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Meicarctacy 10c PER PACKET Mutual 

MANGEL WURZEL 
(See Beets, Stock) 
MELONS 
Muskmeion and Cantaloupe 
Easily injured by cool weather, Be- 
fore planting, spade liberal forkful of 
well rotted manure into each hill. 
Plant 8 to 10 seeds to a hill, Thin 
plants to four per hill after third leaf 
develops, and train vines in different 
directions. On moist ground, use 
shingles to hold melons off ground 
to prevent rotting. If grown in cool 
weather or where nights are cold, 
will not bear well and melons will 
have poor flavor. 
Banana—Fruits smooth and slender, 20 
inches long and 4 inches thick, resem- 
bling a banana. Flesh salmon color, with 
banana-like flavor, 90 days. 
Hale’s Best—Flesh thick, deep salmon- 
pink, sweet and tasty. Heavily netted 
rind, with faint stripe. Small seed cav- 
ity. Outstanding variety, resistant to 
powdery mildew. 4 lbs. 86 days. 
Hearts of Gold or Improved Hoodoo— 
Nearly round 2-lb. fruit, distinctly 
ribbed, deep green with fine grey net- 
ting. Thick, deep salmon flesh, tender 
sweet. 94 days. 
Honey Dew—The well-known green- 
fleshed melon for warm _ climates. 
Smooth, ivory colored skin. Flesh is 
sweet and juicy. 112 days. 
Rocky Ford, Golden Lined—Fruits 
small, with rather large seed cavity. 
Nearly round, weight 2¥ lbs. No ribs. 
Heavily covered with hard grey net- 
ting. Flesh thick, green with gold tinge 
at center. Very juicy and spicy. Excel- 
lent quality. 92 days. 
Texas Resistant Number 1—New mil- 
dew and aphid resistant melon. Rich 
salmon-colored firm flesh, sweet and 
slightly musky-flavored. Small seed 
cavity, with few compact seeds. Mod- 
erate netting, firm rind. 4¥% to 5¥2 in. 
diameter. Very prolific. 
WATERMELON 
Requires about same culture as musk- 
melon, except the vines need more 
room, Fertilize each hill liberally and 
cultivate thoroughly. 
Cletex—Dark green, irregular mottling 
on lighter green background. Flesh red 
and sweet. Large size, cylindrical shape. 
90 days. 
Dixie Queen—Very prolific. Bright red, 
crisp, splendid quality fibreless flesh. 
Very few small, white seeds, 85 days. 
Florida Giant or Black Diamond—A 
huge melon, growing sometimes to 
weight of 100 lbs. Ovalround with 
blunt ends, it has dark green skin and 
thick, tough rind. Flesh is of excellent 
quality, firm and red. 90 days. 
Irish Gray—A very good _ shipper. 
Hardy and productive. Fruits large, 
smooth, creamy-white tinged with green. 
Rind tough and hard. Firm, bright red 
flesh. 95 days. 
Kleckley’s Sweet or Wondermelon— 
Large, cylindrical, dark bluish-green, 
with thin, tender rind, Bright red, juicy, 
sweet flesh, creamy-white seeds with 
traces of brown. 85 days. 
Stone Mountain—Also called Dixie 
Belle. High quality shipping variety. 
Fruits very large, oval-round, blunt ends. 
Dark green, tough rind. Flesh rich 
scarlet, fine grained, sweet. Seed white 
with black tips. 90 days. 
Tom Watson—Red heart strain. Large 
fruit, uniform cylindrical, with tough, 
elastic rind, faintly veined. 90 days. 
MUSTARD 
Sow as early as possible in the 
spring. Keep rows 6” to 12” apart 
and cover with soil %” deep. You 
may also sow seed in autumn to 
raise greens and for salads. 
Chinese Broadleaf—Large oblong, slight- 
ly crumpled leaves, scalloped at edges. 
Medium green, vigorous plants. 45 
days. 
Florida Broad Leaf—Vigorous, upright 
plants. Leaves large, broad and deep 
green; quick grower. 43 days. 
