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Benders Surprise — Dependable home garden va- 
riety weighing up to 8 lbs., large, thick-fleshed with 
rich flavor. Fruit is oblong with slight netting. 
Flesh is salmon pink. Skin is greenish-yellow. 90 
days. 
Hales Best No. 36 — Choice shipping and local mar- 
ket variety of uniform size and shape, excellent 
quality. Average weight is 3 lbs. and fruits measure 
514 inches by 5% inches, oval, thick-fleshed, yellow- 
green, heavily netted, salmon-fleshed. 85 days. 
Hales Best No. 936 — Similar to Hales 36 but larger, 
averaging almost 4,lbs. and measuring 6% inches 
by 534 inches. Same uniformly high quality, sal- 
mon fleshed. Excellent shipper. 88 days. 
Hales Triumph Jumbo — Large home garden and 
local market variety, weighing up to 6 lbs. and 
measuring 7145 by 7 inches. Quality is fine but 
strain is not as uniform as 36 and 936. Flesh is 
salmon color, very thick and sweet. 90 days. 
Hearts of Gold — Large round type with excellent 
color and flavor, for home and market gardening. 
Fruits are gray green, ribbed, well netted, and mea- 
sure 614 to 534 inches, oval in shape. Flesh is deep 
golden, very sweet and aromatic. Not adapted to 
distant shipping. 95 days. 
Honey Dew Green Flesh — A distance shipper 
which keep well, but adapted to warmer climates 
and long growing seasons. Fruits are creamy white, 
hard, smooth, with tough rind. Flesh is thick, pale 
green very sweet and juicy. Fruits measure about 
8 inches in diameter. 110 days. 
Honey Rock — Fine home garden and local market 
variety, resistant to cracking, of good quality and 
flavor. Fruits are about 54% by 5 inches, gray-green, 
coarsely netted. Salmon fleshed. 85 days. 
Iroquois (Wilt Resistant) — Shipping variety with 
tough rind, uniform quality and resistant to fusar- 
ium wilt. Fruits are almost round, prominent ribs, 
coarse netting, gray-green. Measure about 6% in- 
ches in diameter. Flesh is thick, sweet, salmon 
color. 90 days. 
Imperial No. 5, Mildew Resistant — Prolific, vig- 
orous, mildew resistant shipping variety. Fruits 
measure 6 by 5% inches, slightly ribbed, oval, well 
netted. Flesh is salmon color, good flavor and with 
high sugar content. 90 days. 
Pride of Wisconsin (Queen of Colorado) — Excel- 
lent shipper. Skin is gray, hard, tough, heavily net- | 
ted. Flesh is thick, sweet, solid orange. Fruits are | 
about 6% by 5% inches. 90 days. 
Rocky Ford Green Flesh (Gold Lined) — Excellent — 
selection of Green Flesh Rocky Ford with gold lin- 
ing next to seed cavity. Flesh is pale green, sweet 
and spicy, generally preferred by home and local 
market gardeners, but also ships well. Size 5% by 
5 inches, almost round, well netted. 95 days. 
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