1940 
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W • SALZER’S • SEEDS* 
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SALZER’S JUICY FRUIT 
Salzer’s Juicy Fruit, introduced by us over 
twenty years ago, is the grandest saliuon- 
M CENTS fleshed melon in cultivation 
p.,- - today, it is medium early, it is 
wonderfully sweet, it is a 
heavy yielder, it is devoid of stringiness, it is 
very meaty and it has a small seed cavity. 
Mr. C. A. Overpeck, 1007 W. Mary St., Ottum¬ 
wa, Iowa, writes, “I rai.sed your Jiiiey Fruit 
Melons weigrliing- 10^4 pound.s. Your .seeds can’t 
be beat.” Miss Margaret Joss, 828 E. Wash¬ 
ington St., Morris, Ills., writes, “Your Juicy 
Fruit Melons were excellent last year.” 
The skin is an attractive light green, the 
fruits reach a very large size, they are nearly 
round with slight sutures, and the, thick 
salmon colored flesh is the sweetest, the most 
luscious, the most sugary’ flavored, that w’e 
have ever eaten. The melons are uniform in 
size and pack nicely ten to a crate. Ideal for 
the home gardener, and truckers always And 
a heavy demand for the melons at market. 
605—Pkg., 14c; ox., 17c; lb., 52c; % lb., 95c; 
lb., $1.75, postpaid. 
LAKE CHAMPLAIN 
5 CENTS Has been carefully bred 
-■ for extreme extra-earli- 
PKG, ness and productiveness. 
If you want a very heavy yield of 
delicious, extra-early melons, then 
plant Lake Champlain. 
The melons are medium sized, 
nicely netted, the flesh is thick and 
deep, of a beautiful .golden yellow 
color, and is lusciously sweet and 
sugary. It is one of the best melons 
ever produced. 624—Pkg., 5o; oz., 
11c; 2 oz., 19c; % lb., 32e; Vs lb., 54c; 
lb., 95c, postiiaid. 
GOLDEN HONEY DEW 
10 
CENTS Of the same flne 
• characteristics as the 
PKG. Green Fleshed Honey 
Dew, except flesh is golden yellow. 
634—Pkg., 10c; oz., 14c; ^4 lb,, 40c; 
Ib., 69c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
SALZER’S OSAGE 
S cents On the heavy soils 
p.. - — where other varieties 
PKG. do not thrive, Salzer’s 
Osage will succeed and in sandy 
soils it does even better. 90 days. 
Salzer’s Osage is oval or egg 
shaped, thick, luscious salmon-col¬ 
ored flesh, slightly ribbed, dark 
green in color, and nicely netted. 
Skin turns to a mottled light and 
dark green as it ripens. 
642—Pkg., 5c;'oz., 10c; A4 lb„ 32c; 
^ lb,, 54c; lb., 95c, postpaid. 
629—Osage, Saizcr’s Cliffwood 
Farm TRIPI.E-A-TESTFD —A spe¬ 
cial reselected strain: Pkg., 10c; oz., 
15c; A4 lb., 45c; % lb., 72c; lb., $1.35, 
postpaid. 
Salzer’s Osage Melons 
MIXED MUSKMELONS—Not only 
the children, but you y<»urself, will 
want some of this mixed seed! Will 
give you many different delicious 
melons. 649 — Pkg., 5c; oz., 10c; A4 
lb., 25c; % lb., 42c; lb., 75c, postpaid. 
Lake Champlain 
Green Fleshed Honey Dew 
Mexican Banana 
Mexican 
Itanana 
9 CENTS , An extremely 
— long melon, tap- 
PKG. ering at both 
ends, lemon colored skin 
when mature, pink flesh, and 
delicious eating qualities. 18 
to 30 in. long. 64 1—Pkg., 
9c; oz., 17c; 14 lb., 45c; 14 lb., 
7Sc; lb., $1.25, postpaid'. 
Montreal Market 
S cents The largest of 
- all green-fleshed 
PKG. varieties, and 
the flavor is deliciously 
sweet. Flesh is thick, light 
green, of luscious and melt¬ 
ing quality. A flne variety 
for fairs. 6 12—Pkg,, 5c; oz., 
11c; 14 Ib., 32c; 14 lb., 54c; 
lb., 95c, postpaid. 
GREEN FLESHED HONEY 
_DEW_ 
5 CENTS Medium sized, 6 to 7 
PKG. pounds in weight, 
about 7 inches in diameter, and 
slightly oblong. Skin is smooth 
and when ripe is lemon yellow. 
Flesh is very thick, light emerald 
green color, fine-grained, melting, 
delicious, and good to the rind. 
635—Pkg., 5c; oz., 14c; 1.4 lb., 
39c; lb., $1.20, postpaid. 
SELECTED ROCKY FORD 
5 CENTS The standard green- 
PKG. fleshed shipping melon. 
It is round in shape, heavily netted, 
and runs very uniform in size. 
The green flesh is firm, thick, of 
sweet and melting quality, and 
may be eaten close to the rind. 
Seed cavity is unusually small. 
The netting is extremely well de¬ 
veloped, closely laced of gray 
color, covering the entire fruit. A 
great market variety and espe¬ 
cially fine for shipping. 80 days. 
604—Pkg,, 5c; oz., 13c; ^4 1^)., 
35c; lb., $1.10, postpaid. 
627—Selected Rockyford, Salzer’s 
Cliffwood Farm TRIPDE-A- 
TESTED. A special reselected 
sti^ain. Pkg., 10c; oz., 16c; y^ Ib., 
47c; lb., $1.45, postpaid. 
Salzer’s Selected Rockyford 
Vine Peach 
Cultivated like Muskmelons, the 
size of peaches, bright orange 
color, and splendid for pickle.s, pies 
or preserve.s. 618—Pkg., lOc; oz,, 
25c; Ib., 85c, postpaid. 
My parents bought all of their seed from you as much as 30 years ago. You can check your records and find the 
name.-Mrs. Henry Piquard, 1919 Herbert St., Murphyshoro, Illinois. 
