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Customer a 
ae Shumway $ 
$500.00 eee ers 
per Acre Delicious 
on This 
Musk 
Melons | 
All Pure Bred 
Hand Selected 
SEED 
1 oz. seed for 50 
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504 Hearts of Gold—Extremely Early—22*t Rizht te 
Serve in Halves 
82 days. <A fine main crop variety. Very popular with market gardeners and shippers. The firm rind, 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. — 
Aver weight 2 pounds. Pkt., 8 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; %4 lb., 38 cts.; % Ib., 6O cts.; lb., $1.10; 2 lbs., $2.00, — 
postpai = 

One of the very best for home or mar- 
ket. 87 days. A fine prolific medium 
large market melon. Excellent for shipping. 
The rind is very hard and tough, some- 
= what ribbed and heavily netted. The fruits 
= are of uniform size and shape, and they 
| pack well in crates. Eating qualities are # 
remarkable. The pink flesh is very thick ] 
|| and firm without stringiness; sweet and aro- 
| matie in flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; | 
% Ib., 50 cts.; % Ib... 75 cts.; Ib.. $1.35; 
2 lbs., $2.50, postpaid. 















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520 Shumway’s 
Improved Perfecto 
DISEASE RESISTANT—Extra Early 
85 days. A new salmon fieshed 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 


































; Tt : : and spicy. Wonderful shipping quality. 
AN \ Sion Very heavily netted, perfectly round, no 
\\ yi Tee ribs. Every melon: about the same size. 
ANE pe Dik A wonderful crate or basket variety. I 


recommend this grand new variety to every 
market gardener or home planter. PKt., 
10 cts.; 0z., 18 cts.; 44 Ib., 40 cts.; Y% Ib., 
70 cts.; lb., $1.25; 2 Ibs., $2.25, postpaid. 




















|) (90 days). This is my own origination. Largest and» 
| meee pecans of all melons. Not surpassed in eating 
il, quality. The fruit averages 12 to _15 pounds and speci- | 
mens have been known to reach 25 pounds. ~ It is round | 
















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512 Osage Improved Extra Select Shumway’s Delicious 
- My strain of this grand melon is really superb, 85 days. P : . 
Probably more widely used than any other large melon. Oval in The melons are covered with a heavy grayish 
Beare: slently, pIBPCe ies Dent Oper Metne ae fete - deep jnetting. Flesh green, gold lined, Its shape is 
salmon, thick, spicy, luscious. Excellent for local markets and |; i : e ‘ : 
roadside stands. Average weight 6 pounds. Pkt., 7 ¢ts.; oz., 14 ideal; slightly oval, faintly ribbed, heavily 
ets.; 14 Ib., 33 ets.; % Ib., 50 ets.; Ib., 90 ets.; 2 Ibs., $1.60, postpaid. netted over the entire melon. A wonderfully 
prolific yielder producing its luscious medium 
513 Emerald Gem Old Reliable Very Sweet _ [size melons in 90 days. It is the right shape 
Salmon flesh. This beautiful melon matures in 80 days. It is to pack to best advantage in crates. The seed 
truly oe ee SiGe iy ner oC Oe ee ar is smooth. Deep |¢avity is very small, flesh thick and firm; a 
emerald green color. he flesh is thick an rm ripening almost S 
to the rind. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 12 ets.; 4% Ibs., 33 cts.; % Ib., 53 ets.; good melon for maaeect ee ag) ae the home 
Ib., 90 cts.; 2 Ibs., $1.60, postpaid. gar den. Pkt., Ye cts.; 0Z., 14 cts.; Vy Ib., 35 cts.; 
Y lb., 58 cts.; lb., $1.00; 2 lbs., $1.80, postpaid. 
OCKY FORDA 


516 (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 & good shipper but 
excellent for home garden and local | 
market. Weighs 6 Ibs. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
0z., 18 cts.; %4 Ib., 40 cts.; % Ib., 
70 cts.; Ib., $1.25; 2 Ibs., $2.25, 
postpaid. : : a 





























) 503 Shumway’s Sugar Rock 
or Honey Rock 
Michigan 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 
with a very heavy netting. The 
meat is of superb quality; very 
507 (85 days). The lead. | thick ; firm textured, deep orange 
developed from the old in color and with a. unique 
Netted Gem into a round 5 
type melon. The lig ht honey-sweet flavor. A tough- 
‘green flesh is very thick | pj : in. 
with a small seed cavity. r inded type ; excellent for ship 
It has a fine smooth |ping. Very productive, yielding 
firm flesh of melting pois : 
quali? and’a choice spicy (oulO ©¢, StMCotEUsts 60 oLbe amine, 
flavor. Because they are | Destined to be the leading canta- 
uniform, small in size, 
and round without ribs, loup in all markets. Pkt., 10 cts. ; 
the fruits are ideal for 02Z., 920 cts.; YY, lb., 40 cté.s Y, lb.; 
packing in baskets or 
crates. ie cties Pa 70 cts.; lb., $1.25; 2 Ibs., $2.25, 
cts. 5 le cts. 5 ee 
14 Ib. 58 ets; Ib, $1.00, | POStpaid. 
2 Jbs., $1.80, postpaid. 










