




458. HEARTS OF GOLD. (85° days.) I put 
this one on top of the list, for sweetness, 
blight-resistance, and productivity. Fruits 
are round and weigh about 14% to 2 
pounds each, The seed cavity is very 
small. In my opinion it’s one of the best 
melons that you can grow in the home 
garden and ! recommend if 100%. Flesh 
is very thick and firm. Deep salmon 

coler. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10¢; VY Ib. 30¢; 
VY, |b. 50c, Postpaid. 
DIXIE QUEEN 





For the fast four years I have been growing the lead- 
ing varieties of melons on my own farm. These I offer 
you are from the bes? strains grown and are the very last 
word in fine flavor. Grown in Colorado by specialists who 
have devoted a lifetime to nothing but melon growing. I 
am confident we have selected the very best melons for 
you to plant. 
CULTURE: Melons like warm rich soil, slightly sandy. 
Plant them when all danger of frost is past, in hills about 
6 feet apart each way. Plant 6 to 8 seeds to the hill and 
thin to 3 strong plants. 
433. HALE’S BEST—MILDEW RESISTANT No. 45. (85 days.) 
I have been working with one grower who does nothing 
but grow muskmelons. We're mighty cranky about 
melons because I want you to get the best. Here’s good 
news for you people! This new melon is mildew resistant. 
Very thick-fleshed, deep orange color. Weighs 4 to 414 
pounds. Hale’s Mildew Resistant No. 45 is today the 
last word in the best of melons for your garden. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 15¢; ¥, Ib. 50c; 7 Ib. 90c, Postpaid. 
443. HONEY ROCK. (85 days.) Deep orange in color and 
with a unique honey-sweet flavor. Meat of extra fine 
quality. Very thick—firm textured. The fruits are al- 
most perfectly round and weigh about 4 pounds. Non- 
ribbed and covered wih a very heavy netting. Very pro- 
ductive, yielding 5 to 7 fine fruits to the vine. Excéllent 
for shipping. Pkt. 5e; oz. 1O¢c; 14 Ib. 30c; 14 Ib. 55c, 
Postpaid. 
432. ROCKY FORD—Hale’s Best Strain. (80 days.) This melon 
has had more work done on it in the way of improving 
stocks and careful selection than any other and is now 
right up to what we call our 1941 model. Melons from 
our seed will run up around 414, pounds each. Will be 
well netted, flesh thick, deep salmon color, sweet, and 
of fine eating quality. Good shipper and fine for the home 
garden. Pkt. 5e; oz. 10c; 14 Ib. 25¢; 4 Ib. 45¢, Postpaid. 
435. SUNKIST or SUGAR SWEET. (82 days.) The fruits are 
very attractive. Medium in size—oval shape—weigh 314 
to 4 pounds. Slightly ribbed and fine netted. The out- 
side color has a light silvery sheen. Thick orange flesh 
as sweet as honey. Mighty fine for the home garden. 
Pkt. 5¢; oz. 10c; 4 Ib. 25<; Y, Ib. 45, Postpaid. 




WATERMELONS 
I have been growing and testing on my own trial grounds and 
farm many varieties of melons the past few years. Every one of 
our melon varieties comes from growers who are specialists in vine 
crops and they have been checked and rechecked for flavor and 
size and trueness to type. 
the hill and thin to 3 strong plants. 
after planting. 

CULTURE. One ounce of seed will plant about 25 to 30 hills, 3 
pounds to the acre. Melons like well-drained, rich, sandy loam. 
Plant in hills 8 to 10 feet apart each way. Plant 6 to 8 seeds to 
486. EARLY CANADA. (60 days.) See pictured in color on back 
cover. The earliest melon that grows. Fiery red flesh and 
as crisp and sweet as you can imagine. Weighs about 10 
to 12 lbs. and you’ll have ripe melons from 60 to 65 days 
I} grew them on my own farm and trial 
grounds last year. It’s very prolific—producing many melons 
on each vine. Just the right size for the icebox or refrigera- 
tor. Big Pkt. 10c; oz. 15¢; 4 ‘Ib, 35; 1 Ib. 60c, Postpaid. 