Mustard Spinach or Tendergreen— 
Wholesome, quick-growing green, com- 
bining mustard and spinach flavors, 28 
days. 
Southern Giant Curled—Large, frilled 
and crumpled, Light green leaves. 35 
days. 
OKRA OR GUMBO 
Sow in rows about 3’ apart. Cover 
seeds with about 1” of fine soil firm- 
ly pressed down. Thin plants 18” 
to 24” apart when they reach 3” 
— —— 
growth. Do not plant until ground is 
warm, as this is a tender, hot 
weather plant. Pick before woody 
fibers develop, 
Clemson Spineless—All-American Silver 
Medal Award. Pods are rich green, 
straight, uniform ridged and of best 
quality. 56 days. 
Dwarf Green—Early, prolific dwarf 
growing sort. Dark green fluted, 5 to 
7-in. pointed pods. Most desirable, com- 
pact growing okra. 50 days. 
Perkin’s Mammoth Long Pod—Early and 
prolific. Very tender, long pods. Deep 
green and slightly corrugated. 68 days. 
White Velvet—Early and prolific. Pods 
pale greenish-white, 6 to 7-in. long. 
Meaty, tender. Strong, tall-growing, 32 
feet in height. 62 days. 
ONIONS 
Plant as soon as soil can be prepared. 
For best yield, plant on very fertile 
land—fall plowed, and thoroughly 
fertilized. When plants are a few 
inches tall, thin to prevent crowding 
—using the plants removed as green 
onions. Leave 4” apart for globe- 
types and 6” for the big Spanish 
types to mature for dry onions. Latter 
can also be started indoors for largest 
bulbs and can be set out 6” apart 
after frost danger has passed. All 
onions need liberal feeding and 
watering, Those left to become fully 
ripe can be stored for winter. Culti- 
vate and hand weed every 2 weeks 
during summer, 
Yellow Varieties 
Prizetaker—Large, globe shaped, with 
glossy, thin straw-colored skin. Coarse, 
mild flesh, Sometimes weigh as much 
as 4 lbs. each. 102 to 104 days. 
Yellow Sweet Spanish—Large, globe- 
shaped, exceptionally mild and sweet— 
excellent for eating raw or boiled. Light 
yellow skin and pure white, firm, crisp, 
and tasty flesh. 112 days. 
Yellow Bermuda—Very early, medium 
sized, flat. Thin loose skin. Flesh nearly 
white, mild and sweet. The most widely 
grown Bermuda Onion, 92-94 days. 
Yellow Globe Danvers—An _ oval 
shaped  straw-colored onion. White 
flesh, crisp and mild. Splendid keeper. 
110 days. 
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SPECIAL TECHNIQUE USED IN SOWING HILLS 
Hills are “holes’’ on points, and distin- 
guished from drills, which are rows. 
Plants sown in hills are usually either 
vines, or large bushes, which need so 
much room in the row they cannot be 
sown in drills. For example, cucumbers, 
melons, squash, sweet corn, bush squash 
and tomatoes, 
The procedure is to stretch a line, just 
as you would for a seed drill, and along 
this mark the location of the hills at the 
proper intervals, 
Scoop out a shallow depression and mix 
with the soil at its bottom a quantity of 
plant food, which may vary from a table- 
spoonful to a pint. The latter heavy dose 
is recommended by southern watermelon 
experts, for hills in which this crop is 
sown. Mix the plant food thoroughly and 
cover it with fresh soil, almost filling the 
hole; then sow the seed and cover with 
light soil, which can be depended upon 
not to form a crust before the seeds have 
sprouted. 
When the seeds sprout they should be 
thinned out to the required number of 
plants. For those that grow in bush form, 
one plant to a hill is all that should be 
grown, Sweet corn is sometimes grown 
three plants to a hill; and vine crops the 
same, Thinning should be gradual, at first 
enough to insure each infant plant a 
chance to grow without interterence from 
neighbors, Then as the plants become es- 
tablished the weakest should be elimin- 
ated until only the desired number remain. 
