Muskmelon 
The general satisfaction that our Melon Seed gave last season again proves 
the superior quality of our Melon Seed. For years this seed has stood the test 
of the most critical planters in the United States until today we are leaders in 
this line. 
Prices on all Muskmelons: \%4 oz., 8c; 1 0z., 20c; %4 lb., 60c; 1 Ib., $2.00. 
BENDER (Bender’s Surprise). A very popular melon in eastern markets. Flesh 
is deep orange, thick, and deliciously flavored; rind is light green changing to 
golden tint when ripe, heavily ribbed and netted. Later than Irondequoit and 
more oblong in shape. The melons are uniformly large, often weighing from 
8 to 10 pounds, with superior shipping and keeping qualities. 
HALE’S BEST. The earliest maturing of all large melons. Even in a season 
remarkable for its coolness the fruits matured to luscious sweetness in 68 
days after planting. The melons are oval but inclined to priduce some fruit 
of somewhat elongated shape. The popularity of Hale’s Best is due not only 
to its earliness but particularly to the sweet, tasty flavor of its beautiful 
salmon flesh. 
HEARTS OF GOLD. Flesh orange color; fine flavor. Ripens in 70 days. Ex- 
ceedingly productive, flesh firm, thin hard rind, splendid shipper. Try this for 
home and market garden. Michigan growers get a higher price for it in city 
markets than any other melon. 
HONEY ROCK (or Sugar Rock). A wonderfully sweet melon with thick orange 
flesh and a distinctive flavor, suggesting the Honey Dew taste. It produces 
heavily and matures in 85 days. Oval fruits of medium size, not ribbed. An 
excellent home garden variety. 
LAKE CHAMPLAIN. (57 days.) A new variety which has proved out supreme 
in numerous widely separated tests for hardiness, earliness, productiveness 
and quality. The melon is medium sized, intricately netted, moderately ribbed; 
the flesh is deep, very sweet and melting, of a beautiful golden yellow color. 
The plants are very vigorous and bushy, ripening perfect fruits even under 
adverse conditions, far in advance of all competing varieties. 
PRIDE OF WISCONSIN. I wish I had room for a picture of this melon, and I 
wish you could all have been in Yankton when the Pride of Wisconsin was 
ripe. Every one who saw and sampled them said they were the FINEST 
LOOKING and BEST QUALITY of any melon on the market. They are the 
most HEAVILY NETTED of any melon, round with a faint rib. The yellow 
flesh is thick, the seed cavity is small; a good shipping and market melon, and 
best of all THEY ARE GOOD TO EAT. 
TIP TOP. Medium size, nearly round, slightly ribbed, nearly covered with net- 
ting, orange-colored flesh. An excellent market sort. 
Watermelons 
Prices on all varieties of Watermelons: 14 0z., 5c; 1 oz., 10c; % Ib., 35c; 1 Lhiy 
$1.25. 
After trials of about 20 kinds we selected the following: 
COLE’S EARLY. Best home variety and for nearby mar- 
ket; early and hardy, very sweet, red, rind slightly 
striped. 
EARLY CANADA. This new melon is earlier than any of 
our American melons, and we recommend this for plant- 
ing as far north as melons have ever been grown. 
Weighs from 10 to 15 pounds. Light green skin. The 
vivid searlet flesh is very firm. One of the best quality 
melons we have ever raised at Yankton. We had ripe 
melons in 73 days from the time the seed was planted. 
HALBERT’S HONEY. Another good home variety, with a 
dark green skin and a crimson flesh, extra flavor, rather 
oblong. Once tried it will always find a place in the 
garden. 
KLECKLEY SWEET. A big melon, rank grower and sim- 
ply covers the ground with fruit of fine market quality. 
It does well in northern climate, and cannot be beaten 
for medium crop. 
TOM WATSON. Though this variety matures early, it is 
the largest melon; 18 to 20 inches long and 10 to 12 
inches thick, and has a record of weighing from 40 
to 50 pounds. A tough rind, making it a good shipper. 
Its quality is as good as any melon grown, There is no 
mistake in growing “Tom Watson.” 

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