How to Plant Muskmelons: Mus k- 
melons like a warm season. They appre- 
ciate a warm rich sandy soil. Plant them 
in hills say 6 or 8 feet apart, using about 
a dozen seed to the hill, right after frost 
danger is past, cornplanting time is about 
right. Give good clean cultivation and 
watch for bugs. Gurney’s Bug Dust is the 











[MUSKMELONS 5e* 
An ounce of seed is enough for about 100 
hills. Most folks pick muskmelons too 
soon. For home use don’t pick them until 
stem lets go of the melons easily when 
you turn the melon over. We are proud of 
the quality of our Muskmelons. All the 
seed we offer come from fields grown for 
seed purposes only, that means you get 
nothing but the best. 

















PRIDE OF WISCONSIN 
_ 332—Although this fine new variety was orig- 
inated in Wisconsin, it has made a great name 
for itself in the commercial melon district of 
Colorado as well as all over the middle states. 
Pearly gray color, very hard, distinctly netted 
and covered, seed cavity is small. The flesh is 
@ very deep rich orange, very. thick, very firm 
and of good texture. A fine shipping variety— 
good for home gardeners too. Price: Pkt., 7c; 
‘0z., 30c; 14 Ib., 80c; 1 Ib., $2.35. Postpaid. 


































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Sweetest of All 
sundaes. 
 335—Here is the melon you want for 
| An ordinary dipper of ice cream just fills this 
| melon because the cavity is so small. 
An early melon—it ripens in from 80 to 85 
days. Fruits are 6 to 7 inches in diameter and 
almost round. The Golden Ice Cream will out- 
sell any melon on the market because of its 
fine appearance, thick yellow flesh, and delici- 
ous flavor. Seed very scarce. 
Pkt. 10c. Postpaid. 









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fall crop too by seeding just befor 
inches apart. Thin the heading varie 
Leafy varieties may be 
| in a hot bed or cold frame. 
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1 Ee - How to Plant Lettuce: Lettuce is a cool seaso 
eal early in the spring 
ties to 10-12 inches apart in the row. 
left 3-4 inches apart in the row. Ss 
eason plant and doesn 
the seedlings are start 
in a hot bed or cold frame or in 
“ Push the crop along so as to 
Leaf varieties are said to 
> Most Vigorous Grower 
333—Here is the melon for 
Of wonderful quality 
Hale’s Best is very early. heavily nette 
and Arizona to the Eastern markets. 
Pkt., 5c; 0z., 25c; Y, lb., 75e; 

HEARTS OF GOLD 
Deep Golden and Sweet 
345—Hearts of Gold is mighty, mighty tasty 
clear to the rind. Gets its name from the 
golden yellow flesh. 
The melons are almost round, heavily netted. 
It is medium early, very productive, and one 
of the best shipping melons on the market. 
The fiesh is thick, firm and solid—the kind you 
like. \ 
Pit., 10c; oz., 30c; 14 Ib., 80c; 1 Ib., $2.35. 
All Postpaid. 
GOLDEN CHAMPLAIN 
The Earliest 
341—This is still the earliest melon in 
our trial gardens. It blossoms and sets 
fruit as soon as its starts to run. 
The melons are netted, ribs are promi- 
nent, the flesh is thick and a beautiful 
golden yellow. The quality is good to 
extra good, and above all, it is early, ma- 
turing melons in about 72 days. 
Pkt., 12c; 02z., 28¢; ¥, Ib., 79¢; 1 Ib., $2.30. 
All Postpaid. 



For Home Garden or Market 
the BIGGEST BEST 
MUSKE.MELON for home 
use or the home market, ‘plant Milwaukee 
Market. The melons often weigh over 10 LBS. 
and the sweet spicy golden fiesh is sometimes 
3 INCHES. THICK. The Milwaukee Market will 
stand more heat, drought, and lack of care 
than any other melon and still produce 2 
good crop. It is nearly as early as Golden 
Champlain, and is a real quality melon as — 
well as a large early one. 
Pkt., 7c; 0z., 30c; VY, Ib., 800; 1 Ib., $2.35. All 
Postpaid. 






