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Shumway’s 
Delicious 
Musk 
Melons 
Cmtomer 
Reports 
$500.00 
per Acre 
Profit 
on This 
All Pure Bred 
Hand Selected 
SEED 
1 oz. seed for 50 
hills, 3 lbs. per acre 
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Just Right to 
Serve in Halves 
82 days. A fine main crop variety. Very popular with market gardeners and shippers. The firm find, ex¬ 
tremely small seed cavity and uniform size make it especially suited to long distance shipping. Medium in 
size, well 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 2 pounds. Pkt., 7 cts.; o*., 14 cf».; % lb., 33 cts.; Va Ib., 50 ct.**.; lb., 90 cts.; 2 lbs., 81-«0. 
®20 Shumway’s 
Improved Perfecto 
DISEASE RESISTANT—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.; Vi lb,, 40 cts.; Vz lb., 
70 cts.; lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
601 (90 days). This is my 9 wn origination, 
I' most magmifieent of all melons. Not surpas 
|l; quality. The fruit averages 13 to_ 15 pour 
III mens have been known to reach 35 pounds. 
Ill to slightly flattened in shape, deeply ribbei 
i netted. Orange flesh. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., ~0 
I 48 cts.; Va lb., 83 cts.; lb., $1.50; 2 lbs., $3 
Plant 
an Acre 
or Two 
for 
Roadside 
Sale 
Big 
Cash 
Money 
Melons 
616 (90 days). 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 hut 
excellent for home garden and local 
market. Weighs 6 lbs. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz., 18 cts.; % lb., 40 cts.; y™ Ib., 
70 cts.; lb., $1.35; 3 lbs., $3.3.‘>, 
postpaid. 
513 Emerald Gem Old Reliable—Very Sweet 
ii. This beautiful melon matures in 80 days. It is 
The ribs are marked but the skin is smooth. Deep 
1 color. The flesh is thick and firm ripening almost 
•kt., 5 cts.; oz., 12 cts.; % lbs., 33 cts.; Va lb., 63 cts.; 
lbs., $l,<tO, postpaid. 
503 Shumway’s Sugar 
or Honey Rock 
Michigi 
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-ribbed and covered 
507 (86 days). The lead¬ 
ing green-fleshed variety 
developed from the old 
Netted Gem into a round 
type melon. The light 
green flesh is very thick 
with a small seed cavity. 
It has a fine smooth 
grained firm, but melting 
quality and a choice spicy 
flavor. Because they are 
uniform, small in size, 
and round without ribs, 
the fruits are ideal for 
packing in baskets or 
crates. Pkt., 6 cts.; oz., 
13 cts.; % Ib., 33 cts.; 
% lb., 63 cts.; lb., 90 
cts.; 3 lbs., $1.60, post¬ 
paid. 
507 Rocky Ford or Netted Gem 
503 Shumway's Sugar Rock or Honey Rock 
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