
To pick out good parents for your garden’s onions is a nosey, knowsy job, 
eh, Boys? But that’s one more of the careful preliminaries to Eastern States 
seed. 
MELONS 
MUSKMELON — SALMON FLESH 
Emerald Gem — A good home and market 
garden variety but not a shipping melon. A 
two-pound globular melon slightly flattened, 
4%" by 5%”, ribbed, outer color green to 
yellow and slightly netted. The flesh is thick, 
salmon-colored, sweet and the seed cavity is 
very small. 
Honey Rock — This nearly round, medium- 
size, 514’ by.6”’ melon weighs 4 to 5 pounds. 
The skin is gray-green and is covered with a 
coarse netting. The flesh is thick, orange- 
salmon in color and has a typical musky flavor. 
A home and market melon but not for long 
shipment. 
Hale’s Best 112 —One of the best early 
market melons. Fruits oval, very slightly 
ribbed, and the hard rind is heavily netted, 
making it a good shipper and attractive in ap- 
pearance. The flesh is very thick, sweet, free 
from stringiness and a rich deep salmon color. 
The seed cavity is small. Recommended for 
New England and northern Pennsylvania. 
Hale’s Best 36— One of the best early 
market melons. Fruits nearly spherical, slightly 
ribbed and have a heavily netted hard rind. 
The flesh is rich salmon color, thick, sweet, 
and free from fiber. A popular melon for ship- 
ping. Recommended for southern Pennsyl 
vania, Delaware and Maryland. 
Hearts of Gold—A very popular mid- 
season variety for home or market garden use. 
Fruits are practically round, 6’’ in diameter, 
weigh 4 pounds, distinctly ribbed and covered 
with a fine gray netting. Flesh is very thick, 
deep pink-salmon, tender and sweet, having a 
characteristic musky flavor. 
Bender’s Surprise — No seed available. 
Muskmelon Culture 
One-half ounce of seed plants 100’ of row 
— 2 to 3 lbs. per acre. For early forcing, start 
under glass in veneer bands or pots about April 
1, develop slowly and transplant after harden- 
ing about May 1-15. Plant outdoors May 15 
to June 1 either in rows or hills 1’’ deep. If in 
rows, make rows 5’ apart and thin plants to 
12’’ apart in the row. If in hills, make hills 
4 x 6’ apart, allowing 3 or 4 plants to the 
hill. 
WATERMELON 
Northern Sweet — An early prolific variety 
for local markets introduced by the Minnesota 
Agricultural Experiment Station from Siberia. 
The fruits are small, 8-10 lbs., globular, dark 
green, striped with medium green. Rind is 
tough but thin. Flesh deep orange red, medium- 
grained and stringy when over-ripe. High sugar 
content. White seeds. 
Cole’s Early — An early melon of excellent 
quality, particularly adapted to the home gar- 
den. Fruits are exceptionally large for so early 
a variety, weighing 20 pounds, slightly oval 
with irregular mottled broad stripes of light 
and dark green. Flesh is pink-red, crisp and of 
good flavor. Seeds are black. 
Kleckley’s Sweet — A second early variety 
of medium to large size, weighing 30 pounds, 
oblong in shape and dark green in color. Rind 
is thin. Flesh is bright red, very sweet, firm, 
solid and of excellent quality. Seeds are white. 
Will not stand very rough treatment in ship- 
ping, but especially good for local markets and 
home use. 
Watermelon Culture 
One ounce of seed plants 25 to 30 hills or 
200’ of row — 2 Ibs. per acre. For early forcing 
start under glass in veneer bands or pots early 
in April, and about May 15 transplant into 
field 2’ apart in 8’ rows. Seed may be sown 
direct in the field after soil has become warm. 
Plant 1”’ deep in hills or rows. If in hills, plant 
8 seeds 8’ x 8’, later gradually thinning to 3 or 4 
vines per hill. If in rows space seeds 1’ apart in 
8’ rows later thinning vines to 2’. 
ONION 
ONION SEED — YELLOW 
Ebenezer — Seed of this variety is used ex- 
tensively in growing sets which when planted 
the following spring produce an early crop. 
Early spring planting also gives marketable 
bulbs the same season. Bulbs are flat but deep, 
of medium size, dark yellow, very firm, mild, 
and with a thick skin. 
Early Yellow Globe — An early, yellow 
variety, medium sized, spherical, firm and solid 
with tough clinging skins of a deep yellow 
color. The flavor is mild and the quality and 
texture good. It is a satisfactory storage onion. 
Yellow Globe Danvers — A yellow variety 
that is a very popular storage onion. Bulbs are 
medium large, round, firm and solid. The flesh 
is white with a slight yellow tone. 
Utah Valencia—A late yellow-skinned 
variety that is large and globular. The flesh is 
white, very mild and of pleasing flavor. A very 
good strain for winter storage, of the Sweet 
Spanish type. 
ONION SEED — WHITE 
Silverskin White Portugal — Grown for 
white onion sets which produce an early mar- 
ket, white onion. Also used for small pickling 
onions and good for a late market onion from 
seed. Bulbs are medium-sized, thick flat, clear 
white, hard, fine-grained and of pleasing flavor. 
It is the most satisfactory white onion for the 
home garden because of its many uses. 
Onion Culture 
One-half ounce of seed plants 100’ of row 
— 4to 5 lbs. per acre. Sow in field from April 1 
to May 1, 14"’ deep in rows 20’’ apart. Thin 
seedlings to stand 4’’ apart. For producing 
transplants, sow seed in hotbeds or green- 
houses January 15 to February 15, harden off 
and transplant seedlings to field about April 25. 
PARSLEY 
Paramount — A long stem, dark green, moss- 
curled variety that is frost hardy and slow 
growing. It develops to full growth in 120 days 
but can be cut earlier. 
Plain Leaf Italian — Leaves dark green, flat, 
deeply cut but not curled. Used chiefly for 
flavoring. 
Parsley Culture 
One-half ounce plants 100’ of row — 3 to 4 
Ibs. per acre. For early summer harvest, plant 
about April 1 and to winter-over with some 
protection, such as straw or sash, plant from 
August 1 to September 1. Sow in soil that is 
fertile, barely covering the seed in rows 12’’ 
apart. With a light seeding, no thinning should 
be necessary. 
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