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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., 5c} 
ov., 10c; % ib., 30c; 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. %& oz, 
5e3; 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} oz., 
10c; % Ub., 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 HALEF’S BEST No. 36. .A beautiful melon 
which matures in ahout 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., 26c; % Ib., 65c ; Ib., $2.00 
EARLY OSAGE. 64 days. Standard variety, of 
splendid quality for nearby markets and home use. 
Melons 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., 20c; % Ib., 65c; Ib., $2.00. 
HALE’S BEST No. 112. Some larger than the Im- 
HALES BEST JUMBO A very large proved No. 36. A little later melon. Adapted to roadside 
ye market selling and for bulk hauling in trucks. + Mostly too 
type of Hales Best. Thick meat, few large to pack in crates. Flesh thick, deep salmon. Flavor 
: sweet and of fine eating quality. Because of its firm 
seeds, a good shipper and a good road flesh, it holds up and keeps longer than other Hale's Best. 
side melon. 7 0z .15; 4 oz .50; Pound Price: Oz.,20c; “% Ib., 65c : Ib., $2.00 
$1.75. 
HEARTS OF GOLD. Morrill stock. 
One of the most popular medium size 
melons. Small, early variety, ripening 
in 100 days. 5to 6 in. in diameter, 
orange Salmon color, exceptionally thick, 
and fine flavor. Oz. 20¢: } lb., 65¢; Ib., 
$2.25. 
HONEY ROCK. A new melon. One of 
the very best for roadside market. Shape 
is nearly round and heavily netted. 5 to 
6 inches in diameter. 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. Oz., 15¢ 
< lb., 90¢; lb., $1.75. 
HALES IMPERIAL. Very resistant to 
mildew, good shipper, thick meat, sal- 
mon flesh, small seed cavity, heavy net- 
ting, faint rib, excellent flavor. 1 oz. 
20¢; 4 oz., 65¢; lb., $2.00 

Honey Rock 
