MUSKMELON 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 lbs. per acre. 
In sections where the Summers are short, seed can be 
planted indoors or in hot beds in small boxes. The young 
plants can be transferred to the garden when danger of 
frost is past. If practicable, spade in a liberal forkful of well 
rotted manure at the bottom of each hill. The rows should 
be at least 6 feet apart and the hills 3 feet apart in the 
rows. In general, the culture is the same as that for cucum¬ 
ber. Pkt. 5c; 1 oz. 15c; lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.50. 
HEARTS OF GOLD. This popular medium sized melon fol¬ 
lows the earlier varieties. It is fine to plant for succession 
as it ripens in about 100 days. The fruits are 5 to 6 inches 
in diameter. The smooth orange salmon flesh is exception¬ 
ally thick and fine flavored. 
HALE'S BEST EARLY. The melons develop to luscious sweet¬ 
ness in 70 days after planting. The fruits are oval. Occasion¬ 
ally some fruits are somewhat more elongated. They have 
delicious, sweet, bright salmon-orange flesh, which is firm, 
fine grained, and has a rich, delightful aroma. 
CASABA. The Casaba is rapidly taking its place as a melon 
for the late season after the Muskmelons are past. Fruits 
are medium, large, globe shaped, weigh 6 pounds, oujter 
color goldeip yellow, surface wrinkled. Flesh white, luscious 
and spicy. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; lb. 40c. 
HONEY DEW. A very fine melon. Fruits large, globular, 
weigh 5 to 7 pounds. Surface is smooth, hard, with prac¬ 
tically no netting, creamy white. Flesh is light emerald 
green, thick ripening to the rind; juicy and tender, with a 
distinct sweetnes not found in other melons. Pkt. 5c; oz. 
1 5c; 1/4 lb. 40c. 
WATERMELON 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 ibs. per acre. 
Rich, rather sandy soils produce the finest crops of 
Watermelons, but a well-drained loam, especially with a 
southern exposure, is also suitable. Place 6 to 8 seeds in a 
circle in each hill, and cover 1/2 inch deep with fine soil. 
One ounce will plant 20 to 25 hills; 3 to 4 pounds per acre. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1/4 lb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
BLACK-SEEDED ICE CREAM. The melon is almost round, 
with a thin rind of medium green. The inside flesh is pink 
and exceptionally sweet and fine flavored. This variety ma¬ 
tures earl and is a fine keeper. 
KLECKLEY SWEET. A medium size melon, rind very green 
and flesh deep red. Delicious flavor. An excellent melon for 
either home garden or shipping. Weighs about 30 pounds. 
KLONDIKE. An early sort, a good shipper and popular in 
Western home gardens. Fruits oblong, slightly tapered, 
medium sized with slight ribs; rind medium hard. Flesh 
bright deep red, very sweet; unequalled eating quality. 
STRIPED KLONDIKE. An early garden and shipping variety 
similar to the regular Klondike but with irregular dark green 
stripes. Fruits oblong, of medium size. Flesh the deepest red 
known to watermelons; sweet and crisp, seed small. 
ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS 5c PKT., UNLESS PRICED OTHERWISE 
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