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THE REASONS FOR POOR MELONS ~ 
It is nearly impossible with any of the varieties now available to 
produce melons of the highest flavor when ripened in cool wet weather, 
hence to produce quality melons in short season districts it is essential 
to have early varieties that will mature before the cool wet fall | 
weather arrives. Most folks know this but comparatively few seem 
to realize that when poor quality melons are produced on well grown 
vines in good weather, the seed is at fault. We believe the use of 
poorly bred seed is responsible for the larger part of the poor quality 
commercial melons. As melon seed is easy to save, many growers 
who know little of the fundamentals of breeding save their own, and 
many seed houses offer seed of little or no better quality. One grower 
last year told us of the excellent sale he had for Honey-Gold the first 
year he grew it, but after saving his own seed a couple of years the 
quality had gone down so much that folks were not keen for it. We 
bred Honey-Gold and know how to Eeep up the quality. 
LOWDEN’S HONEY-GOLD CANTALOUPE 
A High Quality Melon, Bred for Northern Districts 
This new, distinct, unique type, which we believe will greaiiy extend 
the area where good melons can be grown, received First Honorable 
Mention in All America Selections, and is described in their 1941 release 
as follows:—‘‘An early market or shipping muskmelon, with Honey 
Dew type of flesh, doing especially well in Northern sections on strong 
fairly heavy land. Of small to medium size, dark green with fine open 
netting turning uniformly light yellow on ripening. Interior firm; 
small seed cavity; edible to a thin rind; round to oval shape; very early 
and very sweet; gather when turning yellow, eat when golden colored.” 
This melon was bred from a number of crosses and back crosses, 
involving Honey Dew, Honey Ball, Hearts of Gold, and Mango Melon 
or Vegetable Peach. Our aim was to put a Honey Dew type of melon 
on a Mango melon vine, and after nearly thirty years’ effort we believe 
we have succeeded in very large measure, and our expectation is that 
our high quality melon Honey-Gold will succeed far north just about 
any place that escapes summer frosts, or most places where beans, corn 
and tomatoes can be grown. Because of its earliness and good shipping 
qualities, it should be very valuable in the leading melon districts as 
well. Vines are small, so it should be planted much closer than other 
melons. Honey-Gold is unique in its beauty, resembling a large orange 
or grapefruit, in its luscious flesh of uniform texture from the very 
small seed cavity, to a thin tough rind, also in that the color tells when 
it is in the best eating condition. 
Before this melon was offered in 1941, it had received a perfect 
score in the Minneapolis Trials of All-American Selections and we had 
splendid reports from Central Experimental Farms, Ottawa, and ° 
Dominion Experimental Farm, Morden, Manitoba. From reports we 
have since received from both market and private gardeners living in 
Northern Ontario districts extending across from Pembroke to Sault 
Ste. Marie, and from prairie districts extending to 200 miles north of 
Winnipeg, it would appear that Honey Gold is absolutely supreme in 
the north. 
Pkt. 25c; 14 oz. 90c; 1 oz. $1.50. 
PENNLAKE LETTUCE 
This 1948 All-American Winner, developed by Prof. M. T. Lewis, 
of Penn. State College, is an outstanding new lettuce, earlier and better 
quality than Cornell 456 that heads nearly all at one time, with a very 
high percentage of No. 1 heads. It is a little smaller than Great 
Lakes and gives promise of being the best for early crop on muck 
land and is excellent on upland also. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 60c; % lb. $1.75; 14 1b. $3.25; lb. $6.00. 
PREMIER GREAT LAKES LETTUCE 
is somewhat earlier, with rather light green, less blistered leaves than 
Great Lakes, but of the same solid type heads, and tipburn resistant 
long standing qualities. Also an All-American winner for 1948, 
developed by Pro. M. T. Lewis of Penn. State College. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 60c; % lb. $1.75; 1% lb. $3.25; Ib. $6.00. 
GREAT LAKES LETTUCE 
Won Highest Place and Bronze Medal in 
All-America Selections, 1944 
This new variety of the Iceberg type is rather similar to Imperial 
456, but besides being the most popular type, it is a splendid summer 
lettuce. It stands the heat and sun; is remarkably slow to throw a seed 
stock and is very resistant to tipburn. 
We were one of the first successful growers of Iceberg lettuce in 
Ontario, so can perhaps better appreciate the value of this new lettuce 
and are glad to be able to offer seed. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 60c; % lb. $1.75; 14 lb. $3.25; lb. $6.00, 
