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Melons Are A Good Cash Crop. 
LETTUCE ~— Continued 
SIMPSON’S EARLY CURLED. Also 
known as White Seeded Simpson. Our 
best leaf lettuce. Very hardy, early 
and dependable. Light lustrous green 
leaves, crisp good quality. % oz., Bes 
o7., 10c; % Ib., 36c; Ib., $1.00. 
GRAND RAPIDS. Best forcing va- 
riety. Very early. Hardy. Disease re- 
sistant. Best for greenhouse forcing. 
Solid, light green leaves, large and 
broad. Very tender and sweet. 4 on, 
Se; ov., 10c3; % Ib., 30c; Ib., $1.00. 
PRIZEHEAD. Very early, quick 
growing. Popular for home garden. 
Loose leaved. Outside leaves tinged 
red, inner leaves green. % oz., 5c; ox., 
10c; % Ib., 30c; Ib., $1. 


















MUSKMELONS_ 
CROP ALMOST A FAILURE 
Few products of the garden give as much 
fine eating as ripe, sweet melons right from the 
vine. Easy to raise. 1 oz. will plant 100 hills. 
2 ibs. to the acre. 
IMPROVED HALE’'S BEST No. 36. .A beautiful melon . 
which matures in about &2 days. -A really good melon to 
eat; one of the most popular cantelopes. Excellent for 
shipping. While primarily a shipping melon, it has many 
fine qualities which make it ideal for roadside market and 
home gardens. Price: Oz., 20ce; % Ib., $1.60: Ib., $3.00 ~~ 
EARLY OSAGE. 64 days. Standard variety, of 
splendid quality for nearby markets and home use. 
elons 6 to 7 inches in diameter, almost round. 
with, shallow furrows, spare shallow netting. 
Flesh very thick, salmon-orange, fine grained, 
sweet and aromatic. Oz., 20c3 % Ib., 90c3 Ib., $3.00. 
HALE’S BEST No. 112. Some larger than the. Im- 
proved No. 86. A little later melon. Adapted -to roadside 
; 7 ; market selling and for bulk hauling in trucks. + Mostly too 
Hale’s Best large to pack in crates. Flesh thick, deep salmon. Flavor 
' sweet and of fine eating quality. Because of its firm 
flesh, it holds up and keens longer than other Hale’s Best. 
Price: Oz.. 25e; “% tb.,$1.00: Ib., $3.50 ' 
HALE’S BEST: Early melon. 80 days.. Nearly 
round. 6 to 6% in. Medium heavy netting almost 
devoid of ribs. Fiesh very thick, fine grained. Deep 
pe a richly fiavored. Oz., 20c; % Ib., 75c3 
°9 . 
HEARTS OF GOLD. One of the most popular me- 
dium size’melons. Small, early variety, ripening in 
100 days. 5 to 6 in. in diameter, orange salmon color, 
exceptionally thick, and fine flavor. Oz, 20c3 % Ib., 
75e3 Ib. $3.50 
HONEY ROCK. A new melon. One of the 
very best for roadside market. Shape is nearly f 
round and heavily netted. 6 to 6 inches in diam- 
eter. Rind dun slate color, very tough. Will 
stand up better than any other melon we have 
to offer. Flesh rich salmon color. Sweet and 
spicy. Early medium, 90 days. Ox. 25c3 % Ib. 
NETTED GEM or ROCKY FORD. Compara- 
tively small, green fiesh melon, oval type. 
Weighs about 2 lbs. Best green flesh melon, A 
Pe gerec abundant yielder. Oz., 20cs “% Ib., $5c3 
i ‘oe 50 
HONEY DEW. Green fiesh winter melon. 
Creamy yellow fruit, 6 inches in diameter, 
sparsely netted skin, very thick flesh, light am- 
ber, green in color, fine grained, melting and 
delicious. Melons may be picked before fully ripe 
and if stored in cool place will remain in good 
eae for a long time. Oz., Lic; % Ub. 50c; Ib. 
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