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Crystal White Wax Bermuda 
CULTURE: Plant seed or sets as early as 
possible in the spring; sets produce onions 
quicker than seed; however, onions produced 
from seed are more uniform in shape and 
better for keeping. Onions from seed produce 
in about 130 to 140 days, from sets from 90 
to 100 days. Plant in well pulverized soil 
for best results. 
YELLOW BERMUDA. Sweetest, mild- 
est of all onions. Large, flat, straw 
or amber colored bulbs maturing in 
mid-summer from early spring planted 
seed, Makes very mild green onions. 
CRYSTAL WAX WHITE BERMUDA. 
Identical to Yellow Bermuda, except 
crystal white. Superbly mild flavor. 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. Medium 
early in maturity. Globe shaped, 
medium size, solid, rather mild. Fresh 
crisp, creamy white with coppery 
yellow skin. 
LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. 
Easily grown to full maturity from 
seed and a good keeper into winter. 
Almost round, of large size and 
purplish red color. Pungent. 
SILVER SKIN. (White Portugal.) <A 
splendid pickling onion with mild 
flavor and silvery white skin. It is 
flat on the bottom and thick towards 
the top, firm, hard, an excellent 
keeper. 
ONION SETS 
CULTURE: Planted principally for early 
onions to pull green. Many people prefer the 
small, tender, young green onions for eating 
raw. Sets are uniform size. Plant sets 3 
inches apart in rows 12 to 15 inches apart. 
One pound will plant 50 feet of row; 8 to 10 
bushels, an acre. 
FALL SETS. Bermudas and Red, Yel- 
low and White Globe. 
SPRING SETS. Yellow, Red, and 
White Globe. 
ONION PLANTS. Bermudas, all winter. 
Plants are growing in popularity. 


MUSKMELON 
GOLD LINED ROCKYFORD. Green 
flesh, gold lined. Ripens about ten 
days earlier than the original Rocky 
Ford, of which it is a selection. The 
vines are extremely thrifty growers, 
and are less liable to be attacked by 
rust than most other varieties. The 
fruits are nearly round, green, solidly 
netted and only slightly ribbed. The 
flesh is green color, and of good qual- 
ity and sweet. 
HALE’S BEST. 80 days. Oval fruits 
6% in. long; heavily netted; thick, 
deep salmon flesh. Earliness and rich 
flavor make this a favorite. 
POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANT 
No. 45. Hale’s Best type, resistant 
to powdery mildew. 
BANANA. Shaped somewhat as name 
indicates; grows about 2 feet long; 
flesh deep salmon, colored and of only 
fair quality. 

ORANGE FLESH. The best in the 
Rocky Ford type. Its distinctive 
characteristic is its appealing deep 
orange flesh which is solid, fine- 
grained, juicy, deliciously sweet, and 
of a spicy flavor. The seed-cavity is 
very small. Melons are 6 to 7 inches 
in diameter, weigh 214 to 3 pounds, 
are uniform in size, shape, and ma- 
turity, nearly round, densely covered 
with a hard gray netting, and have 
practically no ribs. Recommended 
for its prolific bearing, unexcelled 
eating and shipping qualities. 
HONEY BALL. Earlier than Honey 
Dew and can be grown where season 
is shorter. Very prolific, long keep- 
ing variety of high quality. 
HONEY DEW. Green Fleshed Fruits, 
broad-oval, 7 to 8 in. long; thick, 
light green flesh; fine grained, de- 
licious. May be picked before fully 
ripe and stored in cool place. 
Hale’s Best 
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Peak of Quality Seeds—L. W. BRAND 

OKRA 
WHITE VELVET (Lady Finger). 
Bears round, stringless, smooth pods, 
unlike other varieties. The market 
and home gardeners’ favorite. Se- 
lection by La. Experiment Station. 
EARLY DWARF GREEN. Of dwarf 
growth but immensely productive. 
The pods are tender, of best quality, 
and are borne throughout the season. 
LONG GREEN. This variety grows 
about three feet high, very early and 
productive. Pods deep green, very 
long, slender, slightly corrugated, 
very tender and of good quality. 
NEW CLEMSON SPINELESS. 5 ft. 
55 days. Silver Medal—1939 All- 
America Selections. Spineless. After 
many years of intense breeding Profs. 
McGinty and Andrews, of Clemson 
College, have succeeded in establish- 
ing a very uniform, dark green spine- 
less strain of the Perkins type of long 
pod okra. Winning recognition of 
vegetable judges all over the country 
it will take its place as a superior va- 
riety easily picked without discom- 
fort. 
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