MUSKMELON 
1 oz. to 100 ft. 
3 to 4 Ibs. per acre 
Where summers are short sow in pots in- 
doors, planting out in rich, well manured soil 
when danger of frost is over. 
Granite State Cantaloupe. Very early 
orange-fleshed, netted yellow melon 
of high quality. The fruits are about 
5 to 5% inches by 4 to 4 inches, pro- 
duced abundantly on the small-leaved 
compact vines. 
Hale’s Best Improved No. 36. (80 days.) 
Fruits slightly oval, weight 3 to 4 pounds. 
Flesh exceptionally thick, deep salmon in 
color, sweet, aromatic and of very fine 
quality. Uniform in shape. 
Hale’s Best, Jumbo Strain. An outstand- 
ing shipping variety. Fruits slightly oval, 
uniform. Flesh thick, deep salmon in 
color; sweet, and of very fine quality. Has 
a delightful aroma. Ripe in 75-80 days. 
Hearts of Gold. (100 days.) This popular 
medium sized melon follows the earlier 
varieties. Fine for succession planting. 
The fruits are 5 to 6 inches in diameter. 
The smooth orange salmon flesh is excep- 
tionally thick and fine flavored. 
Imperial No. 45. (87 days.) Extensively 
used because of resistance to downy mil- 
dew. Similar to Hale’s Best but faintly 
ribbed. An exceptionally good shipper. 
Imperial No. 4-50. Same as above, but 
larger in size. 
Rocky Ford or Netted Gem. (92 days.) 
Fruits are small with rather large seed 
cavity, nearly round; no ribs, and heavily 
covered with hard gray netting. Flesh 
thick, green in color with gold tinge at 
the center. Juicy, spicy, and of good 
quality. 
OTHER MELONS 
Casaba. (110 days.) The casaba is a melon 
for the late season after the muskmelons 
are past. Fruits are medium, large, globe 
shaped, weigh 6 pounds; outer color 
golden yellow, surface wrinkled. Flesh 
white, luscious and spicy. 
Cranshaw. (96 days.) A_ thick-fleshed 
melon with salmon color inside, golden 
green outside. Round at base, stem end 
pointed. Weighs 7 to 8 pounds. 
Honey Dew. (112 days.) A very fine melon. 
Fruits large globular, weight 5 to 6 
pounds. Surface is smooth, hard, with 
practically no netting, creamy white. 
Flesh light emerald green, thick, ripen- 
ing to the rind; juicy and tender, with a 
distinct sweetness not found in others. 
Persian. (115 days.) A late, slow grow- 
ing variety. Fruits globular; rind very 
dark green, netting fine but sparse. Flesh 
thick, orange-pink in color. Of a distinct 
and delicious flavor. 
MUSKMELON, CRANSHAW 
PARSNIP 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre 
Sow in deeply worked, manured soil. 
Hollow Crown. A _ smooth, large-root 
parsnip free from side roots, with a very 
well proportioned shoulder uniformly 
tapered to the tip. Very tender and good 
flavor. 
MUSTARD 
V2 oz. to 100 ft., 4 Ibs. per acre 
Make successive sowings in open from early 
spring to midsummer. 
Southern Giant Curled. The leaves are 
large, light green with a tinge of yellow, 
and much crumpled and frilled at the 
edges. The plant is upright or slightly 
spreading in growth. Valued for its vigor, 
hardiness, and good quality. 
Mustard Spinach or Tendergreen. Strictly 
speaking it is not a variety of mustard. 
A quick growing plant from the Orient. 
Leaves oblong, broad, fairly smooth with 
light green center ribs. Slow to seed, re- 
sistant to heat and drought. The flavor 
combines that of spinach and mustard. 
OKRA or GUMBO 
2 oz. to 100 ft., 8 to 10 Ibs. per acre 
Sow seed early in May,’in rows 3 feet apart 
and 2 inches deep. As plants appear, thin out 
to about 1 foot apart. 
Improved Dwarf Green. 
thick pods. 
Perkins Mammoth Long Pod. Standard 
medium early sort for home, market gar- 
den and canning. Plants 4 to 5 feet tall; 
pods dark green, fleshy, tender; become 
7 to 8 inches long, 1% inches in diameter. 
Distinctly ribbed and tapered. 
Early. Short 
Don't Gorget the Compost Pile 
Compost your lawn clippings, 
vegetable tops and peelings, dry 
REPEAT LAYERS 
leaves and other vegetable matter 
for a rich source of humus and 
plant food. 
Make a pit or bin and throw the 
compost material into it, add a 
sprinkling of packaged compost 
maker and 2 inches of soil to each 
foot of vegetable matter. Repeat 
until pile is 3 or 4 feet deep. Keep 
moist to promote bacterial action. 
In about 6 months the compost 
will be ready to use. Spread it on 
the garden as you would barnyard 
manure. Used with peat moss and 
commercial fertilizer, compost is 
a really important aid to good 
gardening. 
ONIONS 
V2 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre 
As early as soil can be worked in spring, sow 
the seeds thinly in drills 1 foot apart, and cover 
lightly, later thinning out to about 6 inches 
apart in the row. The soil must be well fertilized 
and be made yery friable. In hot weather, 
water frequently. 
Southport White Globe. White winter 
onion. A heavy yielder and large size. 
Good keeper. Silvery white in color, globe 
shaped. Mild flavor. 
Yellow Sweet Spanish (Utah Strain). A 
large, globe shaped onion, weighing 1 to 
3 pounds. Small tops. Flesh mild and 
sweet. Good for slicing. Most popular 
marketing onion. (Fz.) 
White Bunching. Crisp, sweet and mild, 
the best variety for green onions. 
White Portugal, or Silverskin. A good 
second early white flat onion. It should 
be planted any time from November lst 
until April 1st. It is a good keeper and 
desired for shipping. Fine for pickling. 
White Sweet Spanish. (112 days.) A very 
large onion with pure white flesh, similar 
to the Yellow Sweet Spanish. A good 
keeper. Globular with small neck. 
Yellow Globe Danvers. Dependable, me- 
dium late, hardy and excellent keeper; 
used for shipping and storage. Bulbs me- 
dium size, clear yellow, firm and solid 
with tough, clinging skins. Flesh white. 
ONION, UTAH, SWEET SPANISH 
ONION SETS 
Sets are northern grown, hardy, care- 
fully cleaned, graded and packed. Pro- 
duced for western conditions. Plant onion 
sets deep for green onions and shallow 
for dry onions. 1 lb. to 50 ft. 
GARLIC SETS 
(In about 110 days.) Garlic is grown by 
planting the small bulbs in rows, 4 inches 
apart in the row. Cover the bulbs with 
one inch of soil. When the tops turn yel- 
low, lift the bulbs and dry in the shade. 
To keep for the winter, hang in strings 
in a dry basement. 
PARSLEY 
V2 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre 
Grows best in rich mellow soil and should 
be sown as early as possible in spring. 
Extra Triple Curled (Moss Curled). This 
vigorous compact grower is one of the 
most popular varieties because of its deep | 
green color and tighly curled leaves that 
look like moss. It is unusually decorative. 
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