WALTER S. SCHELL, Inc., QUALITY SEEDS, HARRISBURG, PENNA. 
Schell’s Cantaloupes 
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HOW TO GROW CANTALOUPES and WATERMELONS. Plant them in May. They always do best on a light, loose, 
rich soil. Dig deep and work the soil until it is very fine, mixing several shovels of Wizard Brand Sheep Manure or some other 
well-rotted manure into each hill. No plants do well on half-worked, “lumpy” soil, void of plant-food. Make hills of Cantaloupes 
4 to 5 feet apart each way, and Watermelons 6 to 8 feet apart. Plant 10 to 12 seeds in a hill to insure a good stand of plants. 
As soon as they are through the ground, spray. When danger of bugs is past, thin out all but four of the best plants. Keep spray¬ 
ing them every two weeks, or oftener if necessary. In cultivating do not injure the plants. To have melons earlier, start seed 
inside in sod, paper pots, berry boxes, or plant out early and cover with our Hotkaps. These will pay you increased profits. Try 
them. One ounce will plant 50 hills; 2 to 3 pounds to an acre. 
The time from planting to ripening for eating is given after each variety. This is approximate, as growing conditions have their 
effect in either helping or retarding growth. Do not pull your melons until you are sure they are ripe. 
Mr. William Slaseman, one of our customers for many years, had 
another fine crop of Cantaloupes. Always more melons to the plant 
from Schell’s Quality Seeds and of richest quality. He grew our Bender’s 
Surprise and our Early Hackensack and sold one truckload after another 
as fast as he could handle them. Quality bred in the seeds gives you 
top quality crops and top market prices, and quick sales. Send all 
your order to Schell’s this year and be sure of success. 
Schell's “Dee-Licious” Cantaloupe 
Ready to pick in 8s days. This is our leading variety. 
It has proved a veritable little “gold mine” to some of 
our customers who have been wise enough to grow acres 
of it in the past few years. When you sell it to your 
customers for the first time tell them it is Schell’s famous 
“Dee-Licious”—and they will be waiting anxiously for 
you to come back soon with more of those same good 
melons. Caution—be sure you do not take the melons 
of this or any other variety off the vines to sell or use 
until they are ripe. Many customers have been lost by 
growers too anxious to sell, who do not wait or watch 
carefully to see that the melons are ripe when offering 
them for sale. A half-green melon is unfit to eat. Watch 
this. Schell’s “Dee-Licious” is exceedingly fine. Its 
flavor, as everybody says, is “simply dee-licious.” 
Rich, deep salmon flesh of the most delightful flavor. 
The melons are oval, 7 to 8 inches long. Its vigorous, 
healthy plants produce twice as many melons as most 
other varieties. Be sure you figure to include this, the 
most popular Cantaloupe in Pennsylvania, in your 
garden whether large or small. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 
2 ozs. 45 cts.; V^lb. 75 cts.; lb. $2; 3 lbs. (1 acre) 
$5.75; 15 lbs. (5 acres) $26.25. 
Bender's Surprise Cantaloupe 
SCHELL’S STRAIN 
Here is a Cantaloupe that is in the “quality” class. 
Many of cur customers have been growing large 
quantities year after year and tell us it is one of their 
most profitable crops and always sells quickly as soon 
as ready to use. Our own strain of this variety is a very 
superior quality strain. Bender’s Surprise has a deep, 
richly flavored salmon flesh. The skin is greenish yellow 
when ripe. It is a heavy cropper and a very attractive 
melon of excellent quality. Ready in 94 days. Try a good- 
sized planting of this good melon. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 
15 cts.; Vilb. 40 cts.; lb. $1.25; 3 lbs. (1 acre) $3.45. 
Onld-TAtred Rnrkti Fnrd 92 days - A deliciously 
KjUIU l^nivu I\ULny ruru. flavored green-fleshed 
melon, now very popular. In shape and size it is similar to 
Rocky Ford but not ribbed like it, and the skin is covered with 
a thick gray netting on green, making it very attractive. The 
flesh is thick, rich green to the seed-cavity, which is gold lined. 
Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; V 4 lb 40 cts.; lb. $1.25. 
Honey Rock or Sugar Rock. 85 days. A melon of recent 
introduction and a very excellent one. Round as a ball in 
shape, extremely early, prominently netted. The flesh is 
deep orange. The skin is light green, turning to light golden 
yellow when ripe. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; %lb. 50 cts.: 
lb. $1.50. 
