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Shumways 
Delicious 
Musk 
Melons 
All Pure Bred 
Hand Selected 
SEED 
Customer 
Reports 
$500.00 
per Acre 
Profit 
on This 
nnniiiniliffifmj, 
502 Milwaukee Market 
One of the very best for home or mar¬ 
ket. 87 da,\s. A fine prolific medium 
larpc market melon. Excellent for ehippinir. 
The rind is very hartl and tough, eonie- 
■what ribbed and heavily netted. The fruits 
are of uniform size and shape, and they 
pack well in crates. E.iting- qualities are 
remarkable. The pink flesh is very thick 
and firm without stringiness: sweet and aro¬ 
matic in flavor, rkt., l(t cts.; oz.. 18 ets.; 
1/4 lb., f’ ofs.; % Ih.. 70 efs.; lb., .‘fl.'.fSi 
3 11)8., S3.35, postpaid. 
. • ."“..“"J, =“1 Hearts of Gold-Extremely Early— 
.S3 da.s.s. A triie iiiiiiii crop variety. Very popular with market gardeners and shippers. The firm rind, ex¬ 
tremely small seed cavity and uniform size make it especially suited to long distance sliipping. Medium in 
.size, w'ell ribbed and closely netted. The very thick, fine-grained flesh is a deep salmon orange with a 
delicious spicy flavor. It ripens close to the rind. The vines are vigorous, prolific and blight resistant. 
Average weight 11 pounds. Pkt., 7 ct.s.; oz., 14 ct.s.i 14 Ib., 33 cts.; M: >•>., 30 cts.; lb., 0<> cts.; ‘Z lbs.. IfU.fiO. 
l>ostpai)l., 
S20 Shumway^s 
Improved Perfecto 
DISEASE RESISTAAT—Extra Early 
85 days. A new salmon fleshed Rocky 
Ford type. This grand new variety has the 
deepest flesh and smallest seed cavity of 
any of this type. The flesh is very sweet 
and spicy. Wonderful shipping quality. 
Very heavily netted, perfectly round, no 
ribs. Every melon about the same size and 
a wonderful crate or basket variety. I 
recommend this grand new variety to every 
market gardener or home planter. Pkt., 
10 cts.; oz., 18 cts.; 1/4 lb., 40 cts.; V 2 
70 cts.; lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.26, postpaid. 
501 (90 davs). This is my own origination. Largest and jt 
most magnificent of all melons. Not surpassed in eating ij, 
quality. The fruit averages 13 to 15 pounds and speci- J 
mens have been known to reach 25 pounds. It is round .| 
to slightly flattened in shape, deeply ribbed and hghtly | 
netted Oranire flesh. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; % lb., 
48 cts.; % lb., 83 cts.; lb., $1.50; 2 lbs., $3.90, postpaid. J 
Plant 
an Acre 
or Two 
for 
Roadside 
Sale 
Big 
Cash 
Money 
Melons 
512 Osage Improved Extra Select 
My mtrnlii of this grand melon Is really superb. S.’S days. 
Probably more widely iis.-d than any other large melon. Oval in 
shape, siiglitly ribbed with light open netting. The flesh is deep 
salmon, thick, spicy. Ui.scious. Excellent for local markets and 
ro.od.side st.and.s. Average weight 6 pounds. Pkt.. 7 cts.; oz., 14 
cts.; % lb., 33 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; lb., 90 ct.s.; 3 lbs., $l.<iO, postpaid. 
521 Shumways Delicious 
The melons are covered with a heavy grayish 
netting. Elesh green, gold lined. Its shape is 
ideal; slightly oval, faintly ribbed, heavily 
netted over the entire melon. A wonderfully 
jirolifie yielder producing its luscious medium 
size melons in 90 days. It is the right shape 
to pack to best advantage in crates. The seed 
cavity is very small, flesh thick and firm; a 
good melon for market as well as the home 
garden. Pkt., 7 cts.; oz., 14 cts.; 1/4 lb., 35 cts.; 
1/2 lb., 58 cts.; lb., $1.00; 2 lbs., $1.80, postpaid. 
516 (90 da.vs). Truly an ideal home 
melon. A large pink fleshed melon 
heavily ribbed and netted. Very 
thick and exceptionally sweet and 
spicy flesh. Not a good shipper but 
excellent for home garden and local 
market. Weighs 6 lbs. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz., 18 cts.; 14 lb., 40 cts.; Vs lb., 
70 cts.; lb., $1.35; 3 lbs., $3.35, 
postpaid. 
513 Emerald Gem Old Reliable—Very Sweet 
Salmon llcsli. This beautiful melon matures in 80 days. It is 
truly a gem. The ribs are niarkod hut the skin is smooth. Deep 
emerald green colui-. The flesh is thick and firm ripening almost 
to the rind. .t oz.. 13 cts.: % lbs., 33 i-ts.; 14 II)., .53 cts.; 
lb., 90 cts.; 3 ll)s.. .$M>0, postpaid. 
503 Shumway’s Sugar 
or Honey Rock 
Michigan Truckers and others write 
me that my strain on this Grand Melon 
excels all others. 
83 days. A distinctive new 
type fast gaining in popularity. 
The fruits are almost perfectly 
round, non-ribhed and covered 
Avith a very heavy netting. The 
meat is,of superb ffuality; very 
thick ; firm textured, deep orange 
in color and ivith a uniipie 
houoy-SAvoct flavor. A tougli- 
riiided type: excellent for ship¬ 
ping. Very productive. yielding 
o to 7 fine fruits to tlie vine. 
Destined to he the loading eanfa- 
loup ill all markets. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz., 20 cts.; ^ lb., 40 cts.; V 2 1^ ) 
70 cts.; lb., $.1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25, 
postpaid. 
.507 (85 diij s). The lead¬ 
ing green-fleshed variety 
ilevelnpeil frnm the old 
Netted Gem into a round 
tyi)e melon. The 1 i g li I 
green fit -h i.- I'-ry ti'.'ck 
with a small siiil cavity, 
ll has a fine s m <» o t li 
trained firm, hill imltiiig 
qiirhly ind a cimice spey 
flavor. Because they arr 
uniiorm. smijl in size, 
and round without ribs, 
the fruits are ideal for 
packing in baskets or 
crates, rkt.. .5 cts.; oz., 
13 cts.; 14 lb., 33 cts.: 
Vs Ib.. 53 cts.: II)., 90 
cts.: 3 lbs., 81.60. post¬ 
paid. 
507 Rooky Kurd or -Netted Gem 
5tt.'{ Sliumwny’a Sugar Rods or Honey Rook 
