SUGAR ROCK MUSKMELON 
All Cucumbers—Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c, postpaid 
Boston Pickling or Green Prolific. Truly the 
finest and most popular pickling variety. The tasty, 
bright green fruits range from 4 to 5 inches in length 
and are exceedingly productive. Fine for home and 
market. Packets, 5c. 
Davis Perfect. A vigorous grower. Fruits long, 
dark green, crisp and tender. Holds its color exceed¬ 
ingly well after picking, which makes it a favorite 
with the market gardeners. Seed cavity is small, 
making them very desirable for home and market 
uses. One of the outstanding varieties for Northwest 
climate. 
Colorado. Cucumber Colorado won the All 
American 1935 Award of Merit and is destined to be¬ 
come one of the most popular varieties. One of its 
outstanding qualities is that it does not taper but is 
practically the same size from end to end. The fruits 
are dark green, 9 to 12 inches long and will yield 
more slicing cucumber than any other variety of 
approximately its size. Is highly recommended for 
the shipper and market garden. 
Other Varieties. Short Green or Early Frame, 
Lemon, Japanese Climbing, Small Gherikn, Deltus, 
Vaughn. 
Melcf4iA. 
The term melon, as commonly used, includes the 
fruits of two distinct types, namely the Muskmelon 
or Cantaloupe and the Watermelon. Both of these 
types require hot weather during the day and warm 
evenings in order to fully ripen the fruit. We do not 
recommend growing melons in the Western section 
of the Northwest, however, there are certain types 
that do fairly well in this section. 
Melons thrive on a well-drained fertile soil; for 
early crops a light, sandy loam is preferred. Exces¬ 
sive alkali should he avoided. Manures or fertilizers 
are not generally used in the principal producing 
regions, the fertility being maintained by rotation 
and the use of green manure crops. However, where 
this is not available, it is advisable to use a good 
commercial fertilizer in a mild manner. 
In growing melons it is necessary to allow a great 
deal of room for spreading vines. The seed may be 
planted as soon as the ground is warm and weather 
conditions permit. The hills should be approxi¬ 
mately 6 feet apart. 
WATERMELONS 
All Watermelons—Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c, postpaid 
Klondike. Rind is a beautiful dark green and ex¬ 
ceptionally thin. The interior of the melon is a dis¬ 
tinctive flesh color. Grow uniform in shape and size 
and ship very well. 
Sweetheart. The vines are vigorous and produc¬ 
tive. Fruits are large, oval, heavy mottled, dark and 
bright green, rind thin, flesh bright red, firm, sweet 
and tender. 
Kleckley’s Sweet or Monte Cristo. Distinctly 
a home garden melon as the dark hluish-green rind 
is so crisp that it breaks easily. The long, oval fruits 
are slightly larger near the blossom end. They weigh 
from 25 to 30 pounds and ripen in a little over one 
hundred days. For home gardeners we highly rec¬ 
ommend this variety. 
Black-Seeded Ice Cream. The melon is almost 
round, with a thin rind of medium green. The inside 
flesh is pink and exceptionally sweet and fine fla¬ 
vored. This variety matures early and is a fine 
keeper. 
Other Varieties. Rattlesnake, Stone Mountain, 
Tom Watson, Irish Grey, Cole’s Early, Black-Seeded 
Chilean. 
MUSKMELONS 
All Muskmelons—Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c, postpaid 
Sugar Rock. The fruits are oval, large size, with¬ 
out ribbing and netted in the manner characteristic 
of these melons and from which they take their 
names. Matures in about 85 days from sowing seed, 
in ordinary weather conditions. The flesh is deep 
and thick, a beautiful orange color, with a sugary 
delicious flavor that is unexcelled. 
Hearts of Gold. The rind is firm and densely 
netted. Rich, fine-grained, orange colored flesh is ex¬ 
cellent in flavor. The seed cavity is small and in all 
the melon is a very fine shipper. 
Rocky Ford Pollock 10-25. The fruits are uni¬ 
form and heavily netted. The flesh is very sweet and 
tasty with a salmon-orange tint. 
Other Varieties. Burrel Gem, Large Yellow 
Cantaloupe, Small Green Nutmeg, Osage or Miller’s 
Cream, Early Hackensack, Hale’s Best, Honey Dew 
Pink Flesh, Honey Dew Green Flesh, Perfecto, Speer, 
Banana, Persian. 
CASABA MELONS 
Golden Beauty. A beautiful bright golden yel¬ 
low, wrinkled skin. The fruits are globular shaped 
and mature very early. The flesh is white and very 
thick. Exceedingly tender, rich, juicy and “honey 
sweet.” Packet, 5c; oz., 15c, postpaid. 
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