Botzum — Seeds That Grow 
HEARTS OF GOLD or HOODOO 90 Days 
A good shipping melon adapted for home and market 
gardeners. Medium in size, it is vigorous and pro- 
ductive. Nearly round fruits, slightly ribbed, densely 
netted, about 5 inches in diameter. Thick firm flesh of 
good flavor. 
MILWAUKEE MARKET 87 Days 
One of the larger varieties. About 7/4 by 61/7 inches 
and weighing 5 to 6 pounds. Nearly round and slightly 
ribbed. It has a hard rind that makes it an ideal ship- 
ping type. 
OSAGE or MILLER’S CREAM 92 Days 
Medium sized oval fruit 6 to 8 inches long and 5 to 
6 inches in diameter. Dark green skin that is netted 
and ribbed. Salmon fleshed, with a delicious flavor. 
Adapted to home garden or local markets. 
PRIDE OF WISCONSIN 90 Days 
A comparatively new melon adapted to home gardens 
and short distance shipping. Fruits are oval, 6/2 by 6 
inches, that weigh about 3 to 4 pounds. A pearl gray 
rind, with faint ribbing and coarse netting. Thick 
orange flesh that is sweet and of excellent flavor. 
ROCKY FORD 90 Days 
A variety that is almost identical in type to Hale’s 
Best. 
SUGAR ROCK or HONEY ROCK 90 Days 
A fine shipping variety, extremely productive, and 
beautiful in appearance. Practically round, and weigh- 
ing 21% to 3 pounds. Medium early, and deliciously 
sweet. 
WATERMELONS 
COLE’S EARLY or HARRIS 30 Days 
An excellent home garden variety with fruits 12 inches 
long and 11 inches in diameter. A green rind striped 
with a lighter shade. Bright red flesh. The rind is 
brittle and thin, which does not make it adaptable 
to long distance shipping. Black seed. 
DIXIE QUEEN 85 Days 
A good quality shipping type. Fruits are oval round, 
light green with dark green stripes, weighing about 
30 pounds. Bright red flesh, with very few white seeds. 
EARLY KANSAS or RUSSIAN RED SEED 
Large nearly round fruits, bright green with broad 
stripes of a lighter green. Bright red flesh, thick, and 
having an excellent flavor. A very productive variety, 
with thin, tough rind. Seeds are buff when dry. 
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