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Fertilizers — Cultivation — Good Seeds — Good Crops 
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Muskmelon, Hearts of Gold 
MUSKMELONS 
ounce will plant 60 hills 
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After all danger of frost is over and the 
ground has become warm and dry, plant in 
hills 4 to 6 feet apart each way, 6 to 12 seeds 
to a hill. When up and all danger of insects 
has passed, pull out all but three plants. Cul¬ 
tivate until the vines cover the ground. 
The prices on Muskmelon seed are as 
follows: pkts. 5 and 10c., oz. 15c., 34 lb. 
40c., lb. $1.25. 
Banana. (98 days.) Smooth, banana-shaped 
fruit, 15 to 20 in. by 5 in. weighing 6 to 7 
lbs., and of delicious banana-like flavor. 
Good for late planting. 
Bender’s Surprise. (94 days.) Fruit oblong, 
8 by 6 in., with ends rounded, and weighing 
7 lbs. Skin hard, greenish yellow, dis¬ 
tinctly ribbed, with coarse netting; delicious 
flavor. Can be shipped. 
Emerald Gem. (85 days.) A good early 
variety for home and market gardens. Fruit 
rounded, 4)4 by 5)4 in-, flattened at ends, 
distinctly ribbed and slightly netted; small 
seed-cavity; very sweet; weight 2 lbs. 
Extra Early Osage. (95 days.) Standard 
variety of splendid quality for nearby mar¬ 
kets and home gardens. Fruits 6 to 7 in. 
long; almost round; with shallow furrows 
and sparse shallow netting. Flesh very 
thick; salmon-orange; fine grained, sweet 
and aromatic. 
Hale’s Best. (80 days.) Fruit oval, 6)4 by 
5 in., indistinctly ribbed but heavily netted, 
weighing 3 to 4 lbs. Flesh thick, sweet, and 
of fine flavor. Planted extensively for early 
shipping. 
Hearts of Gold or Hoodoo. (94 days.) Fine 
for market gardens and shipping. Fruit 
round, 6 by 6 in., weighing 2 lbs.; dis¬ 
tinctly ribbed, and covered with fine gray 
netting. Flesh thick, deep, sweet, and juicy. 
Honey Rock. A recent novelty becoming 
very popular. Very sweet, thick orange 
flesh. Oval fruits of medium size. Weight 
4 lbs. 
Imperial Melon. (All American Selection). 
One of the so-called white melons but ex¬ 
terior color is amber instead of white. Ob¬ 
long without ribs; lightly and rather coarse¬ 
ly netted: About 5)4 in. diam. and 6 in. 
long. Cavity small, flesh bright orange, soft 
and melting, with high flavor like Honey 
Dew, but earlier. 
Irondequoit or Tip Top. (90 days.) A fine 
yellow fleshed melon. Vines are hardy and 
very productive. Melons are large, excel¬ 
lent shaped, distinctively ribbed and netted. 
The flesh is solid, very thick, with small 
seed cavity. Rich salmon yellow, sweet and 
of a most delicious flavor. 
Lake Champlain. (68 days.) Combines ear¬ 
liness, quality and productiveness. This 
is the earliest Muskmelon of good quality. 
The flesh is deep, very sweet and melting, 
of golden yellow color. 
Rocky Ford. (92 days.) Fruit 5)4 by 5 in., 
nearly round, with no ribs, and heavily 
covered with netting. Flesh deep, juicy, 
tender, and sweet. A very popular melon 
for home and market. Weighs 2)4 lbs. 
MUSTARD 
One ounce will sow 75 feet of drill 
Sow thickly during early Spring in shallow 
drills, 12 inches apart. For Fall use, sow in 
September. 
Southern Giant Curled. Most popular 
sort for greens. Leaves long and wide, light 
green, heavily crumpled and curled at edge. 
Pkt. 10c., oz. 15c., 34 lb. 35c., lb. 90c. 
WATERMELON 
One ounce will plant 25 hills 
Cultivate same as Muskmelon, except that 
they should be planted 8 to 10 feet apart, 
according to variety. 
Price of Watermelon Seeds is as follows: 
pkts. 5 and 10c., oz. 15c., M lb- 25c., lb. 75c. 
Citron (Red Seeded). (95 days.) Fruits 
globe-shaped; 7 in. in diameter; medium 
green; smooth, very hard; flesh white. 
Pkts. 5 and 10c., oz. 15c., M lb. 25c., lb. 75c. 
Cole’s Early. One of the earliest grown; the 
flesh is of a beautiful bright red color, crisp 
and delicious. 
Fordhook Early. (75 days.) Slightly oval, 
dark green mottled with darker stripes. The 
flesh is bright red and of fine quality. 
Harris’ Earliest. (75 to 80 days.) Fruits 
medium size; broad oval; dark green stripes, 
of good quality; seeds blackish. 
Kleckley Sweets. Sweet and fine flavored; 
dark green skin rind; flesh scarlet, solid and 
firm. 
Tom Watson. Produces melons 16 to 22 in. 
long and 8 to 10 in. in diameter. The dark 
green rind is thin but tough; stands ship¬ 
ping well. 
Mushrooms 
MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Select fresh horse-manure, with straw bed¬ 
ding and put in a flat pile, covering with 2 to 
3 inches of good soil. In the course of 3 to 4 
days, turn over and mix thoroughly. Moisten 
with water, pile up, and cover again with soil 
and allow the pile to heat. Turn again in 5 
to 6 days. Put this mixture on floor about 
8 inches deep in beds the size desired, and 
pack down with shovel. When the heat rises 
to 100 degrees, wait until it recedes to about 
70, then place the spawn. Keep moist. Make 
your bed in cellar, shed, pit, or some building 
that can be darkened. 
Mushroom Spawn. (40 to 60 days.) Our 
bricks produce the best creamy white fine- 
flavored Mushrooms. Brick 35c., 5 bricks 
$1.40. 
OKRA, or GUMBO 
This plant is extensively cultivated for its 
green pods, which are used in soups and 
stews, and are very wholesome and nutritious. 
Sow about the middle of May in drills 3 feet 
apart and thin out the plants to 1 foot apart. 
Dwarf Green. Very early; smooth pods. 
Pkt. 5 and 10c„ oz. 15c., )4 lb. 25c., lb. 75c. 
Muskmelon, Hale’s Best 