Jenny Lind. 87 days. The earliest green-fleshed melon. The 
fruits are small, but very sweet and luscious. Pkt. 5 cts.; 
oz. 15 cts.; Xlb. 40 cts.; lb. $1.25. 
Rocky Ford. 96 days. Green flesh; medium in size; very pro¬ 
lific and of the most delicious flavor. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 
%lb. 40 cts.; lb. $1.25. 
Golden Netted Gem. 87 days. Green flesh. Shape is oval, 
almost round; skin is light golden yellow, netted. Flesh is 
light green, melting and delicious. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 
Klb. 40 cts.; lb. $1.25. 
Miller’s Cream. 92 days. Salmon flesh; very fine; a great 
favorite. Large round fruits; light green; skin netted. Pkt. 
5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; %lb. 40 cts.; lb. $1.25. 
Ffonrt< nf fZnlrl 92 days. A very excellent melon of 
• delicious flavor, with very deep rich 
orange-red flesh. It is grown very extensively by both eastern 
and western market growers. If you have melon soil, it will 
pay you to grow a few acres of good melons. Try it. Pkt. 5 cts.; 
oz. 15 cts.; V 4 lb. 40 cts.; lb. $1.25; 3 lbs. (lor 1 acre) $3.45; 
10 lbs. $10. 
Fordhook. 87 days. Medium size, round, flattened at the 
ends, heavily ribbed. Skin deep emerald-green; flesh thick 
orange-yellow of fine quality. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; ^lb. 
40 cts.; lb. $1.25. 
Tip-Top. 96 days. Salmon-fleshed. A big yielder. Fruits are 
large and for genuine quality it is about impossible to sur¬ 
pass. Pkt. s cts.; oz. is cts.; Xlb. 40 cts.; lb. $1.25. 
Emerald Gem. 87 days. In my judgment this is one of the 
best yellow or salmon-fleshed melons; sweet and delicious. 
Very prolific, and always sells on the market. One of the 
most popular varieties of melons. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 
Xlb. 40 cts.; lb. Si.25. 
SchelTs Extra-Early. S r L™e™ bl LS: 
ness. It is of excellent quality, with very thick, salmon flesh 
of richest flavor. The fruits are oval, averaging 8 inches long 
by about 4>2 inches in diameter, with heavy netting. Pkt. 
10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; 2 ozs. 35 cts.; ^lb. 60 cts.; lb. $2; 
3 lbs. (for 1 acre) $5.70. 
^simoriortn 85 days. Inside is the real story—the rich 
ijup/kzi IICL.IU. reddis h salmon flesh extends from the little 
seed-cavity clear to the thin, tough rind. Its keeping and ship¬ 
ping qualities are the best. Here is a melon I urge you to grow, 
for it surely is superfine. Pkt. 5 cts.; or. 20 cts.; Vilb. 50 cts.; 
lb. $1.50; 3 lbs. (for 1 acre) $4.20; 9 lbr. (lor 3 acres) $12.15. 
Banana. 94 days. Salmon flesh. Melons are 14 to 16 inches 
long, thin, and of delicious quality. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 
J<Ib. 40-cts.; lb. Si.25. 
Honey Ball. 100 days. A very thick wall of luscious green 
meat, tough rind and a small seed-cavity. Very prolific, and 
vines are rust-resistant. They do best on sandy, loamy soil, 
yet can be grown successfully on most any soil. Bright yellow 
when ripe. Shape round. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; Xlb. 
45 cts.; lb. $1.50. 
Honey Dew Melon. 120 days. It is different from any 
muskmelon or Cantaloupe, both in appearance and flavor. 
The melons are large and round; the outer skin is hard and 
almost white, turning to a lemon color when ripe. The thick, 
deep flesh is light green with a rich, delicious honey-sweet 
flavor and is very juicy, unlike any other melon. Plant as 
early as possible. They will keep until late in the fall. Pkt. 
S cts.; oz. is cts.; ^lb. 40 cts.; lb. $1.25. 
Paul Rose. 88 days. Salmon flesh. Almost round; flesh deep 
and firm and very sweet and luscious. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 
Klb. 40 cts.; lb. $1.25. 
“Schell’s Seeds are always the same, true to name,” says 
Roger E. Markey, Pa, 
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