MUSKMELONS or CANTALOUPES 
A packet of seed will plant about 20 hills; an ounce 100 hills; 24% lbs. will plant an acre. 

Iroquois Melons—thick deep orange flesh of fine quality. 
569 IROQUOIS. New. High quality medium size Bender type, 
resistant to fusarium wilt and already a popular 
favorite in many sections. It has unusually thick flesh and fine flavor. 
See full description on page 4. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4% Oz. 40c; Oz. 70c; 14 Lh. $2.10. 
572 QUEEN OF COLORADO. (Also known as Pride of Wisconsin, 
Jersey Gold, etc.) This is an excellent and very popular medium size 
melon, oval in shape without pronounced ribs and heavily netted. The 
flesh is thick, deep orange and of very superior quality. The melons 
are uniform in size, firm and will stand handling and shipping. 
This variety is very similar in type to our Market King, ripening at 
just about the same time, and it produces big yields of the finest melons 
for market or home use. We offer an exceptionally uniform true stock. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 35c; 14 Lb. $1.00; % Lb. $1.80. 

Potted Muskmelon Plants 
We offer husky well-grown plants of these two popular varieties: 
Delicious and Bender’s Surprise. The plants are grown and 
shipped in No. 2% Fertile Pots, and are ready to set out in your 
garden, pots and all. Soak well and set the plants 34 inch to 1 inch 
below the surface of the soil. The roots grow right through the 
pots and are not disturbed. Plants ready to ship June Ist. 
1 Doz. $1.50; 2 Doz. $2.75, transportation paid. (/Vot sent 
beyond the 4th zone.) 
558 BENDER’S SURPRISE—Harris’ Special Strain. 

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; 14 Lb. $1.50; 44 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. 
rains. See Hotkaps and Hotents on page 84. 


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 situation. Our pamphlet, “Cultivation 
of Vegetables” tells about raising muskmelons; ask for it with 
your order. See also “Melon Plants” below. 
560 DELICIOUS. The Earliest Large Sweet Melon. If you want 

early large, high quality melons in your garden, 
plant our Delicious. 
These melons are good-sized, round, moderately ribbed and of sweet 
delicious flavor. This strain of our own growing is outstanding for large 
yields of uniformly fine fruit, ripening very early in the season. See 
photo and complete description on page 4. 
Pkt. 15c; Oz. 50c; 144 Lb. $1.50; 4% Lb. $2.75. 
568 HONEY ROCK or Sugar Rock. This melon has become very 

popular in many sections, because of its earliness and superior quality. 
The melons are very attractive, medium in size, round, with a coarse 
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. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 144 Lb. 85c; % Lb. $1.50. 
566 HEARTS OF GOLD. (Large Strain.) We have the true large 
strain of this melon which is popular in many sections. The melons 
are almost perfectly round, thickly netted and very firm with thick 
flesh of deep orange color. The flesh is sweet and of excellent flavor. 
The melons grow to medium size and the vines are vigorous, free from 
blight and very productive. An excellent melon for shipping as it 
“holds up’’ well. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 144 Lb. 85c; 4% Lb. $1.50. 
570 MARKET KING. Superb Quality. The demand for fine 

AGrand 
Muskmelon 
for Home and Market. Our strain of this melon is by far the best and most popular 
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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 hun- 
dreds of these 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. 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 
the melons are borne in great abundance on strong healthy vines. 
Because of the unusual vigor of this variety, the vines will often remain 
green, healthy and productive right up until frost. 
Pkt. 15c; Oz. 50c; 14 Lb. $1.50; 4% Lb. $2.75. 
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Harris’ Bender’s Surprise Muskmelon—these large heavy fruits are delicious. 
