

NORTHRUP. KING & CO.’'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 4 


MUSKMELON and CANTALOUPE 
Orange or Salmon Fleshed Varieties (Continued) 
Osage or Miller’s Cream 92 days 
Fruit of medium size oval 6 to 8 in. long 
and 5 to 61% in. in diameter. Dark green skin 
sparsely netted and ribbed. Thick salmon 
flesh fine grained and of rich spicy flavor. 
A home garden variety or for local markets. 
Rocky Ford Orange Flesh 
Identical with Hale’s Best. 
Schoon’s Hard Shell 88 days 
An excellent melon for market and home 
garden. An early type with characteristics 
similar to Pride of Wisconsin and Queen of 
Colorado. Fruits are about 7 inches by 8 
inches weighing 5 to 7 pounds. Blossom sear 
is heavy and resists cracking. Ribbing is 
prominent with abundant heavy netting. 
Outside skin is very tough. Flesh is thick 
with salmon-orange color. Quality is excel- 
lent. 
Sugar Rock, Honey Rock 90 days 
An excellent variety that is extremely 
productive, beautiful in appearance and a 
fine shipper. Medium early. Practically 
round, 5x5% in., weighing 214 to 3 Ibs. 
Heavily netted with slight ribbing. De- 
liciously sweet. 
Tip Top 
Identical with Bender’s Surprise. 
Pride of Wisconsin 
93 days 
Oval fruits 6% by 6 inches, weighing about 
3% lbs., with faint ribbing and pearly gray 
rind covered with coarse netting. Thick, 
orange flesh, small seed cavity, sweet and 
fine flavor. Adapted to home gardens and 
short distance shipping. 
CASABAS or WINTER MELONS 
Golden Beauty 110 days 
Extensively grown in California for local 
trade and shipment. Requires southern con- 
ditions for most satisfactory growth. Large 
round fruits, 6 to 8 in. in diameter. Tough, 
wrinkled skin of golden yellow. Flesh white, 
thick, juicy and sweet. A good keeper. 
Honey Dew—Green 105 days 
Fruits round to oval with smooth nearly 
white skin. 7 to 8 in. long and 6 in. in 
diameter. Flesh thick and of light emerald 
green when picked but turns creamy yel- 
low after several days of storage. Requires 
a long warm growing season. Pick when 
brown lines begin to show running from 
the stem outwards on the skin and brown 
specks appear. 
Honey Dew—Salmon or Pink 105 days 
A cross between a cantaloupe and a casa- 
ba. Oval-shaped fruit. Skin is smooth and 
dull white when ripe. Rind is thin but 
tough. The flesh is thick and of rich orange 
color, sweet and delicious, 
WATERMELON 
Angelino, Black Seed 90 days 
A very popular melon for home and mar- 
ket gardens. Fruits medium large, averag- 
ing about 20 lbs., nearly round shape with 
thin, dark green, tough rind, making it a 
good shipper. Flesh bright red, firm and of 
excellent quality. 
Chilian Black Seed 85 days 
Another splendid melon for home and 
market gardens. Fruits medium _ small, 
round, skin deep green, faintly mottled and 
striped with lighter shade. Flesh is crisp, 
fine grained and very sweet. 
Citron for Preserves (Red Seeded) 
95 days 
Round fruits, 10 in. in diameter, skin me- 
dium green streaked with dark green. Flesh 
firm and white, unfit to eat in raw state. 
Coles Early or Harris Early 80 days 
An excellent variety for home use and 
nearby market, Fruit 12 in. long and 11 in. 
in diameter. Very productive and of finest 
quality. Green rind striped with a lighter 
shade. Flesh bright red. Because of the 
thin brittle rind, it is not a good long-dis- 
tance shipper. Black seed. 
Dixie Queen 85 days 
_ Shipping type with thin tough rind. Pro- 
lific and of excellent quality. Fruits oval- 
round, light green with dark green stripes, 
weight about 30 lbs. Bright red, crisp flesh, 
with only few small white seeds. 
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