26 SPRINGFIELD SEED COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 

Star Brand 
Garden Seeds 
*« MELONS *« 
For Home Use 
and Market... * 


Hale’s Best Cantaloupe 

Honey Dew Melon 
BLACKLEE 
The New Ideal Garden 
Watermelon 
A variety that is wilt-resistant, oval 
shaped and smooth. Flesh brilliant red 
and seeds black. Cuts solid, of fine tex- 
ture, slightly crisp, very sweet. Its dark 
green colored rind is very hard and tough, 
making it a good keeper, well suited for 
home use. 30 to 385 pounds. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 25c; Ib., $2.50. 













WATERMELONS 
Pkt. Oz. 
5c 15¢ 
CULTURE—Treat as for muskmelons, 
but give more room, 10 to 12 feet apart 
each way. Watermelons require a fertile 
soil and respond well to Vigoro. Mix one 
level tablespoonful of Vigoro thoroughly 
with soil in each hill before planting 
seeds. When melons are the size of Jelly 
beans apply one level tablespoonful of 
Vigoro around each plant about 6 inches 
from stems, keeping it off leaves and 
stems. 1 0z. of seed plants 20 hills; 4 Ibs. 
per acre. Plant early in May or for later 
use, in June. 
DIXIE QUEEN. A leader for home gar- 
dens, local markets, and for shipping. 
Fruits nearly round with light and dark 
green stripes; thin, tough rind; flesh deep 
scarlet, crisp and sweet. Medium to large 
size, and very uniform. The few seeds 
are white. 
IRISH GRAY. Free from hard centers 
and strings, very firm, and does not 
break when sliced. Matures in about 90 
days. Greenish gray color; does not sun- 
burn. 
TOM WATSON. Immensely popular be- 
cause there is delicious sweetness. The 
flesh is rich red, crisp and tenderly melt- 
ing. Reaches the size of 24 to 28 inches 
in length, and 12 to 14 inches in diameter. 
It has a mottled, dark green rind, thin, 
but tough enough to stand shipping. 
HALBERT HONEY. The melons are ob- 
long in form, skin is smooth, of dark 
green color, thin, and rather brittle; on 
this account the melons do not stand 
shipping well. But for home use, they 
are excellent. 
KLECKLEY SWEET. Well named, for 
the flesh of this melon is sweet as honey. 
The rind is dark green, and only about 
one-half inch thick. Seeds are white, ly- 
ing close to the rind, leaving a large 
solid heart. 
SWEETHEART. Vine vigorous and pro- 
ductive. Fruit large, rounded or slightly 
oblong; skin pale green, with bands of 
deeper color, flesh red, melting and very 
sweet. 
STONE MOUNTAIN. A very fine melon, 
especially popular in the southern states, 
where the fruits frequently weigh -5C to 
80 pounds. The flesh is solid, bright 
scarlet in color, has few seeds, and is 
very sweet. 
BLACK DIAMOND or CANNONBALL. 
The largest melon of good quality. Good 
for shipping and for home gardens. Dark 
green. solid pink flesh. Vigorous and pro- 
ductive. 
GOLDEN HONEY. The best of the yel- 
low fleshed melons. It is oblong in shape 
and the average weight is 20 pounds. The 
rind is dark green with irregular stripes 
of darker green. Edible in 90 days. 
CITRON. For Fruit very 
preserving. 
similar to the watermelon, but the flesh 
is used exclusively for sauces, pies, and 
preserving. The flesh is white, will keep 
solid all winter, and has a delicious flavor 
after it is cooked. 
use 
For dusting 
melons and 
cucumbers 
CRYOCIDE 
y is early and productive. 
MUSKMELONS 
Pkt. Oz. Y Ib. 
5c 20c 50c 
CULTURE—Muskmelons grow best in 
light soil. Plant in hills about 6 feet apart 
after mixing one level tablespoonful of 
Vigoro thtroughly with soil in each hill. 
Sow about a dozen seeds in every hill 
early in May, and when started, thin out 
to 3 or 4 of the strongest plants. 
ROCKY FORD. 95 Days. This is the 
most popular of the basket melons; oval, 
light ribbed, densely covered with coarse 
green netting, flesh thick, green and 
sweet, highly flavored. 
HEARTS OF GOLD. 90 Days. Fruit 
round, with tendency to heart shape, 
flesh very thick, deep salmon color and 
of high quality. 
HACKENSACK. 95 Days. Fruit large, 
round, flattened at the ends, deeply and 
irregularly ribbed, coarsely and heavily 
netted; flesh green, thick and of fine 
quality. 
BANANA CANTALOUPE., 100 Days. 
Shaped somewhat as name _ indicates; 
grows about 2% feet long; flesh deep 
salmon color. 
HALE’S BEST. 85 Days. Early; are 
oval in shape, about 6 in. long by 414 in. 
in diameter, with heavy netting and fairly 
distinct ribbing. Flesh exceptionally thick 
and deep salmon in color. 
LONG YELLOW CANTALOUPE. 95 
Days. Large, long, oval and deeply 
Hibped: flesh light salmon, very thick and 
sweet. 
HONEY DEW. 110 Days. Fruit large 
ovoid in form, about 10 inches long and 
8 inches in diameter; surface smooth and 
hard creamy white in color turning to a 
lemon tint when fully ripe; flesh light 
emerald green, very thick, ripening to 
the rind, very tender and melting, with 
an eee sweetness found in no other 
melon. 
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OKRA or GUMBO 
Pkt. Oz. VY Ib. 
5c 10c 30c 
CULTURE—Sow after soil is warm In 
rows 3 feet apart, 18 inches apart in the 
row. The pods are used for soups and 
stews. The pods should be gathered 
while still young and tender, before the 
woody fiber develops. 
CLEMSON SPINELESS. 55 days. Simi- 
lar to Dwarf Long Pod; a little taller 
bush, having longer and darker pod. 
DWARF GREEN PROLIFIC. 50 days. 
2% to 3 ft. tall. A dwarf, compact plant 
with many branches. Pods long, deep 
green, slightly corrugated and very thick- 
ly set on the plant; fine quality. Very 
productive. 
LONG GREEN. Very early and produc- 
tive. Plant 3 feet high; pods bilant 
4 green, 7% inches long, straight, slender, 
=, pointed and slightly corrugated: a desir- 
able market variety. 
WHITE VELVET. Grows 3% feet high; 
= Pods are creamy 
white, long, smooth, slender, and tender. 
FEED WITH 

VIGORO 
OMPLETE PLANT FOOD 
