• GURNEY’S WATERMELONS • 
SUGAR SWIKA WATERMELON 
• This new melon from Japan is earlier than any 
of our American’melons, and we recommend this 
for planting as far north as melons have ever 
been grown. Weighs from 10 to IS pounds. 
Light green skin. The vivid scarlet flesh is very 
firm, and it will stand shipping considerable dis¬ 
tances. One of the best quality melons we have 
ever raised at Yankton. We had ripe melons in 
73 days from the time the seed was planted. 
A half acre of Sugar Swika for the early 
market should be the most profitable 
melons you can grow. 
Red Fleshed—Pkt., 6c; 1 oz., 15c; Vi lb., 
40c; 1 lb., $1.25. 
® FORDHOOK EARLY 
Without a rival. This is the earliest large- 
fruited melon in cultivation. These fruits are of 
good size, rather short and blocky in form, with 
large diameter; skin dark green, occasionally 
with faint stripes of lighter green; flesh bright 
red, crisp, sweet, and of splendid quality; rind 
quite thin, but skin tough; makes a fair shipping 
variety. Pkt.. 5c; oz., 10c; V4 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 
60c; 5 lbs., $2.75, Postpaid. 
• KLECKLEY SWEET 
Vines are strong-growing, producing uni¬ 
formly large-sized melons. The fruits are oblong. 
The skin is dark green. Flesh is bright scarlet 
and ripens to within one-half inch of the rind. 
The quality is very rich and sweet, hence its 
name. For the home market or family garden 
it is decidedly one of the best. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 20c; 1 lb., 60c; 5 
lbs., $2.75 Postpaid. 
• GOLDEN HONEY SWEET 
The most desirable yellow meated melon, and 
for home use the best of all melons. Very thin 
rind,> golden yellow flesh, so remarkably sweet 
and tender that they will be chosen above all 
other melons for home, not shipping purposes. 
Pkt., 7c; oz., 12c; Vi lb., 30c; Vi lb., 50c; 
1 lb., 85c. 
*30000 per ACRE 
Seems like a lot of money but an acre of 
melons may pay even more than that. 
• MINNESOTA SWEET 
A recent introduction from Minnesota, which 
is proving very popular where the growing 
season is limited. 
This fine quality melon has moved the melon 
growing district many miles north. People in 
the North who did not think they could raise 
watermelons can plant Minnesota Sweet and be 
reasonably sure of ripening a crop of delicious 
melons clear to the Canadian line. 
The melons are of fair size, weighing from 10 
to 15 pounds each, dark green in color, \yith 
bright red flesh. Minnesota Sweet was one of 
the sweetest melons in our trial grounds last 
year. Pkt., 6c: oz., 12c; Vi lb., 30c; V 2 lb., 50c; 
1 lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $3.75 Postpaid. 
• EARLIEST AND SWEETEST 
The average weight of this melon would prob¬ 
ably be from 12 to 15 lbs., flesh scarlet, very fine 
grained, and the flavor is delicious. The seeds 
are white. Vines producing wonderful crops, 
often producing eight to twelve melons to the 
vine. We wish to say to our Northern customers 
that this Earliest and Sweetest melon is the one 
they should plant. There is but little use in 
planting the large late varieties in your locality. 
They are only a disappointment, nearly ripe 
when the frost comes. You will always get under 
the wire with the Earliest and the Sweetest. 
Pkt., 6c; 1 oz., 12c; Vi lb., 30c; I lb., 80c; 5 
lbs., $3.25. Postpaid. 
• CITRON GREEN SEEDED 
Used exclusively for preserving or pickling. 
The rind is dark green, distinctly striped with 
light green. Will keep in good condition for some 
time after picking. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; !4 lb., 
25c; 1 lb., 65c. 
Little Isla Jean Gray-Edison, Nebr. 
on a big Scarlet Wonder Watermelon 
• GURNEY'S SCARLET WONDER 
Did you ever see a scarlet watermelon, not 
just red, but a bright flaming scarlet. Gurney’s 
new scarlet wonder is what melon growers have 
long wanted but have never been able to find. 
