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How to Plant Muskmelons: Musk- An ounce of seed is enough for about 100 
melons like a warm season. They appre- hills. Most folks pick muskmelons too 
ciate a warm rich sandy soil. Plant them soon, For home use don’t pick them until 
in hills say 6 or 8 feet apart, using about stem lets go of the melons easily when 


a, dozen seed to the hill, right after frost you turn the melon over. We are proud of 
danger is past, cornplanting time is about the quality of our Muskmelons. All the (276 
right. Give good clean cultivation and seed we offer come from fields grown for ere 
watch for bugs. Gurney’s Bug Dust is the seed purposes only, that means you get 
answer to the bug problem of all kinds. nothing but the best. 













HALE’S BEST MUSKMELON 
The Best All Around Melon 
333—Here is the melon for you—it is a money maker. It is just the right size to serve halved. 
of wonderful quality, the salmon colored flesh is very thick, and the seed cavity is small. 
Hale’s Best is very early, heavily netted, and a good shipper. Trainloads go from California 
and Arizona to the Eastern markets. Make your main planting Hale’s Best. 
Pkt., 5c; 0Z., 24; ¥%4 Ib., 74e; 1 lb. $1.96. All Postpaid. 





















PRIDE OF WISCONSIN HEARTS OF GOLD 
New and Better—Sure to Bear Deep Golden and Sweet 
332—Every one who saw and sampled our 345—Hearts of Gold’ is mighty, mighty tasty 
pride of Wisconsins said they were the FINEST clear to the rind. Gets its name from the 
Pride OG and BEST QUALITY of any melov golden yellow flesh. ; 
on the market. They are the most HEAVILY The melons are almost round, heavily netted. 
ET ; 1 F peat ers It is medium early, very productive, and one 
NETTED of any me‘oms, round with a faint rib. of the best shipping melons on the market. 
The yellow flesh is thick, the seed cavity is : 5 : 4 4 
small; a good shipping and market melon, and seo flesh is thick, firm and solid—the kind you 
set Of all THEY ARE GOOD TO EAT 
- Pkt., 10c; oz. 2e;°44 Ib., We; 1 Ib., $1.95. 
Pkt., 7¢; 02., 250; % Ib., We. All Postpaid. All Postpaid. ok eee) Tie 

































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GOLDEN CHAMPLAIN GARDEN LEMON—VINE 
begat The Earliest PEACH OR MANGO 
—This is still the earliest melon in 
our trial gardens. It blossoms and sets MELON 
fruit as soon as its starts to run. For Preserves, Pies, and Sauce 
The melons are netted, ribs are promi- 344—The vine is similar to the musk- 











nent, the fiesh is thick and a beautiful melon, and requires the same cultivation. 
golden yellow. The quality is good to Fruit about the size of a large peach, oval 













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3 : acne : . extra good, and above all, it is early, ma- shaped, and bright orange color when ready 
GURNEY’S GOLDEN ICE MILW AUKEE MM ARKET tune SASH oh a about 72 days. for Wee For sweet Rei pies, and pre- 
< 3 ‘ Pkt., 12c. A Postpaid. Supply very serves they are excellent. 
CREAM —sweetest of All For Home Garden or Market limited. Crop almost hailed out. Pkt., 5c; 14 02., 20c; 1 02., 35¢. All Postpaid. 
ape . 337—If you want the BIGGEST BEST 
335—Here is the melon you want for sundaes. FLAVORED RARLY MUSKMELON for home 
An ordinary dipper of ice cream just fills this use or the home market, plant Milwaukee 
melon because the cavity is so small. Market. The melons often weigh over 10 LBS. 
An early melon—it ripens in from 80 to 85 and the sweet spicy golden flesh is sometimes 
days. Fruits are 6 to 7 inches in diameter and 3 INCHES THICK. The Milwaukee Market will 
















