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JOSEPH HARRIS COMPANY, INC., COLDWATER, NEW YORK 
Melone (Ger .) MUSKMELON or Cantaloupe Popone (It.) 
An ounce of seed will plant about 50 hills; 2}/?, to 3 lbs. per acre. 
Harris’ Muskmelon Seed 
Growing seed of early highly productive and fine quality muskmelons for northern Market 
Gardeners has been one of our specialties for over twenty years. Our strains are now considered the 
standard of excellence and you can be sure that ours are the best muskmelons for the North. 
Market King 
A Fine New Kind for Market and Shipping 
We find this new variety an exceptionally 
good melon for shipping as well as for local 
markets where a medium size melon is wanted. 
It is very similar to a number of varieties, 
such as Pride of Wisconsin, Queen of Colorado, 
A & C and Jersey Gold. 
These melons are remarkable for their 
uniformly high flavor. You can actually cut 
hundreds without finding a poor melon. 
The fruits resemble Sugar Rock but are 
more oval in shape and considerably larger. 
They grow very evenly for size and are ex¬ 
tremely heavily netted. The skin is pale green 
turning creamy yellow when ripe. The flesh is 
very thick with a small seed cavity, deep 
orange in color and of fine texture. 
The vines are more healthy and vigorous than any kind we have seen, producing an 
enormous yield of fine fruit. This melon ripens normally a week later than Bender’s and practically 
the same time as Sugar Rock. See price on next page. 
“7 have been growing melons of high quality for over 15 years and 1 believe 1 can judge melons. 1 can honestly say that 
melon (Market King) is the best I have ever tasted. 
If these melons will continue to grow as such you certainly have got something for the melon growers who want high quality. 
1 have bought your seeds for a great many years and found them to be the most true to name seeds I have ever purchased.” 
Merrill C. Zweig—Averill Park, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1938. 
Bender’s Surprise 
Harris’ Specially Selected Northern Grown Strain 
This is without doubt the leading large melon for the East. These large, heavily netted melons 
have no equal for combined attractive appearance, fine flavor and long keeping qualities. 
We have bred and grown this stock for over twenty years here on our own farm always paying 
special attention to high quality, earliness and trueness of type. This careful selection has made 
ours the one outstanding stock of this variety. 
There is no use buying inferior seed when Harris’ Northern Grown Strain can be purchased 
at the low price we charge. See price on next page. 
NOTE. Be sure to get your Harris’ Strain of Bender’s direct from us as we do not sell to 
dealers. 
“7 have planted your Bender's Surprise melons for several years. Think they are the best melon I have ever raised. 
Have a good market at my door for them.” Hugh 77. Baldwin, Charlestown, N. 77., A pril 23, 1937. 
Seeding 
Delicious Melons 
on our 
North Farm. 
Note the uniform 
size of this crop. 
See description at top 
of next page. 
MUSKMELONS 
continued on 
next page. 
Market King Muskmelons 
