WHOLESALE GAR DEN_SEE D S 
LETTUCE—Loose Leaf 
Early Curled Simpson 40 days 
White seed. Especially popular in home 
gardens. Large compact plant, light lus¬ 
trous green broad leaves, frilled. Crisp, 
sweet and excellent for salads. 
Grand Rapids 45 days 
Black seed. One of the most popular non¬ 
heading varieties. Curled, crisp, light green 
ROMAINE, COS or 
Paris White Cos 
V arieties— ( Continued ) 
leaves are especially tender and sweet when 
grown under glass. Early, disease resistant. 
Prizehead (Reddish Leaves) 45 days 
White Seed. An early, very rapid grower. 
Very popular for home gardens. Curly, 
non-heading, crisp, medium size with bronze 
on edges of outer leaves, inner leaves 
wholly green. 
CELERY LETTUCE 
60 days 
White seed. A strong grower and very productive, with long, shell shaped, medium 
green leaves of most excellent quality. A self-folder, but when plant is over half grown it 
is best to tie it up with string so that the inner leaves may be blanched perfectly white. 
Head 8 to 9 in. high, long loaf shaped. 
MUSKMELON 
The number of days after each variety refers to the period required to ripen fruit, from 
seed planted in the open ground. 
Green Fleshed Varieties 
Delicious Gold Lined 90 days 
One of the sweetest and most delicious 
green fleshed melons of the Rocky Ford 
type. Oval in shape, covered with heavy 
grayish netting. Seed cavity small, flesh 
thick and firm. 
Extra Early Knight 82 days 
A very early green fleshed variety. Fruits 
are small, IV 2 to 2 lbs., oval in shape, well 
netted, very little or no ribs showing. Flesh 
is sweet, spicy and of good quality. The 
vines are vigorous and very productive. 
Orange or Salmon 
Banana 94 days 
A long variety tapering at both ends. 
Skin is lemon colored when mature. Pink 
flesh, delicious eating quality. Size 14x4 in. 
Weight 5 to 7 lbs. 
Bender’s Surprise 87 days 
A large size melon weighing 7 to 8 lbs. 
Round shaped, slightly ribbed with coarse 
netting. Flesh very thick and sweet. An 
excellent home garden and shipping variety, 
growing well in almost all sections. 
Early Sunrise 84 days 
A very early melon of the Bender’s Sur¬ 
prise group. It appears to have real merit. 
Fruits weigh 5 to 6 lbs., fairly well netted, 
slightly flattened on both ends. Flesh is 
orange, excellent quality and flavor. Vine is 
vigorous and productive. 
Emerald Gem 85 days 
A standard early variety for home gar¬ 
den. Small and globular, flattened at the 
poles, ribbed, netted, orange flesh, deep 
emerald green line under the skin. Size 4 by 
Extra Early Citron or Early Nutmeg 
88 days. Fruits are rather heavily ribbed 
and netted, small size and almost round. 
Very prolific and desirable for home gar¬ 
dens. Size 5 in. by 5 in., weight 2 V 2 to 3 lbs. 
Extra Early Hackensack 82 days 
A very popular and profitable home gar¬ 
den variety, but not adapted to shipping. 
Somewhat flat in shape, 6 in. deep and 7 in. 
in diameter. Distinctly ribbed, partially net¬ 
ted. Flesh very sweet and spicy. 
Fleshed Varieties 
5 in., weight about 2 lbs. Should be picked 
when the skin is still green. Very sweet and 
spicy. 
Bender^s Surprise 
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