Surprise or Tip Top—95 Days. Very productive, 
medium size, fruit nearly round although some- 
times a little flat. Color grayish green, deep ribbed 
and very little if any netting. Flesh ‘deep salmon,”’ 
sweet and of such exquisite flavor that it has put 
this sort in high favor with the melon specialist. 
Surprise, Bender’s—95 Days. This is larger than 
ordinary Surprise, ribbed slightly, hard and netted. 
Its coarse netting, heavy rind gives it good shipping 
qualities. The shape is similar to Surprise. 
Green Fleshed Varieties 
Extra Early Hackensack—88 Days. Is 6 days 
earlier than the large old-fashioned Hackensack. 
Deeply ribbed, coarse netted, flesh thick, of excellent 
flavor, flesh and skin green, slightly tinged with 
yellow. Nearly round, somewhat flattened. 
Honey Dew—Green Flesh—110 Days. Fruits 
round to oval with smooth, nearly white skin. Flesh 
thick, light emerald green when first picked, creamy 
yellow after stored several days. It is best five or 
ten days after picking, when the flesh becomes 
creamy yellow. If picked when slightly green and 
put in a cool place it will keep from five to six weeks. 
This is the very popular melon served in the late 
autumn after all other Cantaloupes are over. Best 
grown in Colorado and California where it thrives 
in a long season. 
Jenny Lind Small—86 Days. A small early green 
fleshed variety of unsurpassed flavor, much flattened 
at the poles. This is one of the few varieties which 
has retained its reputation for years and is very hard 
to equal as to quality. Size 4x 3 inches. Weight 
one pound. 
Knight’s Early, Sweet Air or Maryland—85 
Days. Green fleshed, of excellent flavor. By many 
considered superior to the Rocky Ford. Same 
general shape, but small—sometimes a_ perfect 
globe. Completely netted, but not so well netted 
as Rocky Ford. Light ribs, a good shipper, very 
popular with the large grower when it was called 
Jr. Rocky Ford. 
Large Hackensack or Turk’s Cap—94 Days. 
Large fruit, flattened at the poles, flesh green, a 
great favorite with the family gardeners. Its large 
size, however, is against it with Market Gardeners. 
Rocky Ford—Fine Selected—95 Days. Flesh 
light green with gold tinge in center. Fruit nearly 
round, small cavity. Netted with gray all over, 
free from ribs. It varies in type and thickness of 
skin, according to selection. Is a medium early 
sort with practically no ribs and intense netting. 
ROCKY FORD—LANDRETHS’ DOUBLE EX- 
TRA SELECT—95 Days. This seed is saved from 
hand-selected fruit and is superior to the ordinary 
field-picked strain of Rocky Ford. Flesh light green, 
of a delicate spicy flavor. Melons nearly round, 
very small cavity, uniform in size and shape, netted 
all over with a fine gray tracery. No ribs discernible. 

WATERMELON 
Native of Central Africa. Sow in hills 8 feet apart in each direction. Three ounces will plant 100 
hills; use 4 pounds per acre. Breaks ground in 8 days. One inch high in 11 days under most 
favorable circumstances in greenhouse. Watermelons do best in sandy soil on sod, or well prepared 
ground by plowing down a crop of Winter Wheat or Winter Rye, the sod or grain aerating or keeping loose 
the soil. When the walnut tree is in bloom, the seed should be planted in hills at 8 feet apart in each direc- 
tion. Two large shovelfuls of well-rotted stable manure dug and trampled.into each hill and covered with 
earth will help wonderfully. Four pounds of seed per acre if necessary, reserving some for replanting in 
case of destruction to the plants by insect depredation or beating rains.,, Landreths’ seed is from mature 
melons grown especially for seed and not gathered from fields after all the best Melons have been marketed. 
Augusta Rattlesnake, Gypsy or Georgia—85 
Days. Seed creamy white with black tips. A long, 
large, Southern standby. Bright yellowish green 
melon with irregular stripes of very dark green, the 
ground color marbled with a medium green. Flesh 
bright scarlet, 18 x 12 inches. 
Dixie Queen—85 Days. Now called Cuban Queen 
on the Market. Seed very small, white, a partic- 
ularly shy seeder, a vigorous productive vine. Rind 
is tough, making it a fairly good shipper. This 
recent introduction is considered by many to be 
finer in quality and flavor than any other water- 
melon. Color of melons very light green, finely 
veined with green with darker green irregular 
SEED COMPANY 
striping. Shape round, slightly elongated from 
stem to bud. Flesh solid, brilliant red to within half 
an inch of outer rind. Quality unexcelled. Fine 
sugary flavor. Must be well fertilized to produce 
perfect melons as it is a very prolific bearer. Some 
specimens weigh over 60 pounds. Average weight 
30 to 40 pounds. A few days earlier than Stone 
Mountain. Illustrated on next page. 
Early Kansas—80 Days. Seed reddish brown. 
Used extensively in the middle West and especially 
in Oklahoma. Attractive in appearance. Vigorous 
grower, productive, flesh bright red, skin light 
green with wavy stripes, shape nearly round. A 
good shipper and melons occasionally weigh 60 lbs. 
31 
