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Melons Are a Good Cash Crop 
Mn skin el ons 
Few products of the garden give as much 
fine eating as ripe, sweet melons right from the 
vine. Easy to raise. 1 oz. will plant 100 hills. 
2 lbs. to the acre. 
BURREL’S GEM or DEFENDER. 7 inches in 
diameter, oval shape, slightly ribbed, thick fine 
grained flesh, yellowish salmon in color. Ripens 
right to the rind. Ripens in 95 days. Oz,., 10c; 
Vi lb., 35c; lb., $1.00. 
EARLY OSAGE. 64 days. Standard variety, of 
splendid quality for nearby markets and home use. 
Melons 6 to 7 inches in diameter, almost round, 
with shallow furrows, spare shallow netting. 
Flesh very thick, salmon-orange, fine grained, 
sweet and aromatic. Oz,., 10c; Vi lb., 35c; lb., $1.00. 
GOLDEN CHAMPLAIN. Earliest orange flesh 
melon. 75 to 80 days. Round, 5 to 6 in. in diam¬ 
eter. Slightly ribbed. Flesh fairly thick. Deep 
orange, very sweet. Good early market and home 
garden variety. Oz., 10c; Vi lb., 35c; lb., $1.00. 
LETTUCE —Continued 
SIMPSON’S EARLY CURLED. Also 
known as White Seeded Simpson. Our 
best leaf lettuce. Very hardy, early 
and dependable. Light lustrous green 
leaves, crisp good quality. V6 oz., 5c; 
oz,., 10c; % lb., 30c; lb., $1.00. 
GRAND RAPIDS. Best forcing va¬ 
riety. Very early. Hardy. Disease re¬ 
sistant. Best for greenhouse forcing. 
Solid, light green leaves, large and 
broad. Very tender and sweet. V£ oz., 
5c; oz,., 10c; Vi lb., 30c; lb., $1.00. 
PRIZEHEAD. Very early, quick 
growing. Popular for home garden. 
Loose leaved. Outside leaves tinged 
red, inner leaves green. V£ oz., 5c; oz., 
10c; % lb., 30c; lb., $1. 
Hale's Best 
Iceberg 
Lettuce 
HALE’S BEST. Early melon. 80 days. Nearly 
round. 6 to 6Ve in. Medium heavy netting almost 
devoid of ribs. Flesh very thick, fine grained. Deep 
salmon pink, richly flavored. Oz., 10c; Vi lb., 25c; 
lb., 85c. 
HEARTS OF GOLD. One of the most popular me¬ 
dium size melons. Small, early variety, ripening in 
100 days. 5 to 6 in. in diameter, orange salmon color, 
exceptionally thick, and fine flavor. Oz., 10c; Vi 1 
25c; lb., 75c. 
HONEY ROCK. A new melon. One of the 
very best for roadside market. Shape is nearly 
round and heavily netted. 5 to 6 inches in diam¬ 
eter. Rind dun slate color, very tough. Will 
stand up better than any other melon we have 
to offer. Flesh rich salmon color. Sweet and 
spicy. Early medium, 90 days. Oz.., 10c; Vi lb., 
25c; lb., 30c. 
NETTED GEM or ROCKY FORD. Compara¬ 
tively small, green flesh melon, oval type. 
Weighs about 2 lbs. Best green flesh melon. A 
sure and abundant yielder. Oz., 10c; Vi lb., 25c; 
lb.. 85c. 
HONEY DEW. Green flesh winter melon. 
Creamy yellow fruit, 6 inches in diameter, 
sparsely netted skin, very thick flesh, light am¬ 
ber, green in color, fine grained, melting and 
delicious. Melons may be picked before fully ripe 
and if stored in cool place will remain in good 
shape for a long time. Oz., 10c; Vi lb., 30c; lb., 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Honey Rock 
