GURNEY’S SWEET AND SPICY MUSKMELONS 
For SHIPPING 
New Imperial Cantaloupe 
Gurney’s Golden Ice Cream 
Hales Best No. 36 
Hearts of Gold 
Gurney’s Farthest North 
Rocky Ford 
1 Ounce for 50 Hills, 2V 2 Pounds Per Acre 
Did you have all the muskmelon you wanted to eat last summer 
and fall? They are easy to raise, not bothered much by insects, 
and they surely are good. Don’t let another year pass without 
planting a patch of melons. 
• This is 
wonderful 
GURNEY'S 
GOLDEN ICE CREAM 
See Colored Picture on 
Inside Front Cover 
the third year we have listed this 
new golden fleshed muskmelon. We 
named it Ice Cream because the seed cavity is so 
small an ordinary dipper of ice cream complet¬ 
ely fills it. An early melon—it ripens in from 
80 to 85 days. Fruits are 6 to 7 inches in diam¬ 
eter and almost round. Heavily netted, a good 
shipper, cream color when ripe. The Golden Ice 
Cream will outsell any melon on the market be¬ 
cause of its fine appearance, thick yellow flesh, 
and delicious flavor. 
Pkt., 7c; oz., 15c;*4lb., 30c; V 2 lb., 55c; 1 lb., 
95c; 5 lbs,, $4.25. Postpaid. 
• SUGAR ROCK OR HONEY ROCK 
This is a new and unusually fine melon. Sweet 
as sugar and solid as a rock. It has four main 
points of superiority: quality, productiveness, 
ability to stand shipping and appearance. Its 
flavor and quality are the finest we have ever 
seen, the flesh being a very deep salmon color 
right out to the very rind. Under good growing 
conditions it is a very heavy yielder, often pro¬ 
ducing five to seven perfect melons on one vine. 
Its rind is unusually hard, making it a good 
shipper. This wonderful, new melon is as early 
as the Rocky Ford and one-third larger—making 
it suitable for either home or market gardening. 
Pkt., 5c;oz., 10c; V 4 lb., 25c; 1 / 2 lb., 40c; 1 Id.. 
70c; 5 lbs., $3.25. Postpaid. 
In our trial ground at 
Yankton we have tested 
every new kind of musk¬ 
melon introduced, discard¬ 
ing the poor ones and listing 
only those we know will 
please you. 
• GOLDEN CHAMPLAIN 
This melon is so early that it can be grown much 
farther north than any other variety yet intro¬ 
duced. The nature of this Melon is that it throws 
laterals and blossoms before the main stems are 
six inches long. You will find from eight to fif¬ 
teen large melons in a bunch right around the 
hill where the seeds were planted, making easy 
and inexpensive handling when ripening. The 
first setting of melons on account of starting at 
the same time, mature at the same time, giving 
a larger crop and the early money getter. The 
vines are exceptionally strong and hardy. Qual¬ 
ity of fruit excellent, flesh golden yellow. Outside 
skin green, netted, and firm. Size from 2 / 2 to 
31/2 lbs. Three years out 
For the HOME MARKET 
Golden Champlain—Earliest 
Benders Surprise 
Milwaukee Market 
Sugar Rock 
MUSKMELON 
NEW IMPERIAL CANTALOUPE 
CULTURE 
Muskmelons like 
a warm, rich soil. 
Plant in the open 
ground as soon 
as the weather is 
warm. Plant seed 
in hills 4 to 6 feet 
apart each way. 
After the danger 
of insects is over 
thin to 3 plants 
to a hill. 
of four we have picked 
ripe melons fifty-seven 
days after planting 
seeds. 
Pkt., 6c; oz., 12c; V 4 
lb., 25c; y 2 lb., 40c; 1 
lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.25. 
Postpaid. 
• An All-American Winner 
Sometimes called Weavers Special. The grow¬ 
er who has the New Imperial Cantaloupe can let 
his fruit get ripe on the vine, ship it long dis¬ 
tances, have it arrive at the market in perfect 
condition, and the quality will be better than 
any other melon. This is a heavily netted, round 
melon; small seed cavity; bright yellow flesh. The 
light green netted rind makes this one of the 
most attractive melons ever put on the market. 
Imperial is of the Honey Dew family, but is early 
enough to ripen in all but the very far North. 
Pkt., 6c; 1 oz., 12c; V 4 lb., 30c; »/ 2 lb., 50c; 1 
lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $4.00. Postpaid. 
• ROCKY FORD 
This variety is an improvement on the Netted 
Gem, and is largely grown in Colorado and 
shipped by the carload to the eastern cities. It 
is much sought after by hotel and restaurant 
keepers on account of its size and exceptionally 
fine flavor. Flesh is greenish white in color, 
very juicy and rich and good clear to the rind. 
It is medium in size, nearly round and a most 
excellent shipper. Pkt., 5c; oz., Jrtc; l / 4 lb., 
20c; 1 lb., 70c; 5 lbs., $3.25. Postpaid. 
Three of the Office Girls at Gurney’s Taking Time Out for Some 
Hearts of Gold Muskmelon 
• HEARTS OF GOLD MUSKMELON 
Hearts of Gold is the finest quality of any melon I have ever tasted. The 
rich golden flesh is sweet and tasty clear to the rind. In Hearts of Gold we 
have gotten entirely away from the soft, mushy meat found in so many 
muskmelons. Even when dead ripe, the flesh is firm and solid. Hearts of 
Gold is a medium early, heavily netted melon. The shape is slightly oblong 
with indistinct ribs. 
The tough rind, heavy netting and firm flesh make this one of the best 
shipping melons on the market. It does not change color when ripe. For 
melon profits and satisfaction, plant Hearts of Gold. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; l / 4 lb., 25c; V 2 lb., 40c; 1 lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.25. Post¬ 
paid. 
The Expert Watch Repairmen at Gurney’s are also expert Milwaukee 
Market eaters 
• MILWAUKEE MARKET 
Brother Don planted about an acre of Milwaukee Market one year. Not 
because he wanted to; but on account of the dry weather he lost a big field 
of Strawberries and had to fill in with something else. 
It was a fortunate proposition, as Milwaukee Market proved to be the 
earliest, good sized, high quality, thick yellow meated Muskmelon that 
appeared on the market, and he realized a good price from them, selling the 
immense crop at from 15c to 25c per melon. 
The ribs are fairly prominent, and the netting heavy. A light green or 
cream color. I believe it will produce as many melons to the acre as any 
melon you can plant, and when it comes to quality — Oh Boy! 
Not a shipping melon but one of the largest and best for the home market. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 20c; 1 lb., 70c; 5 lbs., $3.25. Postpaid. 
Plant Muskmelons, they will stand the dry weather 
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