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235. LAKE CHAMPLAIN or Golden 
Champlain. (78 days.) The extra early melon. 
On our trial grounds, the earliest, in fact, of 
all varieties. Lake Champlain 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; oz., 25c; 
Y% Ib., 70c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 

Honey or Sugar Rock. 
HONEY OR SUGAR ROCK. (90 
This melon has three outstanding char- 
quality, productiveness and striking 
251. 
days.) 
acteristics 
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; Ys 1b., 70c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
245. CRAIG. (90 days.) Our favorite 
melon for the North. See page 2-for illustration 
and description. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; % Ib., 90c; 
lb., $2.60, postpaid, 
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; 0z., 20c; %4 Ib., 
70c; ib., $2.00, postpaid. 

Hale’s Best. 

-10c;- 0z.,.25c;. % Ib., 700¢; 
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 3 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 6. Use End O Pest 
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. 

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. 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. 
ay 10c; 02., 25c; % lb., 70c, 1b., $2.00, post- 
paid. 
239. SELECT OSAGE. 
oval-shaped salmon-fleshed melon, exceptionally 
thick-meated, and spicy. The Osage has a repu- 
tation for quality ahead of most varieties. PEt., 
10c; oz., 20c; % Ib., 60c; 1b., $1.70, postpaid, 
247. 
DOO. 

(94 days.) 
the finest types of the early, small, salmon-fleshed 
(Improved Hoodoo.) One of 
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;.% Ib., 70c; lb., $2.00, postpaid, ; 
236. MILDEW RESISTANT IMPERIAL 
A5. (88 days.). An excellent powdery mildew 
resistant mid-season, variety. Fruit is slightly 
oval with ribs hardy 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; 02z., 25c; Y4 Ib., 70c; 
Ib., $2.00, 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., 
Tb., $2.00, postpaid. 
252. IROQUOIS. A new wilt resistant 
melon. See page 1. Pkt., 15c¢; 0z., 35c; Y% Ib., 
90c; Ib., $2.50, postpaid. 
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New Yorker or Schoons Hard Shell. 
240. NEW YORKER (Schoons Hard Shell). 
(90 days.) 
larity with northern 
This variety is growing in popu- 
growers and seems to be 
taking the place of Milwaukee Market. . The 
fruits, which weigh five to seven pounds, are 
thick, oval shape with a heavy. blossom scar 
eracking, Ribbing is prominent 
Gray-green color becoming 
Very hard and tough. The 
is deep salmon-orange, solid, well 
flavored and of excellent quality. Fruits average 
6 inches in diameter, 7% inches in length, Pkt., 
10c; oz., 25c; % 1b., 70c; 1b., $2.00, postpaid. 
243, BENDER’S SURPRISE. (95 days.) 
A delicious, large, salmon-fleshed melon, with 
which resists 
with coarse netting. 
yellow at maturity. 
Superior shipping and keeping qualities. Green- 
ish yellow skin with light: netting. Fruits aver- 
age eight inches by seven, Pkt., 10¢; 0z., 25c; 
Y% Ib., 70c; 1b., $2.00, 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; % lb., 70c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
Pride of Wisconsin, 
246. PRIDE OF WISCONSIN. (95 
days.) The handsome fruits measure about seven 
by six inches and weigh about four pounds. ‘The 
rind is very hard of a pearly gray color, faintly 
ribbed and heavily covered with a distinctive net- 
ting. The flesh is unusually pink and of excellent 
quality and flavor. The triangular seed cavity is 
almost compact. The flesh of this melon does 
not soften prematurely and it can be picked fully 
ripe and shipped long distances. The first fruits 
ripen in about 90 days and they are of uni- 
formly large size and continue to bear through- 
out the season giving the grower many pickings 
of No. 1 fruits. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 14 Ib., 70¢; 
Ib., $2.00, postpaid. 
CASABA MELONS 
253. HONEY DEW. (110 days.).A distinct 
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}; 0z., 30c; 
Y% Ib., 80c; 1b., $2.25, postpaid. 
237. CRANSHAW. (102 days.) A new 
Early Persian melon having a flavor similar to 
Honey Dew. The largest quality melon, fruits 
weighing 10 lbs. each. The large egg shaped 
melon, pointed at both ends, is very smooth dark . 
green like a squash with the ends turning yellow 
when ripe. Flesh is orange-yellow and very thick 
and flavor exceedingly sweet; sweeter in .our 
opinion than any other variéty; Nothing finer 
to be had if the growing season is: long enough 
to permit’ the melon to ripen. This melon brings 
the highest price of any on the market. Pkt., 
10c; 0z., 25c; % Ib., 70c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
