HERE’S WATERMELON HEADQUARTERS 
The NEW 
MELON 
STRAIN 
"SUGAR 
LUMPS" 
(See 
picture 
front 
, •& cover) 
VERY EARLY 
This new strain is the earliest I’ve found 
yet. Some are ripe by June 30. All varieties 
ripe by July 10. 
"ICE BOX" SIZE 
All of the varieties are individual size, about 
8 or 9 inches through. Fit in an icebox with¬ 
out cutting. No slice left over to get tough. 
FLAVOR AND COLOR 
Sweetest ever. That's why Mrs. Field asked 
me to call them “Sugar Lumps.” 
Most are red, some varieties are pink, some 
white, orange and yellow. All are good and I 
want you to try all colors and sorts so you 
can tell what you like best. 
PRICE 
Not much seed (1st year offered) but I’ve 
made a mixture of the best sorts. 
No. 719. Fkt. (50 seeds), 20c; oz., 50c; Vi lb., 
$1.50, postpaid. 
ABOUT MELONS 
WILT RESISTANT STRAINS 
Stone 
Mountain 
STONE MOUNTAIN NO. 5 
723 A new wilt resistant strain of the Georgia Stone 
Mountain. It has all the good qualities of the regu¬ 
lar strain and in addition, will grow on wilt infested 
soil. Price: Fkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c, 
postpaid. 
KLECKLEY SWEET NO. 6 
706 Originated by the Iowa State College to take the 
place of Pride of Muscatine. It has all the good 
qualities of Kleckley, plus the resistancy to wilt, and 
similar diseases. Doesn’t grow bottle-necked, stands 
hand'tng and shipping well. Flesh is bright red, ten¬ 
der and extremely sweet. Price: Fkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
lb., 70c, postpaid. 
Two Very Popular Melons 
Kleckley 
Sweet 
I want every farm to have a big watermelon patch. 
Even the back yard gardener should raise a few hills 
of them. Nothing will make the boys happier than 
a good melon patch of their own. My melon seed 
comes from fields grown especially for seed crops. 
Melons like warm loose soil. Give them plenty of 
room, at least 10 ft. each way. Figure about 50 hills 
from an ounce of seed, or 3 pounds to the acre. 
FIELD'S FOURTH OF JULY 
708 Twenty thousand of 
my customers bought 
seed of this variety last 
year. It’s one of the 
earliest melons grown. 
Average weight, 8 to 10 
lbs. Color is a deep 
green, marked with 
lighter stripes. Rind is 
exceptionally thin (not 
over % inch), flesh is 
dark red, tender, fine 
grained, unusually sweet 
and rich. Last year seed 
cost 20c per packet. 
This year I have a lot. 
Price: Fkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 
Vi lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.00, 
postpaid. 
711 EARLY CANADA. I am listing this one for 
the first time this year. It is fully as early as my 
Fourth of July, and to tell the truth about it, I 
think it is most as good in quality, too. The size 
is medium. The outside color is a greyish green, 
almost white, with a fine green netting. The rind 
is very thin, the flesh bright red, and the seed 
mahogany brown. It will weigh from 10 to 15 lbs. 
on good soil. Price: Fkt., lOc; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 35c; 
1 lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
717 ICE BOX PRINCESS. Nowadays that every¬ 
body has an ice box, they are looking for a small 
sized melon to fit it. The Department of Agri¬ 
culture at Washington, D. C., is spending a lot of 
money trying to develop a little melon. It is just 
the right size to serve one person perfectly. Flesh 
is a clear red, clear to the rind. Rind is very thin. 
It’s sweet and of the finest quality. My stock seed 
originally came from Hungary. Price: Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 15c; Vi lb., 30c; 1 lb., 90c, postpaid. 
701 STATE PAIR MELON. This is the big Jumbo 
kind that you saw at my Jubilee. I used to take 
them around to the State Fairs and challenge any¬ 
one to raise bigger ones. They mature nicely here 
in this section. Melons often weigh 100 pounds 
or more. Price: Fkt., 10c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 35c; 
1 lb., 90c, postpaid. 