331—-Give the children @ chance to 
every variety we 
Pkt., 5c; 0Z., 20c; %4 











Ib., 55c; 1 Ib., 

2 

n plant. It likes rich soil 
but you can grow a good 
fall rains start. Space rows 16-20 
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CRISP AS ICE 
The Earliest Head Lettuce 
501—This is the largest head lettuce grown. 
Give it plenty of room and the heads will 
grow from 6 to 8 inches in diameter, and 
weigh 3 to 4 pounds each, 
The solid heads are & beau 
as crisp and firm as celery. 
Pkt., 6c; 0Z., 29c; 1% Ib., 85e. 
tart some lettuce 
+ always head successfully 
ed early. To be sure of a 
the house, put on rich 
“make” it before warm 
have more Vitamins 
tiful silvery white, 
All Postpaid. 
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 flavored. Disease resistant. 
The kind to sow in the early Hot Bed. 
Pkt., 6c; 02., 22c; % Ib., 65c. All Post- 
paid. 
Black Seeded Simpson 

STONEHEAD 
Thick and Heavy Head Lettuce 
and 
509—A favorite forcing variety; it does 
not head, but forms & compact mass of 
our 
leaves, lighter colored than any other leaf 502—All of us like head lettuce, 
lettuce; stands the summer heat well, idea of a good head lettuce is the one that 
has the hardest head, one that is compact; one 
that will stand the hot dry weather that we 
the summer. Gurney’s Stonehead 
just that and more. 
All Postpaid. 
and is very large, making immense plants 
over a foot across. 
Pkt., 5c; 0Z., 20c; %4 Ib., 60c. All Postpaid. 
Pkt., 8c; 02., 30; 4 Ib., 90c. 
HALE’S BEST MUSKMELON 
The Best All Around 
you—it is a money maker. 
, the salmon colored flesh is very thick, 
d, and a good shipper. 
Make your main planting Hale’s Best. 
1 Ib., $2.25. All Postpaid. 
MIXED MUSKMELONS 
Boy’s Melon Patch Special 
enjoy their own 
list and many others, too. It puts rea 
$1.49. All Postpaid, 
BEST HEAD 
LETTUCES 







Melon 
It is just the right size to serve halved. 
and the seed cavity is small. 
Trainloads go from California 

GARDEN LEMON—VINE 
PEACH OR MANGO 
MELON 
For Preserves, Pies, and Sauce 
344—The vine is similar to the musk- 
melon, and requires the same cultivation. 
Fruit about the size of a large peach, oval 
shaped, and bright orange color when ready 
for use. For sweet pickles, pies, and pre- 
serves they are excellent. 
Pkt., 7c; 4 0Z., 20c; 1 0Z., 35c. All Postpaid. 







melon patch. They will have 
] life into gardening for them. 












New York Wonderful 
The Best Head Lettuce 
507—Thousands of acres of this wonderful 
head lettuce are grown in California, Idaho, 
and New Mexico, and train loads are shipped 
to the Eastern markets. When you buy an 
extra good head of lettuce, it is probably New 
York Wonderful. 
Pkt., 70; OZ.» 30c; 4 lb., 90c. All Postpaid. 


















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CHICKEN LETTUCE 
Greens for Your Poultry 
508—Your poultry needs “green” food and 
i f lettuce is just the thing you 
will want to grow for this purpose. I is a 
genuine lettuce which will yield as much or 
more chicken or rabbit feed than any plant 
you may have used for “greens.” 
Pkt., 5c; oz., Lic; Y% Ib., 50c. All Postpaid. 
18 GuURNEY’S, Yank 
» Yankton, So. Dak.—‘*Northwest’s Largest Seed and Nur 
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