MUSKMELONS or CANTALOUPES 
A packet of seed will plant about 20 hills; an ounce 100 hills; 21% lbs. will plant an acre. 


It is Not Hard to Raise Melons 
It is much easier to raise melons than is usually supposed and they are so 
delicious that everyone who has a sunny garden should have some. All that 
is required is a good rich soil, that is not too heavy, and a warm, sunny situa- 
tion. Our pamphlet, “Cultivation of Vegetables” tells about raising musk- 
melons; ask for it with your order. See also ““Melon Plants” below. 






570 MARKET KING, Superb Quality. The demand for fine 
flavor in melons never lets up, so it is no 
wonder that Market King has quickly become a great favorite. The 
distinctive flavor is so uniformly fine that we have actually cut hundreds 
of melons without finding a poor one. 
The melons are medium sized, weighing 4 to 5 lbs. and have an at- 
tractive and very uniform oval shape. The rind is blue-gray, turning 
golden when ripe and the netting is distinct and prominent. As shown 
in the photo, the flesh is remarkably thick, and it is of beautiful deep 
orange color, firm, fine-grained, and always sweet with a wonderful 
flavor. 
Market King ripens about a week later than Bender’s Surprise and 
Wiad the melons are borne in great abundance on strong healthy vines. 
: Because of the unusual vigor of this variety, the vines will often remain 
Market King Melons—Wonderful flavor! green, healthy and productive right up until frost. 
Pkt. 15¢; Oz. 50c; 144 Lb. $1.50; 14 Lb. $2.75. 
560 DELICIOUS. The Earliest Large Sweet Melon. This early 569 IROQUOIS. New. High quality medium size Bender type, 
melon is a great favorite wherever grown be- resistant to fusarium and destined to become a 



cause of its earliness, heavy yield and fine appearance. It is the earliest popular favorite in many sections. It has unusually thick flesh and 
variety we offer, yet the fruit are large, averaging fully 5 lbs. and have fine flavor. See photo and full description on page 2. 
a remarkably sweet flavor. Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c; 14 Lb. $2.25. 
When they are ready to pick, the skin is a creamy yellow and covered P F : 
with fine netting. The flesh is thick and moderately firm, and of at- aa iene on reratrs ue steele e hee A wconsia, 
tractive deep orange color. These melons are always sweet and delicious Ah AMA AD OS Oa ERE Ce a RIZE 
to eat. The vines grow vigorously, and produce enormous yields of melon, oval in shape without pronounced ribs and heavily netted. The 
Gneiettorm fate 2 flesh is thick, deep orange and of superior quality. The melons are 
Pkt. 15c; Oz. 50c: 14 Lb. $1.50; 4 Lb. $2.75. uniform in size, firm and will stand handling and shipping. 
oe ia So BRU ges Pte This is quite similar in type to our Market King, and ripens about 
568 HONEY ROCK or Sugar Rock. This melon has become very the same time. We offer an exceptionally fine true stock. 
popular in many sections, because of its earliness and superior quality. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 4 Lb. 85c; 4% Lb. $1.50. 
Th : ee hi jen ee 
e melons are very attractive, medium in size, round, with a coarse WATERMELONS—see page 21. 
heavy netting. The flesh is firm, thick, deep orange in color, very sweet 
and of delicious flavor. Ripens shortly after Delicious and earlier than 
Bender’s. A very productive type and fine for home gardens. 
Potted Muskmelon Plants 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 14 Lb. 85e; 74 Lb. $1.50. We offer husky well-grown plants of these two popular varieties: 
566 HEARTS OF GOLD. (Large Strain.) We have the true large Delicious and Bender’s Surprise. The plants are grown and 
strain of this melon which is popular in many sections. The melons shipped in No. 214 Fertile Pots, and are ready to set out in your 
are almost perfectly round, thickly netted and very firm with thick garden, pots and all. Soak well and set the plants 34 inch to 1 inch 
flesh of deep orange color. The flesh is sweet and of excellent flavor. below the surface of the soil. The roots grow right through the 
The melons grow to medium size and the vines are vigorous, free from pots and are not disturbed. Plants ready to ship June Ist. 
blight and very productive. An excellent melon for ‘shipping as it 1 Doz. $1.50; 2 Doz. $2.75, transportation paid. (Not sent 
“holds up” well. beyond the 4th zone.) 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 14 Lb. 85c; 4% Lb. $1.50. 
558 BENDER’S SURPRISE—Harris’ Special Strain. “a Grand 
uskmelon 
for Home and Market. Our strain of this melon is by far the best and most popular 
of the larger melons. 
The fruits are big and heavy, many weighing 10 lbs. or more. We have had melons 
weigh 16 pounds and our customers have reported even heavier ones. 
The flesh is very thick, deep orange in color and very fine flavor. The skin is light 
green, turning to a deep golden tint when ripe. The netting is so heavy and the flesh so 
firm and thick that these melons will actually improve in quality for five or six days 
after picking. 
In season the Bender is medium early and in 
a favorable year, if the seed is planted in the 
open ground by the middle of May, they will 
ripen the last of August. 
Harris’ Special Strain of the Bender melon 
has been bred on our own farm for over twenty 
years with special attention being paid to 
sweetness and fine flavor as well as type and 
yield. Our stock is so much superior to the 
usual stocks that it could be almost called a 
separate variety. 
Pkt. 15c; Oz. 50c; 144 Lb. $1.50; 4% Lb. $2.75. 
HOTKAPS and HOTENTS for Melons 
These wax paper cones act as miniature hot 
houses when placed over the melon plant or hill 
of seed. They keep the soil warm and protect the : 
young plants from insects, frost, wind and beating cere : 
rains. See Hotkaps and Hotents on page 80. Harris’ Bender’s Surprise Muskmelon—these large heavy fruits are delicious. 
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