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Milwaukee Market. 
241. ‘MILWAUKEE MARKET. (90 
days.) One of the best melons for both market 
and home garden. Prolific, vigorous in growth 
and delicious in flavor. This melon is now more 
largely grown in this section at least, than any 
other variety. The skin is light green, fruits 
nearly round with a small seed cavity. Flesh 
a deep salmon color, thick, firm and solid. Seed 
is taken from the first set crown fruits. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 25c; % Ib., 75c; Ib., $2.20, postpaid. 
236. IMPERIAL 45. (88 days.) An 
excellent powdery mildew resistant mid-season 
variety. Introduced by Dr. Jaggar in the Im- 
perial Valley in California, Ninety-nine and one- 
half per cent resistant in field tests. Poor qual- 
ity in melons some seasons is traced to a touch 
of mildew and for this reason it is good insur- 
ance ‘to plant a resistant variety. Vines are 
vigorous and exceedingly sturdy and strong and 
remain green longer than any other variety. 
Fruit is slightly oval with ribs hardly noticeable. 
Flesh is very thick, deep salmon and edible to 
the rind. Seeds are compact in the center and 
do not jar loose with handling. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 
25c3 % lb., 70c; Ib., $2.10, postpaid. 
254. TIP TOP. (95 days.) Tip top in 
quality, appearance and productiveness. Skin 
pale green, ribbed and lightly netted. Flesh deep 
salmon, sweet and spicy, fine flavored. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 25c; % Ib., 70c; 1b., $2.10, postpaid. 
253. HONEY DEW. (110 days.) A dis- 
tinct melon of the Casaba type. Smooth-skinned 
of a light cream color. Melons 8 to 10 inches. 
Flesh green and very sweet. Late. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 25c; 1% Ib., 70c; Ib., $2.10, postpaid. 
237. CRANSHAW. (110 days.) Our new 
Casaba type melon. Nothing finer. See page 2 
for description and illustration. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
25c; 4% 1b., 75c; 1lb., $2.30, postpaid. 
248. BANANA. (100 days.) A very vig- 
orous, hardy, main-crop melon, growing very long 
fruits, shaped somewhat like a banana. Fourteen 
inches in length and four inches in diameter. It 
is banana-colored and pink-fleshed. Pkt., 10c; 
0z., 25c; 4% lb., 70c; lb., $2.10, postpaid. 
246. PRIDE OF WISCONSIN. (95 
days.) A market and home garden muskmelon, 
very similar to Honey Rock but better. See page 
3. PEE, 10cs voz, s0CH 22 Ab. S0ce. 1b... 52.00, 
postpaid. 

BETTER MUSKMELONS 
Our muskmelon seed is taken from first set 
crown fruits. The seed is all cut by hand and 
melons not true to type are discarded. 
CULTURE: Muskmelons like a warm, rich 
soil, preferably sandy. Plant in the open ground 
as soon as the weather is warm. Plant seed in 
hills 4 to 6 feet apart each way and 8 to 10 seeds 
in a hill. After the danger of insects is over 
thin to 8 plants to a hill. Fertilizer worked into 
the soil is‘a great help. Muskmelons can be started 
in paper pots or squares of overturned sod and 
transplanted to the open field. In this way you 
gain 2 to 3 weeks in earliness, Planting can be 
done earlier with less danger of cutworms if you 
use Hotkaps. See page 8. Use Garden Guard 
or Slug Shot for the bugs. One packet of seed 
will plant 10 to 15 hills; 2 to 3 pounds an acre. 
For larger amounts than quoted, see Market 
Gardeners’ List, opposite page 1. 
245. CRAIG. (90 days.) Our new melon 
for the North. See page 2 for illustration and 
description. “PEt 10¢;" 02:, 730¢;" 24 1b, .eoe; 
Ib., $2.50, postpaid. 

Honey or Sugar Rock. 
251. HONEY OR SUGAR ROCK. (90 
days.) This melon has three outstanding char- 
acteristics—quality, productiveness and striking 
appearance. 
The Honey or Sugar Rock has a deep orange 
flesh and a flavor different from other sorts. 
The fruits are oval and medium in size, not 
ribbed. This melon is not as large as the Mil- 
waukee Market but is sweeter. Pkt., 10c; .0z., 
25c; 14 1b., 70c; Ib., $2.10, postpaid. 
247, HEARTS OF GOLD OR HOO- 
DOO. (94 days.) (Improved Hoodoo.) One of 
the finest types of the early, small, salmon-fleshed 
melons. The melons are round, weighing about 
1% pounds each; lightly ribbed with a fine gray 
netting; flesh sweet, very thick, deep salmon 
color; seed cavity, very small. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 
25c; % lb., 70c; 1b., $2.10, postpaid. 
244, ROCKY FORD. (92 days.) Just the 
right size to serve in halves. It is medium early 
with vigorous and productive vines. The melons 
are almost round, ribbed, densely netted; flesh, 
green, of the finest quality; good shipper. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 25c; 1% 1b., 70c; Ib., $2.10, postpaid. 
239. SELECT OSAGE. (95 days.) An 
oval-shaped salmon-fleshed melon, exceptionally 
thick-meated, and spicy. The Osage has a repu- 
tation for quality ahead of most varieties. Pkt., 
10c; o0z., 25c; 144 Ib., 70c; 1b., $2.10, postpaid, 
235. LAK E CHAM- 
PLAIN or Golden Champlain. 
(78 days.) “DT he etx t 13a 
early melon. On our trial 
grounds, the earliest, in fact, 
of all varieties. Lake Cham- 
plain is a round to oval melon, 
well netted and with thick 
orange-hued flesh, honey-sweet, 
melting and delicious. Melons 
are not very uniform as to type. 
An extra early melon for the 
home garden. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 
25¢; 24 ibs, 70Cs 1b vo2L0, 
postpaid. 

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Schoon’s Hard Shell or New York. 
SCHOON’S HARD SHELL. 
Renamed New York. An excellent mar- 
The fruits, which weigh five to seven 
pounds, are thick, oval shape with a heavy blos- 
240. (90 
days. ) 
ket melon, 
som scar which resists cracking. Ribbing is 
prominent with coarse netting. Gray-green color 
becoming yellow at maturity. Very hard and 
tough. The thick flesh is deep salmon-orange, 
solid, well flavored and of excellent quality. 
Fruits average 6 inches in diameter, 7144 inches 
in. length, -Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 14 Ib., 70c; Ib., 
$2.10, postpaid. 
247%. GOLD LINED ROCKY FORD. 
(95 days.) A splendid type of the green-fleshed 
Rocky Ford, with gold lining next to the seed 
cavity, making it unusually attractive when cut. 
Very thick-fleshed, spicy and sweet. Nearly 
round and completely covered with netting. 
PkKt., 10¢: 0z.— 25¢3 <7" Ibs; “70c31b., $2.10), 
postpaid. 
243. BENDER’S SURPRISE. (95 days.) 
A delicious, large, salmon-fleshed melon, with 
superior shipping and keeping qualities. Green- 
ish yellow skin with light netting. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
25c; % 1b., 70c; Ib., $2.10, postpaid. 

Hale’s Best. _ 
242. HALE’S BEST. (85 days.) An out- 
standing early-shipping melon. fruits oval, in- 
conspicuous ribbing with heavy netting. Flesh 
extremely thick, salmon-orange, sweet and of 
very fine quality. Fruits measure about 6% by 
5 inches in diameter. PKt., 10c; oz., 25c; 14 Ih., 
70c; 1lb., $2.10, postpaid, 
