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Condon Bros., Seedsmen, Rock River Valley Seed Farm, Rockford, Illinois 
Condon’s 
Perfection 
Musk 
Melon 
437 
Condon’s 
Perfection 
Musk 
Melon 
“Sweet as Sugar” 
The King 
of 
All 
The 
Ideal 
Melon for 
Any Market 
The Earliest, Sweetest, Largest and Best Salmon Flesh Melon 
The Greatest Roadside Stand Melon in the Central West 
You will find in this grand melon the acme of perfection in the salmon flesh varieties. The original 
type of this new melon was first located in our field of Osage, where we found by close comparison 
it surpassed this excellent variety, as it did all others. Weighs from 6 to 8 pounds; exceedingly thin 
skin, deep flesh, ripening very close to rind. Very small seed cavity, firmly netted, distinctly ribbed, 
very firm and solid both on blossom and stem end. Never known to crack open. Flesh is deep Sal¬ 
mon color, very thick meat, sweet, sugary and delicious. This grand Melon sold this year on the 
local market at 25c each when other varieties were selling at 10c and 15c. The gardeners who grew 
Condon’s Perfection were always sold out and gone before other varieties would sell at any price. 
Try it yourself. See photograph above. Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 22 cts.; % lb., 
60 cts.; % lb., $1.10) lb., $2.00; 2 lbs., $3.75; 5 lbs., $8.50, postpaid. 
449 Extra Early Hackensack 
Produces melons two weeks earlier tlian the old Hack¬ 
ensack; heavily netted, and has light green llesh of most 
delicious flavor; a splendid Cantaloupe melon. Its A 
shape and solidity admit of its being packed very 
closely in crates for shipment, and it will keep in 
good condition for several days after picking. 
Large, fine form; grown also for the home gar¬ 
den very extensively. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 12 
cts.; *4 lb., 30 cts.; y* lb., 55 cts.; lb., $1.00; 2 lbs., 
$1.90; 5 lbs., $3.75, postpaid. 
446 Golden Cassaba or Winter 
“The Great Christmas Melon” 
It is extensively grown throughout the South¬ 
west for shipping to our Eastern markets, and 
sold at such very high prices during the early win¬ 
ter months. The melons are nearly globular in 
shape, bright yellow with golden tint and wrinkled 
skin. Measures 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Flesh is 
white, thick, and of delicious flavor. Packet, 10 cts.; 
ounce, 18 cts.; *4 lb*, 45 cts.; y> lb., 70 cts.; lb., $1.25; 
2 lbs., $2.40, postpaid. 
440Shumway’s Giant 
This is the Jumbo Musk Melon 
Is monstrous size, cream-yellow, very 
early, absolutely distinct and pure, with 
seeds more than twice as large as other 
sorts. A whole field of them will average 
18 to 20 lbs. each, and select specimens 25 
to 30 lbs. Deliciously sweet and luscious, 
with fine, melting, thick, salmon color flesh. 
Never stringy. The flavor pleasant. Pack¬ 
et, 10 cts.; ounce. 20 cts.; 11)., 48 cts.; 
Vz lb., 83 cts.; lb., $1.50; 2 lbs., $2.90; 
5 lbs., $6.75, postpaid. 
1 oz. of seed will plant 50 hill:s. 
3 lbs. of seed will plant one acre in hills. 
Common Sense Cultural Directions Printed on every package, 
