Wustmelon—Can taloupe (continued) 
Green Fleshed Varieties 
Honey Dew—110 Days. Fruits round to oval, with 
smooth, nearly white skin, green flesh. Flesh thick, 
light emerald green when first picked, creamy yellow 
after stored several days. It is best five or ten days 
after picking, when the flesh becomes creamy 
yellow. If picked when slightly green and put in a 
cool place it will keep from five to six weeks. This 
is the very popular melon served in the late autumn 
after all other Cantaloupes are over. 
Large Hackensack (Turk’s Cap)—94 Days. 
Large fruit, flattened at the poles, flesh green. A 
great favorite with the family gardeners. Its large 
size, however, is against it with Market Gardeners. 
Rocky Ford (Netted Gem)—95 Days. Flesh light 
green with gold tinge in center. Fruit nearly round, 
small cavity. Netted with gray all over, free from 
ribs. It varies in type and thickness of skin, 
according to selection. Is a medium early sort with 
practically no ribs and intense netting. 
Rocky Ford—Landreths’ Extra Select—95 Days. 
This seed is saved from hand-selected fruit and is 
superior to the ordinary field-picked strain of 
Rocky Ford. Flesh light green, of a delicate spicy 
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uniform in size and shape, netted all over with a . 
fine gray tracery. No ribs discernible. Rocky Ford Cantaloupe 
Watermelon 
Native of Central Africa. One ounce will plant about 30 hills; use 4 pounds per acre. Plant 6 to 8 seeds in a 
hill and the hills should be 7 or 8 feet apart in each direction. Cover the seed 3 inch. Plant when the weather is 
warm (which in some sections 1s when the walnut tree is in bloom). Watermelons do best in rich, sandy soil on 
sod, or well prepared ground by plowing down a crop of Winter Wheat or Rye, the sod or grain aerating or keeping 
loose the soil. Two large shovelfuls of well-rotted stable manure dug and trampled into each hill and covered 
with earth will help wonderfully. It is wise to reserve some seed for replanting in case of destruction to the plants 
by insect depredation or beating rains. Landreths’ seed is grown especially for seed from mature melons and is 
: not a by-product of some melon grower. 

Citron, Red-Seeded—90 Days. Seeds red 
and small. A round, small, light and dark 
wae striped melon. Used for preserving 
only. 
Dixie Queen (Cuban Queen)—85 Days. 
Seed very small, white. A particularly shy 
seeder with a vigorous, productive vine. The 
rind is tough, making it a fairly good shipper. 
The color of the melons is very light green 
with finely veined and darker green irregular 
striping. Shape round, slightly elongated 
from stem to bud. Flesh solid, brilliant red 
to within half an inch of outer rind. Quality 
unexcelled. Fine sugary flavor. Must be 
well fertilized to produce perfect melons as 
it is a very prolific bearer. Some specimens 
weigh over 60 lbs. Average weight 30 to 40 
pounds. 
Early Kansas—80 Days. Seed reddish 
brown. Used extensively in the middle West 
and especially in Oklahoma. Attractive in 
appearance. Vigorous grower, productive, 
flesh bright red, skin light green with wavy 
stripes, shape nearly round. A good shipper 
and melons occasionally weigh 60 lbs. 
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