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eee poerd: The Slaps see Eeeat will oot apt more he areuE’ one ye - care Boy's Melon Patch Special 
sell any melon on e marke ecause of its an any other me on and still pro uce a 
fine appearance, thick yellow flesh, and delici- good crop. It is nearly as early as Golden 331—Give the children a chance to enjoy their own melon patch. They will have 
ous flavor. Champlain, and is @ real quality melon as every variety we list and many others, too. It puts real life into gardening for them. 
Pkt., Se; 02, 20c; ¥%4 Ib., 600; 1 ipo sh 80, WeteS large early one. Pkt., 5c; 0Z., 15¢; % Ib. 35c, All Postpaid. F 

All Postpaid. Pkt., Je; 0Z., 25e; 14 Yb., 75e. All Postpaid. 




How to Plant Lettuce: Lettuce is a cool season plant. It likes rich soil 
and does best when sown real early in the spring but you can grow a good 
fall crop too by seeding just before the fall rains start. Space rows 16-20 







inches apart. Thin the heading varieties to 10-12 inches apart in the row. ORAS Cee nN 
Leafy varieties may be left 3-4 inches apart in the row. Start some lettuce : 
in a hot bed or cold frame. GURNEY’S CRISP AS ICE New York Wonderful 
Head Lettuce is a cool season plant and, doesn’t always head successfully The Earliest Head Lettuce The Best Head Lettuce 
‘ j _-This is the lar est head lettuce rown. 507—Thousands of acres of this wonderful 
me unless me peedlings are started early. To: beasure Ue ° Gite it plenty of room and the heads will head lettuce are grown in California, Idaho, 
crop; start them in a hot bed or cold frame or in the house, put on rich grow from 6 to 8 oomhes in diameter, and and New Mexico, and train loads are shipped 
: : «“ ” weigh 3 to 4 pounds each, : to the Eastern markets. When you buy an 
soil, cultivate well. Push the crop along SO as to “make” it before warm The solid heads are & beautiful silvery white, extra good head of lettuce, it is probably New 
as crisp and firm as celery. York Wonderful. 
summer weather. Loose Leaf varieties are said to have more Vitamins Pkt., 6c; 02, 24¢; ¥4 Ib., Se. All Postpaid. Pkt., 50; 0z., 20¢; 44 Ib., 75e. All Postpaid. 
than the heading sorts. 
GRAND RAPIDS 
The Best Leaf Lettuce 
510—This is beyond question the best 
leaf lettuce. The crisp, crinkly leaves are 
light green in color; grow Very erect and 
do not wilt. The easiest lettuce to grow, 
and the best fiavored. Disease resistant. 
The kind to sow in the early Hot Bed. 
Pkt., 6c; 0Z., 20C; ¥Y%, Ib., 50c. All Post- 
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Black Seeded Simpson aad Ef 
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509—A favorite forcing variety; it does Gurney 5 Stonehead < HAICKEN LETTUCE 
not head, but forms a compact mass of ic betel: =. Greens for Your Poultry 
leaves, lighter colored than an Thick and Heavy Head Lettuce “ ” 
lett te : any other leaf 502-All of us like head lettuce, and our 508—Your poultry needs green food and 
ettuce; stands the summer heat well, idea of a good head lettuce is the one that a waniery of ed th just the thing you 
: a : : i an o grow for is purpose. I 
and is very large, making immense plants has the hardest head, one that iS compact; one = genuine lettuce which will yield as ee ne 

ve "ORS that will stand the hot dry weather that we s 
over a foot across. tha’, quring the summer, Gurney’s Stonehead more chicken or rabbit feed than any plant 
; ; , ; have used for “greens.” 
Pkt., 5c; 0z., 18c Ib., 40c. All Pos K Riviera Lettuce is just that and, more. you may 8 : 
, 5c} 0%, 18c; % Ib., 40c. All Postpaid vere evo, 2503 44 Ib., 730. All Postpaid. Pkt,, 5c; oz. 150; ¥4 Ib,, 38¢, All Postpaid. 
Black Seeded Simpson 
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