Delicious - Best Early Melon 
MUSKMELON OR CANTALOUPE 
Vitamins Ab C g 
Pkt. will plant 20 hills 
1 oz. will plant 100 hills 
2 Ibs. will plant 1 acre 
Muskmelon seed may be started inside in clay pots, fertile pots or berry baskets and transplanted into the 
open ground as soon as all danger of frost is over; or the seed may be planted 8 to 10 seeds per hill 4 to 6 feet 
apart allowing 3 to 4 plants to each hill. 
also allow earlier planting. 
A rich soil well fertilized is necessary for muskmelons. 
For the home garden we believe there is no variety equal to Seneca Delicious. 
\ Where seed is sown directly in the ground, it is advisable to cover 
the hills with hotents (see inside back cover) for protection against cool weather and insects. 
These hotents 
If soil is dry do not put on hotents until plants start to come through the ground. 
It is early, very productive 
and excellent quality. Bender Surprise and Iroquois are larger, of fine quality, but later and not as productive. 
Iroquois, however, is resistant to fusarium wilt which is 
They have a firmer flesh and are better for market. 
serious in some areas. 
Queen of Colorado is a fine melon but has proved in some sections to be a shy bearer. 
Hearts of Gold and Honey Rock are suitable for the home garden and local markets. 
Do not use DDT on melons. 
Dust with Rotenone for striped cucumber beetle. 
*261 SENECA DELICIOUS: 85 days. A small, 
early, well netted, orange fleshed melon of the Bender 
type. Not as large but far more uniform than the 
old Delicious. Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 50 cts:; 1% Ib. 
$1.35; Ib. $4.50. 
262 SENECA BENDER: 95 days. A_ uniform, 
medium-sized Bender with high quality, orange- 
yellow flesh. Vines are vigorous and productive. 
The melon which uniformly weighs from 5 to 6 
pounds shows the typical Bender netting, ribbing 
and large blossom end scar. Crop failed. 
266 BENDER’S SURPRISE: 90 days. Fruits thick 
oval, 7 pounds, distinctly ribbed and covered with 
slight patches of coarse netting; skin hard and 
greenish yellow at maturity; flesh bright salmon, 
of delicious quality. Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; 4% 
Ib. $1.20; lb. $4.00; 5 lbs. $18.75. 
*260 IROQUOIS: 90 days. Fruits are round to oval, 
about 6% inches in diameter, with prominent ribs 
and good netting; the rind is tough and holds up well. 
Flesh is deep orange color, of fine texture and excel- 
lent quality. Skin is creamy green at maturity. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 55 cts.; % lb. $1.50; Ib. $5.00; 
5 Ibs. $23.75. 
263 QUEEN OF COLORADO: 90 days. The result 
of a cross between Honey Rock and Hearts of Gold. 
Queen of Colorado combines the tough rind and 
flavor of Honey Rock with the thick flesh and texture 
of Hearts of Gold. Rind is pearly gray, faintly 
ribbed, with sparse, coarse netting. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
oz. 40 cts.; 1% lb. $1.20; lb. $4.00; 5 lbs. $18.75. 
*264 HEARTS OF GOLD: 90 days. Fruits nearly 
round, 3 pounds; distinctly ribbed, deep green, cov- 
ered with fine gray netting. Flesh very thick, deep 
salmon, tender, juicy, sweet and aromatic. Pkt. 
15 cts.; oz. 35 cts.; % lb. $1.00; Ib. $3.00; 5 Ibs. 
$14.50. 
265 HONEY ROCK: 85 days. Also known as Sugar 
Rock. Fruits 5 to 6 inches in diameter, round to 
slightly flattened, coarsely netted, rind very strong; 
flesh medium thick, deep salmon color, juicy and of 
sweet musky flavor. Comparatively little loss of 
fruits due to “growth cracks” during the ripening 
season. Pkt l5"cts.;'0z. 55 cts.: % lb..$1.00:1b: 
$3.00; 5 Ibs. $14.50. 
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‘“‘We have always been well pleased with your seed, particularly 
with your descriptions of varieties as it has always been very ac- 
curate. The quality of Seneca Chief is the best we have ever 
tried.” 
September 20, 1946 F. D. Sweet, ; 
North Olmsted, Ohio. 

Well! Well! Here is Barbara again, in among the Seneca Delicious 
melons. Seneca Delicious, we feel, is the best home garden 
variety for the North. They are early, prolific, and sweet. This 
melon is a special selection that we have made: somewhat smaller, 
more uniform and much more productive than the old Delicious. 
PARSNIPS 
Vitamins b c g 
Pkt. will sow 40 ft. row 
¥% oz. will sow 100 ft. 
Seed germinates very slowly and particular care 
should be taken to have the soil in good condition be- 
fore planting. Sow in rows % inch deep and 12 to 18 
inches apart. Thin seedlings to a stand of 4 inches 
apart in row. 
Parsnips may be dug in the Fall, covered with leaves 
and used throughout the Winter or they may be dug in 
the Spring. 
*320 HARRIS MODEL: 150 days. An improved 
strain of the old Hollow Crown but better filled at 
the sides. The roots are well shaped, smooth and 
white. We grow this seed from selected transplanted 
roots. This increases the cost but we feel that it is 
worth it to the gardener who wants quality parsnips. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; % oz. 20 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; % lb. 50 
cts.; lb. $1.50; 10 lbs. $14.00. 