483. WILT-RESISTANT KLECKLEY No. 6. (82 days.) An improvement 
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465. YELLOW GIANT. (90 days.) Here’s another fine melon—great big fellows, weigh 
7 to 8 pounds. Flesh very thick and sweet. Fine for home garden and when they 
start to show up along your muskmelon vines you'll get all enthused. When you 
pick them, you'll be very happy that you planted some of these fellows. Pkt. 5e; 
oz. 10c; 1% lb. 25¢; 14 Ib. 45c, Postpaid. 
470. MUSKMELON MIXED. I want you to plant a bunch of these for the boys and 
the girls and for yourself. You will receive 6 or 7 fine varieties at a mighty low 
price and get a wonderful lot of melons from this fine mixture. Vil venture 
there are some you'll pick that you didn’t know were on the market before. They’ll 
all be good ones, too. Pkt. 5e: oz. 10c; 
Y%, Ib. 20c; 4 Ib. 35¢, Postpaid. 
469. EARLY MAYFAIR. (79 days.) One of 
thé earliest melons. Green fleshed. 
Fruits weigh about 1% to 2 pounds. 
Well netted. Sweet, spicy, and of 
good quality, and will be ready for 
eating the first week in August. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10¢; 4 Ib. 25¢; Y, Ib. 45c, 
Postpaid. 
434. PRIDE OF IOWA. (85 days.) 
Here is without doubt the great- 
es? combination muskmelon to- 
day. It’s a@ cross between Honey i 
Rock and Hearts of Gold. It’s * 
larger than either. Combines the ¥ 
excellent. flavor of Honey Rock 
with the flesh texture of Hearts 
of Gold. Melons solidly netted 
with very coarse, loosely-laced 
grey netting, slightly ribbed. 
Large. Sweet flesh is ‘salmon 
colored. This is one of the great- 
est melons for Iowa that I know 
of today. Pkt.. 10c; oz. 15¢; 
VY, Vb. SOc; % 1b. 90c, 

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PRIDE OF IOWA 
BIG, SWEET, 
JUICY FELLOWS 


485. STONE MOUNTAIN No. 5—New Wilt-resistant 
Strain. (87 days.) Here’s a fine, big fellow that 
weighs 40 to 60 Ibs. Extra-large and solid heart. Flesh 
deep scarlet. Always sweet and tender. Quality 
counts in melons, and this one has superior quality 
all the way through it. Many people won’t plant 
anything els¢ but Stone Mounain. Has proven itself 
Wilt Resistant. Big Pkt. 5¢: oz. 10c; V4 lb. 25¢; 
Vy Ib. 45¢, Postpaid. 
480. EARLY KANSAS. (85 days.) (Red Russian.) Stands. 
a lot of hot, dry weather. Particularly adapted to 
Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa. Weighs 30 to 40 Ibs. 
It is bright rich scarlet. Flesh is very sweet and 
you are practically always assured of a crop with 
Early Kansas. Known for its brownish-red seeds. 
Big Pkt. 5¢; oz. 10¢; 14 Ib. 25¢; VA Ib. 45¢, Postpaid. 

477. DIXIE QUEEN. (85 days.) Again I want to say 
that this great melon is still the tops. I know I’ve 
about worn you people out talking Dixie Queen over 
the radio but it’s still just as good. My customers 
tell me it’s the finest and mos¢ deliciously sweet and 
tender melon they've ever eaten. It weighs all the 
way from 32 to 55 lbs. Has small white seeds, beau- 
tiful bright red flesh, and very sweet. The tough rind 
makes it a very good melon for shipping and moving 
around. Attractive light green color with darker 
green stripes. This melon has the largest bright red 
heart of any melon I have ever seen. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 15¢; Vy lb. 40¢; 14 Ib. 75c, Postpaid. 










502. 