722 DIXIE' QUEEN. A recent introduction. 
It is a great shipper, and a fine melon for 
the home garden. It produces an unbeliev¬ 
able number of melons. The flesh is crisp 
and tender, and has the fewest seeds of 
most varieties. The rind is thin, but tough. 
The color is striped light and dark green. 
Deliciously flavored, rich color. Price: Pkt., 
8 c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 40c; 1 lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
713 FORDHOOlJ? EARLY. One of the best 
of the early varieties. Fine for home use, 
doesn't grow as large as some, but just a 
handy size for home. Short, blocky and 
thin rind, flesh tender and sweet. Price: 
Pkt., 5c oz., 10c; Vi lb., 20c; 1 lb., 65c, post¬ 
paid. 
707 CHILIAN. A 15 to 20 pound melon, 
medium early, round and striped. Flesh 
deep red, crisp and fine flavored. Just the 
thing for the family garden. Price: Pkt., 
5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 20c; 1 lb., 65c, postpaid. 
705 BLACK SEEDED KLONDIKE. I rec¬ 
ommend it highly. It carries the highest 
sugar content of any melon that I know of. 
Oblong, medium size, dark green rind, and 
small black seeds. The flesh is a beauti¬ 
ful sparkling, deep red, very crisp and ten¬ 
der, without a trace of strings. Price: 
Pkt., 5c: oz., 15c; Vi lb., 35c; 1 lb., 60c, 
postpaid. 
709 TOM WATSON. An old favorite ship¬ 
ping sort, similar to Kleckley's Sweet. 
Firm, red flesh with a hard rind. Price: 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 35c; 1 lb., 60c, 
postpaid. 
702 GOLDEN HONEY. A beautiful yellow 
fleshed melon that makes a novel home or 
market sort. Large, oblong shape, weigh¬ 
ing around 20 pounds. Rind dark green, 
with irregular stripes. Flesh a tender, 
crisp, delightfully flavored bright yellow. 
Price: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 30c; 1 lb-, 
$1.00, postpaid. 
KLECKLEY SWEET 
704 Probably the best known melon in America. The 
measuring stick by which all other varieties are 
compared. Large, cylindrical in shape, weighs 
around 35 lbs. Durk green, flesh bright red. Very 
tender and sweet. Price: Pkt., 5c; oz., 8c; Vi lb., 
20c; 1 lb., 55c, postpaid. 
STONE MOUNTAIN 
714 A great big melon, almost round. Weighs 50 
pounds in a good year. The rind is hard and tough, 
dark green, stands handling well. Very sweet in 
flavor, a bright sparkling color. Price: Fkt., 5c; 
oz., 8c; l 'i lb., 20c; 1 lb., 60c, postpaid. 
ODDS AND ENDS 
712 MOON AND STARS. Quite a curiosity. 
Dark green, oblong variety with yellow 
spots an inch or more across which repre¬ 
sents the moon, with many small yellow 
spots around it representing the stars 
hence the name. The quality is good and 
it’s well worth planting. Price: Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 15c; Vi lb., 35c; 1 lb., 90c, postpaid. 
716 KANSAS SWEET. A new, big round 
melon that looks like the old Kolb Gem. 
Has thin rind, light green with broad 
dark green irregular stripes. The flesh 
is solid red, and the seeds are buff color. 
Price: Pkt., 7c; oz., 15c; Vi lb-, 30c; 
1 lb., 90c. 
WATERMELONS 
MIXED 
This is a specially fine mixture for a 
boy though I sell thousands to folks who 
haven’t been boys for a long time. It’s a 
thorough mixture of 25 kinds so you have 
all sorts at all times. Find room for at 
least a quarter pound and you’ll be tickled 
pink with the melons. No. 710—Big packet 
(over 1 oz.), 10c; Vi lb., 25c, postpaid. 
Endive 
Mammoth Russian 
Sunflower 
"iK-4 rrjlg 
Turnip Rooted Celery 
,ww 
Okra 
good items there was no place for 
anywhere else. A11 good. 
201 ASPA It ACUH, WASHINGTON 
RUST RESISTANT. Five or ten 
cents worth of seed will grow you 
all the plants you need for family 
use. Tender shoots. Price: Pkt., 
5c: oz., 10c; 14 lb., 35c, postpaid. 
