Vegetable Seeds 
Letherman’s 



Hale’s Best No. 36 
Bender's Type Melons 
Bender's Surprise. 90 days. Good sized thick oval 
melons averaging about 7 lbs. It is coarsely netted 
and ribbed with hard greenish yellow skin at ma- 
turity. The flesh is thick, bright salmon in color 
and of delicious quality. Can be shipped short 
distances. 
Delicious or Early Bender. 83 days. As compared 
with Bender's Surprise, Delicious is smaller 
(averaging 52 lbs.) a week earlier. 
Iroquois. 90 days. Developed by Cornell University 
for resistance to wilt, so able to produce a crop 
in sections where others fail. In quality equal to 
the popular Bender's Surprise. 
Schoon's Hardshell Bender's (New Yorker). 90 
days. A Bender’s Surprise type with extra hard 
rind, making it superior for long shipping and 
handling. 
MUSTARD 
Y2 ounce will sow 100 feet of row 
Used for greens like spinach. Sow seed in very 
shallow rows about 2’ apart, thin out plants to 
stand 6'’-8”’ apart. For a continuous supply make 
frequent plantings. 
Fordhook Fancy. Bright green, plume-like leaves. 
Slow to bolt. Mild flavor. 
Southern Giant Curled. Light green leaves, curled 
at edges, tinged with yellow. 
Tendergreen or Mustard Spinach. A very quick 
growing variety ready for the table in 3 to 4 
weeks from sowing. Thick dark green leaves 
combining the flavors of Mustard and Spinach. 
Resistant to heat and dry weather. 
All Varieties Mustard—Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 1% Ib. 
40c, Ib. $1.25. 
Mushroom Spawn. 
Pure Culture, per bottle $1.25. 
MUSKMELONS 
Plant late May or June. 1 oz. plants about 100 hills. 
Muskmelons like light, well enriched soil. Plant 
8 to 10 seeds in a hill spacing hills in a row 3 to 4 
ft. apart and the rows 6 ft. apart. When the plants 
come up thin to 3 to 4 plants per hill. 
Hale's Best No. 36. 80 days. The earliest and most 
popular shipping cantaloupe. Fruits 3-4 lb. with 
thick, deep salmon colored flesh, aromatic and of 
fine quality. 
Hearts of Gold. 90 days. A medium sized nearly 
round melon with fairly distinct ribs and heavy 
close netting. The orange salmon flesh is thick, 
sweet and spicy. 
Honey Dew. 112 days. Hard, smooth, round, 
creamy white. Flesh light emerald green, juicy 
and tender with distinctive flavor. 
Honey Rock (Sugar Rock). 81 days. Deep orange 
flesh, very thick, of delicious spicy flavor, different 
from all other sorts. Fruits are round, attractive, 
heavily netted without ribs. Good for home use 
and early local markets. 
Pride of Wisconsin. 90 days. A cross of Honey 
Rock and Hearts of Gold. Orange flesh, solid 
and thick, with small cavity, very sweet and of 
fine flavor. 
Rocky Ford. 92 days. A popular green fleshed 
variety for market and home garden, almost 
round, netted, delicious thick flesh. 
Tip Top. 90 days. Fruit large, slightly oval, evenly 
ribbed and slightly netted. Flesh bright salmon, 
sweet and delicious. Splendid for home gardens 
and local markets. 
Prices All Varieties Melons—Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 
1% |b. 85c, lb. $2.60. 
MUSHROOM TRAYS 
Grow Mushrooms right in your basement. Just 
keep moist. You can start gathering in 3 weeks and 
keep on for 2 to 3 months. 
Tray $1.85, 2 Trays $3.50 (Delivered in Canton). 

