BUTZER’S SEED STORE, PORTLAND, OREGON 
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WATER MELONS 
Culture—In order to get good Water Melons, it is essential that the plants get a good start, and to this end 
it is important to prepare hills about eight feet apart by thoroughly working into the soil an abundance of well- 
rotted manure—hen manure, sheep guano, guano, or other forms rich in nitrogen, being most desirable. Over 
this highly-manured soil put an inch or more of fresh earth and plant the seed on this, covering it about an 
inch in depth. It is important that the seed should not be planted before the ground becomes warm and dry, as 
the young plants are very sensitive to cold and wet. When the plants have formed the first pair of rough leaves, 
they should be thinned, so as to leave two or three of the strongest and best to each hill. Frequent watering of 
the plants with liquid manure will hasten the growth, thus diminishing the danger from insect pests. 
Butzer’s Favorite—This melon, very popular in the 
Willamette Valley, grows very large and is almost 
round. It is rich dark green in color, has a medium 
rind and the flesh is deep red. It is drought resisting 
and will produce a profitable crop of melons when 
other melons are sometimes scarce. Edible in 90 days. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; Vi lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25 
Cole’s Early—The Northern States’ favorite. As an 
early melon it is the standard of high quality; in 
sugary delicous crispness, flavor and melting tender¬ 
ness, it is the top-notcher. It is oblong shaped, about 
20 inches long, 12 inches through ; skin mottled green, 
thin brittle rind, therefore not a good shipper. The 
flesh is rich and deliciously sweet. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 30c; lb. $1.00 
Cuban Queen—The melons are of large size and 
oblong in form. Skin beautifully striped in dark and 
light green. Rind quite thin, but tough enough for 
shipping. Flesh bright red, firm and of luscious qual¬ 
ity. Per pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 30c; lb. $1.00 
Fordhook Early—An extra early variety of fine qual¬ 
ity and fair size; form round to oblong; skin dark 
green mottled with a darker shade; flesh bright red; 
seeds white. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 40c; lb. $1.00, postpaid 
CITRON 
Citron—The fruits are medium sized, uniformly 
round and are used exclusively for preserves or pickles. 
The color is dark green, distinctly striped and marbled 
with light green. The flesh is white and solid but is 
not at all suitable for eating raw. Seed red. The 
fruits mature late in the fall and in this condition 
can be kept for a long time. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 2 oz. 20c; Vi lb. 30c; lb. $1.00 
Kleckley’s Sweets, or Monte Cristo—Medium to large 
in size, medium early and exceedingly sweet; oblong 
in form, slightly tapering towards the stem end; rind 
very dark green ; flesh very bright, rich red and ripens 
nearly to the rind ; too tender for a shipping melon : 
seeds white to light brown. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 2 oz. 20c; Vi lb. 30c; lb. $1.00 
Klondike—Rind dark green, thin. Flesh distinctive 
shade of red, brittle and sweet. Fruits oblong. A good 
shipper because it does not wilt. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; Vi lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75, postpaid 
Sweetheart—Over, light green mottled. Flesh bright 
red, very firm, yet tender. A fine shipper. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 25c; lb. 75c 
Tom Watson—Rind thin, dark green flesh, deep red, 
crisp, sugary. Fruits long, cylindrical. Stands hand¬ 
ling and long shipment. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c, postpaid 
Black Seeded Ice Cream—Fruits almost round, rind 
thin, medium green. Flesh pink, sweet. Matures early. 
A fine keeper. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00, postpaid 
MIXED WATER MELON 
This mixture contains some of the big and some of 
the little fellows, some with white seed and some of 
black or brown seed. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 30c; lb. $1.00 
CASABAS 
The Casaba is now at full zenith of popularity. 
Previously it was grown as a late melon to mature 
after the cantaloupe season. As a late melon its pop¬ 
ularity was confined to a limited section near the 
Coast of Southern California. But it is now dem¬ 
onstrated that it can be grown in all semi-arid sec¬ 
tions side by side with the early cantaloupes and 
water melons. 
Golden Beauty—One of the best casabas. It is a 
variety grown extensively for shipment, from South¬ 
ern California. The fruits are nearly globular, bright 
yellow with golden tint, with wrinkled skin, six to 
eight inches in diameter. The flesh is white, very 
thick, juicy and sweet. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; Vi lb. 60c; lb. $2.00 
Hybrid Casaba—This excellent Casaba grows to a 
large size. Flesh nearly three inches thick and of 
excellent flavor. Per pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; lb. $2.00, postpaid 
Santa Claus—The name is appropriate to this 
melon. You can send nothing more delicious to your 
Eastern friends for a Christmas present. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; lb. $2.00, postpaid 
Winter Pineapple—This is the first of the Casabas 
introduced into America, and is the parent of a num¬ 
ber of hybrids all of which excel it in excellence of 
flavor, but none equal it in keeping qualities. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; lb. $2.00, postpaid 
MUSTARD 
Mustard is not only used as a condiment, but the 
green leaves are used as a salad or cut and boiled like 
spinach. Sow as early in the spring as the ground 
will permit, in drills about eighteen inches apart, cov¬ 
ering one-half inch deep. For succession, sow every few 
weeks until Autumn. Water freely. 
Chinese—The leaves are twice the size of the ordi¬ 
nary white mustard, and the flavor is sweet and 
pungent. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; V4 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00, postpaid 
White English—Leaves comparatively smooth and 
deeply cut; color medium dark green. The plant is 
upright in growth, inclined to branch as it approaches 
early maturity and soon bolts to seed. 
Per pkt. 5c; 2 oz. 10c; Vi lb. 15c; lb. 35c, postpaid 
Yellow Seeded—The seed is used extensively for 
spicing, pickling and other culinary and medicinal 
purposes. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 15c; lb. 35c, postpaid 
Fordhook Fancy (Ostrich Plume)—Plants are of vig¬ 
orous growth, and have beautiful dark green leaves 
which curve outward like fine ostrich plumes. It stands 
well, even during the hot summer months. 
Per pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; Vi lb. 45c; lb. $1.25, postpaid 
Southern Giant Curled—Leaves light green, frilled 
and much crimped at edge. Highly esteemed in the 
South for its vigorous growth and good quality. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 2 ozs. 15c; Vi lb. 20c; lb. (5c 
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