228 CHICORY. A substitute for 
coffee. Price: Pkt., 5c; oz., 
20c, postpaid. 
227 CITRON. Red seeded. 
Good for pickles and pre¬ 
serves but don’t plant near 
the watermelons. Price: 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c, postpaid. 
244 CELERY. Turnip rooted 
celery. Leaves dark green, 
with hollow stalks. Roots 
are smooth, two or three 
inches in diameter. Used for 
celery-liko flavoring in soups 
and salads. Price: Pkt., 5c; 
Vi oz., 15c: oz., 25c; Vi lb., 
00c, postpaid. 
226 COLLARDS. Cabbage 
leaves without heads. Price: 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c, postpaid. 
234 ENDIVE. Broad leaved 
i Batavian. Eat like lettuce, or 
cooked. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c. 
229 GARDEN LEMON or 
VINE PEACH. Cultivate 
like muskmelons. Makes 
fine pickles and pre¬ 
serves. Price: Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 15c, postpaid. 
233 GARDEN HUCKLE¬ 
BERRY. Makes deli¬ 
cious pies, preserves and 
jams. Caro for them as 
you w ould Tomatoes. 
Price: Pkt., 5c; Vs oz., 
35c, postpaid. 
240 GARLIC. Divide, cul¬ 
tivate and store just as 
you would onions. Price: 
5c per bulb; 25c per lb.; 
5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. 
230 GROUND CHERRY. 
Yellow. For preserves. 
Price: Pkt., 5c; oz., 40c, 
postpaid. 
232 KALE (Half Dwarf). 
The hardiest winter green. 
A beautiful curled sort. 
Price: I’kt., 5c, postpaid. 
231 LEEK. Large flag. Ex¬ 
tra good onion for fall or 
winter. Price: Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 15e, postpaid. 
241 MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Price: Brick. 35c; 3 bricks, 
90c, postpaid. 
213 MUSTARD. Chinese 
Curled. For real tasty 
greens. Price: Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c, postpaid. 
214 MUSTARD. Ostrich 
Plume. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c, 
postpaid. 
236 OKRA. Popular in the 
South for flavoring soups. 
Price: Pkt., 5c; oz. 10c, 
postpaid. 
237 RHUBARB. Grow one 
year in nursery row about a 
foot apart. Transplant to 2 
feet apart iu rows 4 feet 
apart the second year. 
Large, thick red stalks. 
Price: Pkt., 5c, postpaid. 
239 SUNFLOWER, M A M- 
MOTH RUSSIAN. G r o w n 
for chicken feed. Price: 
Pkt., 5c; Vi lb., 10c. 
238 TOBACCO, WHITE 
BURLEY. A fine all-pur¬ 
pose variety. Price: l’kt., 
5c; oz., 15c, postpaid. 
New Guinea Bean 
222 Weight 15 pounds 
when fully grown. Eat 
when 15 to 18 inches 
long, fry as you would 
Eggplant. The vines 
climb any support, and 
make a growth of 20 to 
30 feet. Price: Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 17c; Vi lb., 50c, post¬ 
paid. 
HERBS 
245 DILL. Annual. Used for flavoring dill pickles. 
Also soups and sauce. Price: Pkt., 5c; oz,, 15o, 
postpaid. 
243 ITALIAN FENNEL. Used extensively as a 
salad or served boiled with creamed dressing. Soil 
should be earthed up half way to blanch it. Price: 
Pkt., 5c, postpaid. 
246 SAGE. Perennial. For seasoning meats and 
for medicinal purposes. Price: Pkt., 5c; oz., 35c, 
postpaid. 
249 SWEET MARJORAM. Leaves used green in 
summer or dried in winter for flavor and season¬ 
ing. Price: Pkt., 5c, postpaid. 
253 SUMMER SAVORY. The leaves of young 
shoots are used as flavoring in salads, soups, etc. 
Price: Pkt., 5c, postpaid. 
252 LAVENDER (Lavendula Vera). The old-fash¬ 
ioned kind. Dried leaves and flowers used to scent 
clothes closets. Price: Pkt., 5c, postpaid. 
Henry Field Seed and Nursery Company. Shenandoah, Iowa 
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