Popone (It.) 
Mdonc(Gcr.) MUSKMELONS or CANTALOUPES 
A packet of seed will plant about 20 hills; ounce 100 hills; lbs. will plant an acre. 
Hand cut fully ripe 
muskmelons, grown 
entirely for seed from 
carefully selected 
stock seed, produce 
the finest seed 
obtainable. 
Harvesting Bender’s Surprise Melons on Moreton Farm. 
BENDERS SURPRISE — Harris’ Special Strain. 
A Grand Muskmelon for Home and Market. This melon has 
become the most popular of the larger melons. 
The fruits are big and heavy, many weighing 10 lbs. or more. We 
have had melons weigh 16 pounds and our customers have reported 
even heavier ones. 
The flesh is very thick, deep orange in color and very fine flavor. The 
skin is light green, turning to a deep golden tint when ripe. The netting 
is so heavy and the flesh so firm and thick that these melons will remain 
firm and actually improve in quality for five or six days after picking. 
In season the Bender is medium early and in a favorable year, if the 
seed is planted in the open ground by the middle of May, they will 
ripen the last of August. 
Harris’ Special Strain of the Bender melon has been bred on our own 
farm for twenty years with special attention being paid to sweetness 
and fine flavor as well as type and yield. Do not confuse our stock with 
ordinary Bender’s as it is so much superior to the usual stocks that 
there is no comparison. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; K Lb. 85c; Lb. $2.75. 
“Last year I had Bender s Surprise Cantaloupes of you and they were 
the finest I ever saw; buyers came back for more two or three weeks after 
they were all picked off. Some weighed 18 lbs. apiece. I have been buying 
your seeds for 4 0 years. They sure are good quality.” 
J. Blanchard Michael, E. Stroudsburg, Penn. April 19, 1937. 
DELICIOUS. The Largest and Sweetest Early Melon. Rapidly 
-1 becoming one of the most popular kinds because of 
its earliness, good size and superior quality. See also page 3. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; M Lb. 85c; Lb. $2.75. 
Irondequoit or Tip Top. We have discontinued offering this old 
variety as Bender’s Surprise while similar, is so much superior that 
it has almost entirely replaced the demand for Irondequoit. 
GOLDEN CHAMPLAIN or Lake Champlain. The chief value of this 
melon is in its earliness. It ripens earlier than any other variety, and 
can therefore be raised further north. The fruit is almost round, of 
medium size, averaging about 4 to 5 inches across. The flesh is orange 
in color, and of good flavor. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00. 
Emerald Gem. One of the earliest muskmelons. While the fruit is not 
large, it ripens very early, and each vine produces a large number of 
melons. The fruit is almost round, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, dark green, 
slightly ribbed and with little netting. The flesh is orange color, thick, 
sweet, and when well grown of very high flavor. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 20c; Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25. 
THE “ARISTOCRAT” a,so ,? a "f d “ Go , lde " “ina. 
- tion. I his is truly an aristocrat of 
muskmelons. Those who have tried this kind know it has without 
doubt the most delicious flavor of any melon grown. It is slightly later 
than the Bender but when well grown will produce very large handsome 
fruit with deep orange flesh that is often 3 inches or more thick. We 
have picked some of the heaviest melons for their size we have ever 
seen from this kind. 
To be at their best this melon must be picked just at the time it 
requires a hard pull to separate the stem cleanly from the fruit or 
about one day before one would pick the fruit of most varieties. If left 
too long on the vine it will become soft. 
The vines are sturdy and very prolific. In fact our seed crop this 
year produced one of the greatest yields of melons we have seen. 
If you want real fine quality—try the “Aristocrat.” 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 45c; fi Lb. $1.20; Lb. $4.00. 
What One Customer Says About “The Aristocrat” Melon: 
“/ have planted this seed for two years and have had melons weighing 
19 lbs. apiece. It is the best melon I ever raised, and sells regularly in the 
Boston market.” R. II. Hardy, Hudson, N. H. April 6, 1937. 
The "Aristocrat" Muskmelon 
This thick flesh is of exquisite flavor. 
A corner of our field of Aristocrat Melons 
Note the yield and even large size of these melons. 
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