The black seeds and dark green rind con¬ 
trasting sharply with the bright scarlet flesh 
make sales for this melon when other varieties 
are a drug on the market. Appearance sells the 
first melons. The high quality takes care of re¬ 
sales as there is no better quality melon grown. 
Medium size, early, thin, tough rind—a good ship¬ 
ping melon as well as a melon for the home garden. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 12c; Vi lb., 25c; 1 lb., 80c; 5 
lbs., $3.25 Postpaid. 
Health Value 
of Muskmelon 
Calories per lb. 185; Vitamins 
A, B, C; Proteins .6%; Carbo¬ 
hydrates 9.3%; Iron .00039%. 
GURNEY S MUSKMEL0NS 
Dick Richards of the W.N. A.X. Photo Studio is very 
much pleased with a Hale's Best Muskmelon 
• HALE’S BEST NO. 36 
Thousands of acres of this variety are grown 
in the Imperial Valley, for shipment to the large 
Eastern cities. The best Eastern Hotels and 
restaurants demand Hale’s Best. These round, 
heavily netted melons weigh about 3 pounds 
each—just the right size for serving halved. 
The salmon flesh is very thick and the seed 
cavity is small. If you want an early melon, 
plant Hale’s Best. If you want quality, plant 
Hale’s Best. A money maker for market garden¬ 
ers. This firm fleshed, tough rinded melon can 
be trucked for long distances and arrive at 
market in perfect condition. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
V 4 lb-. 25c; Vz lb., 45c; 1 lb., 85c; 5 lbs., $3.50 
Postpaid. 
Keene, No. Dak. 
July 10th. 1937 
The House of Gurney, Inc. 
Yankton, South Dakota. 
Dear Mr. Gurney; 
I am sending you a snap-shot of one of the 
five pick-up loads of melons that I raised 
here in 1936 one of the driest seasons in 
many years. 
Gurney’s seeds and plants sure do grow 
and produce even in the driest years. 
The strawberry plants I bought from you 
last spring all lived and are doing extra fine. 
Yours very truly, 
Millard Rice 
Health Value 
of Muskmelon 
Calories per lb. 185; Vitamins 
A, B, C; Proteins .6%; Carbo¬ 
hydrates 9.3%; Iron .00039%. 
• BENDERS SURPRISE 
Folks here’s a real melon, one that I feel like 
recommending to everyone. A special strain of 
selected seed will be used for every order. It’s 
a melon that is excellent for shipping and a dandy 
for the local market—but best of all it's one that 
you will like better than any other because of its 
excellent flavor. Melons are round to oval in 
shape, ribbed and covered with coarse netting. 
Their flesh is exceptionally thick, and the melons 
rarely crack. The ripe melons have a golden tint 
giving the fruit a very attractive appearance. 
They are quite large, many weighing over ten 
pounds. Because the flesh is so thick and firm 
they remain in good condition much longer than 
other melons of this class, and remember that 
this is very important if you are going to ship. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; V2 lb., 40c; 1 lb., 
70c; 5 lbs. $3.25. Postpaid. 
• GURNEY’S FARTHEST NORTH 
This melon originated in the Imperial Valley 
in California and is one of the best long-distance 
shipping melons we have, but on account of its 
extreme earliness—maturing in 68 days from the 
planting of the seed—it can be grown farther 
north than any other muskmelon. Salmon, flesh 
of exceptional thickness about 8x4 y 2 inches with 
heavy nettings fairly prominent ribs. Its chief 
values are its extreme earliness, its ability to 
stand long distance shipping and its good qual¬ 
ity. Pkt., 7c; oz., 15c; % lb., 35c; V2 lb., 55c; 
1 lb., 95c; 5 lbs., $3.95. Postpaid. 
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A Farm Garden is not complete without Gurney’s Melons 
