MUSKMELONS OR CANTALOUPES 
CULTURE—Plant as soon as ground has become warm and dry, in hills 5 or 6 feet apart each way. 
They do best in light, warm, rich soil. Before sowing seed, mix a few shovelsfull of well-rotted manure 
in each hill, and plant in each 12 or 15 seeds. After all danger from insects has passed, thin out to 3 or 
4 plants per hill. 
1 oz. for 60 hills, 1 lb. per acre Prices Include Postage 
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HALES BEST 
Hale’s Best. (80 Days). This new va¬ 
riety of Rocky Ford type of muskmellon 
has become the leader with our market 
gardeners as well as home gardeners; it 
is the earliest maturing of all large 
melons. Fruits are oval shaped about 7x 
inches. The flesh is a rich salmon, 
very thick with a remarkable flavor. One 
of the best shipping varieties. Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 15c, Va lb. 30c, 1 lb. $1.00. 
Gold Lined Rocky Ford. (80 days). An 
improved Rocky Ford Melon more closely 
netted and slight orange tinge next to seed 
cavity. Green flesh, of medium size. Thick 
flesh with small seed cavity. Unsurpassed 
for flavor. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, Va lb. 30c, 1 
lb. $1.00. 
Large Hackensack. (85 days.) Fruit large, 
round, flattened at the ends; deeply and ir¬ 
regularly ribbed, coarsely and heavily nett¬ 
ed. Flesh green, thick and of fine quality. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, Vd lb. 35c, 1 lb. $1.00. 
Netted Rock. (80 days). A famous 
melon on Paducah market. Slightly lar¬ 
ger than Rocky Ford, a better shipping 
melon. Very thick, solid, green flesh. 
Fine grained and sweet. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 
Va lb. 40c, 1 lb. $1.25. 
Champion Market. (90 days). Fruit 
large round or slightly oval, slightly ribbed 
and covered with dense netting. Flesh 
green, of medium texture, very thick and 
sweet. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, Va lb. 30c, 1 lb. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Rocky Ford. (80 days). This famous 
melon is well-known everywhere, and has 
been the standard ‘dupp^g variety. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 10c, Va lb. 25c, 1 lb. 85c. 
Hotkaps 
(See page 30) 
Sugar Rock. (85 days). The new 
outstanding early variety; fruit almost 
round, 5 to 6 inches in diameter, shal¬ 
low ribbed and slightly netted. Flesh 
medium thick, color deep salmon. 
Sweeter and more delicious than Rocky 
Ford. A real home variety. Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 20c, Va lb. 35c, lb. $1.25. 
Hearts of Gold. (80 days.) One of the 
finest types of the early Orange Fleshed 
Melons. Excellent shipper and equally 
good for market or home gardens. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 15c, Va lb. 35c, 1 lb. $1.00. 
Burrell’s Gem. (80 days.) A truly de¬ 
licious melon for home use. It is about 
the size and shape as the Rocky Ford, but 
has rich yellow flesh of delicious flavor, 
solid and a most desirable shipping sort. 
Seed cavity small. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, Va 
lb. 35c, lb. $1.00. 
Bender’s 'Surprise. (90 days). A very de¬ 
licious, large, salmon fleshed melon; skin 
light greenish, oblong, slightly netted. One 
of the best large muskmelons for home use. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, Va lb. 40c, 1 lb. $1.25. 
Tip Top. (85 days.) For splendid eating qual¬ 
ities this melon has certainly been rightly 
named, for it is one of the most deliciously 
flavored melons in existence. It grows to a 
large size and has a thick, orange flesh. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 15c, Va lb. 40c, 1 lb. $1.25. 
Banana. Long and slender, growing the 
shape of a banana; flesh deep salmon color; 
fair quality; grows from 18 to 24 inches long. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, V lb. 40c, 1 lb. $1.25. 
EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK 
Extra Early Hackensack. (80 days). An 
early selection from the old Hackensack, ma¬ 
turing from a week to ten days earlier; some¬ 
what smaller and not so deeply ribbed, but 
otherwise similar to the old type. Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 15c, Va lb. 35c, 1 lb. $1.00. 
