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 
maturity. The flesh is thick, bright salmon in color 
and of delicious quality. 
Delicious or Early Bender. 83 days. As compared 
with Bender's Surprise, Delicious is smaller 
(averaging 514 lbs.) a week earlier. 
Iroquois. 90 days. Wilt resistant Bender's. 
Schoon’s Hardshell Bender's (New Yorker). 90 
days. A Bender's Surprise type with extra hard 
rind, superior for long shipping and handling. 
Prices All Varieties Melon—Except as Noted— 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, 14 Ib. $1.00, Ib. $3.00. 
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). 
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. 
THE NEW GOLDEN DELIGHT 
All-America Winner for 1952 
Fine, medium sized melon slightly elongated, 
averaging 4-5 inches in diameter, 6-7 inches in 
length. Compared with Pride of Wisc. Delight is 
earlier, more productive and of even better eating 
quality. The flesh is orange salmon, deep and firm. 
Delight does very well in the North even under 
adverse conditions. 
Pkt. 20c, 1% oz. 45c, oz. 80c, 14 Ib. $2.50. 
Granite State. All-American Award Winner in 
1951. Granite State is an extra early, heavy yield- 
ing melon of the Honey Rock type. Well netted, 
medium small, with thick sugar-sweet salmon flesh. 
Pkt. 15¢, oz. 40c, 1/ Ib. $1.20. 
Hales Best No. 36. 80 days. The earliest shipping 
cantaloupe. Fruits 3-4 Ib. with thick, salmon 
colored flesh of fine spicy 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 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. Green fleshed variety. 
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 Melon—Except as Noted— 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, 14 Ib. $1.00, Ib. $3.00. 
MUSTARD 
V4 ounce will sow 100 feet of row 
Used for greens like spinach. Sow seed in very 
shallow rows about 2 in. apart, thin out plants to 
stand 6 to 8 in. 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. 
Either Variety—Pkt. 10c, oz. 15¢, 14 Ib. 50c. 
