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| Ml 502 Milwaukee Market ik 504 Hearts of Gold—Extremely Earl yatta ee 
One of the very best for home or mar- 
ket. 87 days. A fine prolific medium 
large market melon. Excellent for shipping. 
The rind is very hard and tough, some- 
what ribbed and heavily netted. The fruits 
are of uniform size and shape, and they S= 
pack well in crates. Eating qualities are 
remarkable, The pink flesh is very thick 
and firm without stringiness; sweet and aro- 
matic in flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0oz., 22 cts.; 
i) 14 Ib., 60 cts.; 1% lb., 95 cts.; Ib., $1.75; 
MS 2 lbs., $3.25, postpaid. 
82 days. A fine main crop variety. Very popular with market gardeners and shippers. The firm rind, ex- 
tremely small seed cavity and uniform size make it especially suited to long distance shipping. Medium in 
size, well ribbed and closely netted. The very thick, fine-grained flesh is a deep salmon orange with a 
delicious spicy flavor. It ripens close to the rind. The vines are vigorous, prolific and blight resistant. 
poh weight 2 pounds. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0Z., 22 cts.; 14 lb., 60 cts.; 14 lb., 95 cts.; lb., $1.75; 2 Ibs., $3.25, 
paid. 







520 Shumway’s 
Improved Perfecto 
DISEASE RESISTANT—Extra Early 
85 days. A new salmon fleshed Rocky 
Ford type. This grand new variety has the 
deepest flesh and smallest seed cavity of 
any of this type. The flesh is very sweet 
and spicy. Wonderful shipping quality. 
Very heavily netted, perfectly round, no 
ribs. Every melon about the same size. 
A wonderful crate or basket variety. I 
recommend this grand new variety to every 
market gardener or home planter. Pkt., 
10 cts.; oz., 19 cts.; % lb., 55 cts.; % Ib., 
85 cts.; lb., $1.50; 2 Ibs., $2.75, postpaid. 










: | 501 (90 days). This is my own origination. Largest and 
most magnificent, of all melons. Not surpassed in eating 
| quality. The fruit averages 12 to_15 pounds and speci- 
: mens have been known to reach 25 pounds. It is round 
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512 Osage Improved Extra Select 
My strain of this grand melon is really superb. 85 days. ! 
Probably more widely used than any other large melon. Oval in The melons are covered with a heavy grayish 
shape, slightly ribbed with light open netting. The flesh is deep netting. Flesh green, gold lined. Its shape is 
salmon, thick, spicy, luscious. Excellent for local markets and ]; é : : : 5 
roadside stands. Average weight 6 pounds. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 19 ideal; slightly oval, faintly ribbed, heavily 
cts.; % Ib., 55 cts.; 1% Ib., 85 cts.; lb., $1.50; 2 Ibs., $2.75, postpaid. netted over the entire melon. A wonderfully 
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prolific yielder producing its luscious medium 
513 Emerald Gem Old Reliable—Very Sweet size melons in 90 days. It is the right shape 
Salmon flesh. This beautiful melon matures in 80 days. It is to pack to best advantage in crates. The seed 
truly a gem. The ribs are marked but the skin is smooth. Deep |cavity is very small, flesh thick and firm; a 
emerald green color. The flesh is thick and firm ripening almost 
to the rind. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 19 cts.; 14 1b., 55 cts.; 14 1b., 85 cts.; good melon for market as well as the home 
Ib., $1.50; 2 lbs., $2.75, postpaid. garden. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 19 cts.; %4 Ib., 55 cts; 
1% Ib., 85 cts.3; lb., $1.50; 2 lbs., $2.75, postpaid. 
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521 Shumway’s Delicious 

> 516 (90days). Truly an ideal home J 
melon. A large pink fleshed melon 
heavily ribbed and netted. Very 
thick and exceptionally sweet and § 
spicy flesh. Not a good shipper but 
excellent for home garden and local 
| market. Weighs 6 lbs. Pkt., 10 ets.; 
0z., 22 cts.; % Ib., 60 cts.; % Ib., & 
95 cts.; Ib., $1.75; 2 lIbs., $3.25, Miyeg 
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K MELON 503 Shumway’s Sugar Rock 
or Honey Rock 
Michigan Truckers and others write 
me that my strain on this Grand Melon 
excels all others. 
83 days. A distinctive new 
type fast gaining in popularity. 
The fruits are almost perfectly 
round, non-ribbed and covered 
with a very heavy netting. The 
E07 Gkatare). pinata meat is of superb quality; very 
ing green-fleshed variety thick ; firm textured, deep orange 
developed from the old }. . 3 
Netted Gem into around jin color and with a _ unique 
type melon. The light A 
Mec seh ie -Yererihielk honey-sweet flavor. A  tough- 
with a small seed cavity. |yj e: Ee) ip- 
Pee eines send Aa rinded type; excellent for ship 
firm flesh of melting |ping. Very productive, yielding 
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soy Backuse they are (0-00.© one fruits to the vine. 
uniform, small in size, |Degtined to be the leading canta- 
and round without ribs, 
the fruits are ideal for loupe in all markets. Pkt., 10 
packing in askets or 5 . e 
crates. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., cts. ; 0Z., 22 cts.; Y, lb., 60 cts. 5 
19 cts.; %4 Ib., 55 cts; |1 : = |b. 75: 2 
% |b., 85 etn. : Ib., $1.50; fe oe 95 he 4 $1 195 : lbs td qe Crepe nS pRICE : 
2 Ibs., $2.75, postpaid. $ 49, POSUPa-d. 503 Shumway’s Sugar Rock or Honey Rock 














