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ARTHUR G. LEE, SEEDSMAN A 
ND FLORIST, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS 


Hale’s Best Cantaloupe 
CANTALOUPES 
One ounce to 100 hills; 2 pounds per acre. 
ROCKY FORD Green Fleshed (90 days). 
A small green fleshed melon of the oval 
type weighing about 2 pounds. Probably 
one of the most widely known and exten- 
sively grown in its class. 
POLLOCK 10-25. ..Salmon tint. Similar to 
Rocky Ford other than color of the meat. 
HALE’S BEST (85 days). Flesh deep sal- 
mon. Melons oval, about 6 by 6% inches, 
with heavy netting. Where a salmon fleshed 
melon is desired, this variety has been re- 
garded the best in 1ts class since its intro- 
duction. ‘However, some of our growers now 
prefer Hale’s Imperial No. 45. 
HALE’S IMPERIAL No. 45 (86 days). 
Flesh deep salmon. Mildew resistant. An 
early variety developed for shipping trade. 
A true Hale’s Best and recommended to 
plant where mildew is prevalent. Seed can- 
not be jarred loose, remains edible and 
really is better 10 days after picking. Must 
be picked full slip or dead ripe. Being 
picked full ripe it has a delicious flavor and 
is the best long-distance shipper, holding up 
after reaching market much longer than 
other sorts. 
PRIDE OF WISCONSIN (90 days). Bright 
salmon. Size 6x6% inches. A new intro- 
duction, Rind very hard, pearly gray color. 
Heavily, covered with distinctive netting. 
Ripens to a yellowish shade. Flesh thick 
and excellent flavor. Recommended when 
a larger cantaloupe than the Rocky Ford is 
preferred. 
LARGE HACKENSACK. Green fleshed. 
Large, round, but flattened on the ends. 
BANANA (94 days). A long melon. Grow- 
ing about 20 inches. Lemon colored skin 
when matured. Salmon colored flesh. Strict- 
ly a home melon. 

For Prices Refer to Green List Enclosed. 
SWEET CORN 
¥, Ib. to 100 feet, 15 lbs. per acre. 
STOWELL’S EVERGREEN (95 days). A 
standard late variety, very valuable for 
canning and much grown for market. Ker- 
nels very deep; ears 8 inches long. White, 
sweet and tender. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMEN (Shoe Peg) (95 
days). Regarded by many as the sweetest 
of all sweet corn. Ears 7 to 8 inches long; 
cob small, covered with slender white grains 
without row formation. 
GOLDEN BANTAM |(80 days). Early, 
golden in color, and of highest quality. Ears 
6 to 7 inches long; 8 rowed. An ideal sort 
for the home garden. 
GOLDEN CROSS BANTAM (88 days). 
This hybrid is one of the best and most pro- 
lifie of the yellow sweet corns, bred for wilt 
resistance, high yield and quality. Ears 8 
to 10 inches long and yielding about 40 per 
cent more marketable ears than Golden 
Bantam. 
EARLY ADAMS (60 days). Not a sugar 
corn, but grown extensively for table use. 
Can be planted earlier than sugar corn, 
which makes it a valuable first crop sort. 
Produces ears 7 to 8 inches long. Fairly 
sweet and tender. 
TRUCKER’S FAVORITE (65 to 70 days). 
Although not a sugar corn it makes the 
finest roasting ears. No early garden corn 
is so extensively grown. Attractive ears 9 
to 11 mches long, with tender, sweet grains. 
Ready for table or market in about 65 days. 

Golden Bantam Sweet Corn 
OKRA 
One ounce to 50 feet of row; 
5 to 8 pounds per acre. 
MAMMOTH LONG GREEN. Grows 3 to 4 
feet high, producmg dark green pods 7 to 
8 inches long, ribbed and tapered. 
CLEMSON GREEN SPINELESS (55 days). 
A uniform, dark green, spineless strain of 
long pod okra, Easily picked without dis- 
comfort. 
WHITE VELVET. Pods are round, smooth, 
free from ridges. Greenish white in color. 
Plants 3% feet high, pods 6 to 7 inches. 
EARLY DWARF PROLIFIC. One of the 
earliest. Pods short, rather blunt; 4 inches 
long; deep green. Very productive. 
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