbs. Three years out of 
four we have picked ripe melons fifty-seven days 
after planting seeds. 
This melon is successfully grown in the Lake 
Champlain district in high altitude, hence its 
name. Golden Champlain. 
Pkt., 7c; oz., 12c; A lb., 30c; Zz lb., 50c; 1 
lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $3.90. Postpaid. 
• ROCKY FORD 
This variety is an improvement on the Netted 
Gem, and is largely grown in Colorado and 
shipped by the carload to the eastern cities. It 
is much sought after by hotel and restaurant 
keepers on account of its size and exceptionally 
fine flavor. Flesh is greenish white in color, 
very juicy and rich and good clear to the rind. 
It is medium in size, nearly round and a most 
excellent shipper. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; !4 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 80c; 5 
lbs., $3.50. Postpaid. 
In our trial ground at 
Yankton we have tested 
every new kind of musk¬ 
melon introduced, discard¬ 
ing the poor ones and listing 
only those we know will 
please you. 
® BENDERS SURPRISE 
Folks here’s a real melon, one that I feel like 
recommending to everyone. A special strain of 
selected seed will be used for 
every order. It's a melon that 
is excellent for shipping and a 
dandy for the local market — 
but best of all it's one that you 
will like better than any other 
because of its excellent flavor. 
Melons are round to oval in 
shape, ribbed and covered with 
coarse netting. Their flesh is 
exceptionally thick, and the 
melons rarely crack. The ripe 
melons have a golden tint giv¬ 
ing the fruit a very attractive 
appearance. They are quite 
large, many weighing over ten 
pounds. Because the flesh is so 
thick and firm they remain in 
good condition much longer 
than other melons of this class, 
and remember that this is very 
important if you are going to 
ship. Package, 5c; oz., 10c; 
'A lb., 25c; A lb.. 45c; 1 lb., 
80c; 5 lbs. $3.50. Postpaid. 
• GURNEY’S FARTHEST 
NORTH 
This melon originated in the 
Imperial Valley in California 
and is one of the best long¬ 
distance shipping melons we 
have, but on account of its ex¬ 
treme earliness—maturing in 
68 days from the planting of 
the seed — it can be grown 
farther north than any other 
muskmelon. Salmon, flesh of 
exceptional thickness about 
8x4 Zz inches with heavy net¬ 
tings fairly prominent ribs. Its chief values are 
its extreme earliness, its ability to stand long 
distance shipping and its good quality. Pkt., 
7c; oz., 15c; A lb., 35c; Zz lb., 55c; 1 lb., $1.00; 
5 lbs., $4.10. Postpaid. 
Delft, Minn. 
The House of Gurney, Inc. 
Dear Sirs: 
We ordered all of our garden seed from you 
last spring and it proved to be so good that 
we are ordering again this year. 
We sowed the seed as usual, thinking that 
only half of them would grow 1 , but when the 
seeds came up we found that the plants were 
too close together and that practically all of 
the seeds had grown. 
Yours truly, 
Mrs. Abram Lepp 
• SUGAR ROCK OR HONEY ROCK 
This is a new and unusually fine melon. Sweet 
as sugar and solid as a rock. It has four main 
points of superiority: quality, productiveness, 
ability to stand shipping and appearance. Its 
flavor and quality are the finest we have ever 
seen, the flesh being a very deep salmon color 
right out to the very rind. Under good growing 
conditions it is a very heavy yielder, often pro¬ 
ducing five to seven perfect melons on one vine. 
Its rind is unusually hard, making it a good 
shipper. This wonderful, new melon is as early 
as the Rocky Ford and one-third larger — making 
it suitable for either home or market gardening. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 25c; Zz lb., 45c; 1 lb., 
80c; 5 lbs., $3.50. Postpaid. 
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$300.00 income from one acre of melons is not unusual 
