Good Seeds Cheap-—Good as Can Be Grown-—None Better at Any Price 35 
548 Dixie Queen or White Seeded Cuban Queen 
New 80 Day Melon. It Will Produce Earlier and Outyield Most Other 
Varieties. Leading Commercial Melon Today and an Excellent Home 
Garden Variety. 
A sensational Watermelon of outstanding merit which has become one of the most 
popular for the market grower and the home gardener. Under proper methods of cul- 
tivation, melons weighing 50 lbs. or more are not unusual. The sparkling crisp red 
flesh is deliciously sweet clear to the rind. It is solid, with very few small white seeds. 
The outer skin is light green, striped and blotched with dark green, rather tough and 
does not bruise easily. A good shipping melon because of the texture of the skin and 
the strength of the rind. It will travel to distant markets and arrive in perfect con- 
dition.. Produces sturdy, strong vines. that carry a large number of melons—it will 
produce earlier and outyield most other varieties. It has all the good qualities de- 
manded by commercial growers and is perfectly adapted to the smaller home-garden. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 Ib., 35 cts.; 2 lb., 55 cts.; Ib., $1.00; 2 lbs., $1.90; 
5 |bs., $4.00, postpaid. 
WATER. 
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532 Golden Honey 
90 days. Any- 
one. who im-.... 
agines that yel-'- 
low fleshed wa-\ 
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Offs Jar hie ror 
quality will 
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mind after try- a 
ing Golden 
Honey. The 
flesh is a beau- 
tiful sparkling 
gold, crisp, and juicy, 




















A with a delightful hon- j 
; ey-sweet flavor. The i 
Grand epee 2 are pos 
r "i with stripes of very 
New Melon dark green on a back- 




ground of a somewhat 
lighter shade. Weight 
20 pounds. Pkt., 10 
cts.; 0Z, 15 cts.; % 
Ib., 35 cts.3 % 1h. 60 
cts.; Tb., $1.00; 2 lbs., 
$1.85, postpaid. 
548 Dixie Ques a 










551 Early Northern Sweet 
The Fourth of July Melon 

531 A New Introduction Maturing in 82 Days. In shape it is long and cylindrical, | 
tapering slightly toward the blossom end, with an average weight of 25 pounds. | 
The fruit is of matchless beauty when cut, the deep crimson of the flesh contrast- 
ing superbly with the dark green and white of the rind. A melon of the all-heart 
pe, le the Klondike has few seeds; those it has are mostly black with a few white | 
‘ones. The flesh is unequalled in texture and flavor; delightfully crisp, sweet, and } 
‘ Y 1b., 55 cts.; lb., 90 cts; 2 | 










‘refreshing, Pkt. 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; ¥% Ib., 35 cts.; 
Ibs., $1.70, postpaid. 5 




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530 Christmas or Winter troduced by Minn. Experiment Station but the seed was origi- 
Also known. as King and Queen. 85 | nally brought in from Russia. This amazing melon ripens 
i days, One of the most exceptional va- | in 65 to 70 days from planting. Of an attractive green color, 
| rieties, particularly distinguished for its | striped with lighter green. Flesh is dark red and tender, with 
keeping qualities, The fruits can be taken | 4 yich sugary flavor. Weighs 9 to 10 lbs. Splendid for early 
' from the field or patch before frost and | market or home garden. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 44 \b., 35 
if properly stored, will be in fine eating eet “4 2 q . 
1 condition for Thanksgiving and Christmas, cts; 7% Th., 60 cts.; Ib. $1005 2 Ibs.,_$1-80, postpaid, 
ee ea Ne eee 546 Chilian, Black Seeded 
icts.; Ib., $1.00; 2 Ibs., $1.80, postpaid. This melon quickly became popular in California where it 
originated, and gains favor wherever grown. The medium 
sized spherical fruits are dark green, faintly marked with 
lighter striping. The flesh is crisp, fine grained, very sweet 
540 Hungarian Honey and of an attractive red color. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; %4 
FE -¥ : ° “4 
Delightful Honey Flavor. 87 days. A Ib., 35 cts.; % Ib., 55 cts.; Ib., 90 cts.; 2 Ibs., $1.70, postpaid. 


variety adapted to the home garden and ® 
| to the market where there is a call for 543 Georgia Rattlesnake or Gypsy 
| small melons which the smaller family One of the Most Delicious Flavored Melons. A long, fairly 
desires, particularly in the larger cities | large melon with light green color irregularly mottled with 
where so Rpany sama iiles are living iN} dark green stripes. An excellent shipping melon with un- 
epernent. ct eave weer Bs a excelled eating qualities, the Rattlesnake is ‘a standard variety. 
bright a the oad auite ne Pkt., 10 | Lhe seed is white with dark tips. Weight about 25 Ibs. Thin 
cts.: 0z., 15 cts.; 14 Ib., 35 cts: Tape rind, solid, dark red flesh, sweet and tender. Matures in 
: AN 90 cts.; 2 Ibs., $1.70, post- about 90 days. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 12 cts.; %4 lb., 30 cts.; % Ib., 
538 Sweet as Sugar—Nothing Finer. This old standby is the best general cropper 
for the home market; has too thin a rind for shipping unless packed in straw, Few, 
if any, surpass Ice Cream for quality and productiveness. Ripens very early; fruit 
oblong, large size, rind light green, mottled and veined; flesh bright scarlet, solid 
to the center, melting and delicious. A great favorite. Seeds white. Matures in 
75 days. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4% \b., 35 cts.; 4 Ib., 55 cts.; lb., 90 cts.; 2 
Ibs., $1.79, postpaid. : 
55. cts.; 
paid. 48 cts.; Ib., 85 cts.; 2 Ibs., $1.60, postpaid. 








































545 Newest True Wilt Resistant Melon. This new wilt resistant strain was 
developed at Muscatine, Iowa, from which it takes its name. Bred from 
Kleckley Sweet and has the same characteristics of its parent. Will produce 
‘a crop on diseased infested soil when other varieties would fail. With careful 
selection-and breeding, this variety was developed to resist disease. If you 
have had trouble with the Melon wilt disease, try Pride of Muscatine and you 
ean again grow good Water Melons, Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; Y% 1b.,°36 cts.; 
fy Yh., 55 cts.; 1b., 90 cts.; 2 Ibs, $1.70, postpaid, 













ay SSSA r SET go SS =—— SSS SS 
586 Unsurpassed for Home or Nearby Markets. 90 days. A -light green, long melon of 
large size. Not a shipping variety but excellent for local markets. Very prolific and 
fairly early in maturity. This sort is also called Long White Icing. Weight 25 lbs, Pkt., 
7 cts.; 0z., 12 cts.; 4 Ib., 30 cts.; 1 Ib., 48 cts.; 1b., 85 cts.; 2 lbs., $1.60, postpaid. 