ONION 
YELLOW GIANT—Riverside 
(110 days.) A big, sweet Spanish onion. Every- 
body goes for this one. They grow extra large, 
are solid and firm, crisp white flesh, the out- 
side a yellow straw color. For eating purposes, 
it’s very mild and a very good keeper. The 
favorite the country over. Whenever you buy 
a hamburger, you can always tell that the Yel- 
low Giant is the one put on there, because it 
gives the meat such a fine flavor. Pkt. 9c; 
oz. 60c; 4 Ib. $1.50; 14 Ib. $2.75, Postpaid. 
500. SWEET SPANISH WHITE GIANT. (110 days.) 
This is just the same as the Yellow, except the 
color is white. It’s mild and sweet. If you cut 
on the grand old Kleckley Sweet. Long, dark green with rich 
red flesh and white seeds. The melons average 30 to 35 Ibs. 
Exceptionally sweet. Will produce a crop even on wilt-infested 
soil. We have secured a large quantity of seed from the iowa 
State College, which was produced on soil heavily infested with 
wilt organism. No other seed to my knowledge is produced 
under such drastic conditions. That’s the kind of seed you 
want for planting, Pkt. 5¢; oz. 10¢; 1; Ib. 25c; 2 lb. 45¢, Postpaid. 
476. NEW NORTHERN SWEET. (70 days.) I’ve grown a lot of these 
and I can highly recommend it as the one-man or one-family 
melon. You can have it on your table weeks before the big fel- 
lows are ready. It weighs 10 to 15 pounds, just right to cut 
in half and serve two people. Bright red meated, rich, sweet, 
tender, and fine-tasting, Plant it, eat it, and you’ll be a strong 
booster, just like. I am, for this fine melon. Big Pkt, 10c; 
oz. 20¢; 4 lb. 50¢; 14 lb. 85¢, Postpaid. 
THE BEST IN SEED, SETS, 
AND PLANTS 

Sweet Spanish. 

488. TOM WATSON. (90 days.) The good old reliable 
shipping melon. Dark green rind. Long melon run- 
ning 20 inches in length. 
Brown seeds and rich, No. 72. FAMILY 
MELON PATCH 
sweet red centers. Mel- 
ons “Weigh 40 pounds oz. Early Canada ....15¢ 
oz. Kleckley Sweet 
Ona s ; 
-_ 
and over. Been tried and 1 
tested over many years. No ior or «1 
Big Pkt. 5c; oz. 8e; 1 oz. Dixie Queen +++. 15¢ 
Y% Ib. 20¢; Y lb. 35c, poneane Catalog Value 40c 
Postpaid. 

A 

ee GIANT 

CULTURE: One ounce of onion seed will plant 200 
feet of row. It takes 5 to 6 Ibs. for an acre. One 
packet will plant 30 to 35 feet. Sow onions early. 
They like rich, well-drained soil, slightly sandy. 
Thin to 3 or 4 inches apart in the row for best 
results. 
kok: (eed 

510. SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. (114 days.) A 

YELLOW 06. SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. (110 days.) The 
508. SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. 
off a big slice you can eat it raw and it, isn’t 
hot and doesn’t bite. Really a wonderful mild 
onion, Pkt. 10¢; oz. 60c; Y% Ib. $1.50; 
VY, Ib. $2.75, Postpaid. 
handsome, golden-yellow, globe-shaped Onion 
of mild flavor. Hardy, mild and outstanding for 
its keeping qualities. Pkt. Ve: oz. 40c; 
Ys Ib. $1.00; 14 Ib. $1.75, Postpaid. 
best keeping White Onion. Perfect globe-shaped 
with firm, solid, sweet, pure white flesh. 
Pkt. Ze; oz. 45¢; Y4 Ib. $1.15; Y% Ib. $1.95, 
Postpaid. 
(110 days.) Skin 
purplish-red, flesh pure white. The bes? Winter 
keeping Onion of all. The finest red Onion that 
grows. Pkt. Ze; oz. 40¢; % Ib. $1.00; 
Y, lb. $1.75, Postpaid. 
EARL MAY’S MILD BERMUDA 
Frost Proof Onion Plants 
Grown down in Texas during late Win- 
ter and early Spring. They will produce fine 
mild green onions, and the grandest large 
mild onions you ever tasted. Include your 
Onion plant order with your seeds. We'll 
ship plants at planting time. 
YOUR CHOICE: Yellow Giant Sweet Span- 
ish, Yellow Bermuda or White Bermuda. 
300 Plants 500 
45c 
Special prices in large quantities 
‘ONION SETS 
My sets are the very finest Colorado 
Uniform, firm, solid, marble-size fellows, They 
make the earliest green Onion and, if let grow, 
“a real crop of big Onions for keeping. 1 quart 
plants about 30 feet. 1 quart is equal to one 
"ALL ONION SETS POSTPAID 
534. Yellow Sets or 536. White Sets 
1 qt. 2 qts. 4 qts. Peck 
19 35¢ 65¢ $1.25 
1,000 3,000 
538. GARLIC SETS 
69c $1.00 $2.75 For flavoring soups, salads, and stews. 20 
POSTPAID Garlic Buttons 10¢; 14 Ib. 20c; lb. 3767 
2 Ibs. 60c, Postpaid. : A 
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