12 QUALITY SEEDS FOR THE HOME GARDEN 
MUSKMELONS OR CANTALOUPES 
Vitamins A b, C b, 
Many people ask us how we grow our melon seed crops. 
start our plants in plant bands in coldframes in early May and 
by the end of May or first of June they are transplanted in 
The plants are sprayed and dusted regularly 
from the very beginning to protect them from disease and insects. 
The melons are vine ripened, picked, and sorted. Only melons 
isolated fields. 
that are true to type are saved for seed. 
Seed may be started indoors in FERTILE POTS or PLANT 
We 
BANDS (see page 33) and set in the garden after danger of frost; 
In some sections of the country wilt is so bad 
that it has been practically impossible to grow 
muskmelons. Now we have an early wilt resistant 
variety, Delicious 51, suitable for the home garden. 
319 DELICIOUS 51: 86 days. A new fusarium 
wilt resistant Delicious type melon being 
introduced this year that was developed by 
Dr. Munger of Cornell. Obtained by cross- 
ing Iroquois and Delicious it is nearly as 
early as Seneca Delicious but is larger and 
not as uniform. It retains some of the 
deeper orange color, thicker, firmer flesh 
and more musky flavor of Iroquois. If 
wilt has caused failure of your melons be- 
fore, we recommend that you try Delicious 
51 and Iroquois. Pkt. 30¢; 14 0z. 50¢; oz. 
90¢. 
OKRA or GUMBO 
Okra is a favorite in the South where the 
pods are used as a vegetable, usually fried. In 
the North Okra is used in soups and stews. 
Pick the young pods while they are small and 
tender. 
350 DWARF GREEN LONG POD: 58 days. 
We are replacing Perkins Long Pod with 
Dwarf Long Pod, an earlier maturing va- 
riety that is better adapted to the North. 
Plants 214 to 3 ft. tall; pods dark green, 
fleshy and tender. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 25¢; \% 
Ib. 50¢. 
ONION SETS 
1 lb. will set 75 to 100 ft. row 
12 to 20 bushels will set 1 acre 
* EBENEZER SETS: ‘These sets are small on- 
ions less than 34 inch in diameter. When 
set in rows they produce green onions or if 
allowed to develop will form medium sized 
cooking onions. Dust with DDT for onion 
thrip. Lb. 60¢; 2 lbs. $1.15; pk. (8 Ibs.) 
$2.65, prepaid. Bu. (32 Ibs.) $5.75; 2 bu. 
$11.30; 10 bu. or more, $5.50 per bu., not 
prepaid. 
*321 SENECA BENDER: 89 days. Bred and 
selected on our farms for years, Seneca 
Bender has become highly popular with 
critical melon growers whose land is not 
infected with wilt. The melons which uni- 
formly weigh from 5 to 6 pounds have very 
heavy netting, prominent ribbing and high 
quality deep orange-yellow flesh. Vines are 
vigorous and productive. Pkt. 30¢; 4 oz. 
50¢; oz. 90¢. 
*320 SENECA DELICIOUS: 85 days. For 
roadside stands and home gardens Seneca 
Delicious is the best early melon to grow — 
ripens considerably earlier than Seneca 
Bender or Iroquois. Fruits are not as large 
as the old Delicious, far more uniform, well 
netted; flesh is thick, sweet, and of excellent 
quality. We highly recommend it. Pkt. 
30¢; % oz. 50¢; 0z. 90¢. 
322 IROQUOIS: 90 days. More popular with 
growers every year, Iroquois, fusarium wilt 
resistant, is the only melon to grow on wilt 
infected soil. Fruits are of the popular 
Seneca Bender type, round to oval, about 
61% inches in diameter, with prominent ribs 
and good netting. Rind is firm and holds 
up well. Flesh deep orange color, of fine 
texture and excellent quality. Pkt. 30¢; 1% 
oz. 50¢; oz. 90¢. 
324 QUEEN OF COLORADO: 95 days. One 
of the finest flavored melons; a little late 
for some sections. Pkt. 30¢; Y oz. 50¢; 02z. 
90¢. 
Pkt. will plant 20 hills, an ounce 100 hills 
or seed may be sown directly in garden in hills 4 to 6 ft. apart. 
Where seed is sown directly in the ground it is advisable to cover 
the hills with Hotents (see page 33) for protection against cool 
weather and insects — Hotents permit earlier planting. If soil is 
dry wait until plants start to come through the ground before 
covering with Hotents. A good soil, preferably light, and well 
fertilized is best for melons. 
disease with CUKE AND MELON DUST (see page 32). 
Control cucumber beetles and 
Frank Robson has charge of planting, cultivating, 
spraying, and harvesting our melon, squash, and 
tomato seed fields. He is justly proud of this 1952 
crop of Seneca Bender. 
323 BENDER’S SURPRISE: 90 days. A pop- 
ular old variety; produces the largest melons 
of those we grow. Fruits are large —7 to 10 
Ibs., the flesh is thick, deep orange in color 
and fine quality. Pkt. 25¢; 14 oz. 45¢; oz. 
75¢. 
ONION SEED 
Vitamins b, c bz 
Sow onion seed as early as possible in the spring in rich, well prepared soil. 
Pkt. will sow 25 ft. row, 4 oz. 100 ft. 
Keep free from 
weeds and soil well loosened around developing bulbs. Control onion thrips with DDT, either 
dust or spray, (see page 32). For large onions in the fall thin to 3 inches in the row by pulling 
little green onions for the table as needed during early summer. 
340 EARLY YELLOW GLOBE: 100 days. 
The best early yellow onion. Bulbs are at- 
tractive, nearly globe-shaped, medium large, 
solid, deep yellow with a tight skin that 
makes them good keepers. Our strain is 
very uniform and heavy yielding. Pkt. 20¢; 
Vy oz. 40¢; 02. 65¢. 
342 SWEET SPANISH, Utah Strain: 115 
days. Makes bigger onions with better 
quality than earlier kinds. Either sow seed 
early in open ground or preferably indoors 
and transplant as soon as there is no danger 
of freezing. Bulbs globe-shaped, small 
neck; golden yellow skin, flesh white, very 
mild. Pkt. 25¢; 14 oz. 50¢; oz. 90¢. 
343 EBENEZER: 100 days. An excellent va- 
riety for producing sets of exceptional keep- 
ing quality. Bulbs medium size, deep-flat 
in shape, pure deep yellow, very firm and 
hard. Pkt. 20¢; 14 oz. 40¢; oz. 65¢. 
345 WHITE PORTUGAL: 100 days. Bulbs 
of medium size, flat but fairly deep, pure 
white; flesh fine grained, firm and hard. A 
splendid keeper. When sown thick in a 
“ribbon row” the onions mature when small 
and are used for pickling. Pkt. 20¢; 14 oz. 
45¢; oz. 70¢. 
*346 BUNCHING ONION: Sown in the 
spring this variety produces large green 
onions early in the summer. It does not 
form a bulb. The stems are nearly twice as 
large as ordinary onions and hold in eating 
condition for a long time. If sown in the 
fall and given a little protection, this onion 
will stand all winter and produce fine, large 
“green” onions in the spring. Pkt. 20¢; 
Vy oz. 45¢; 02. 70¢. 
“T had wonderful onions from plants purchased 
from you last year.’’ 
April 29, 1952 Mrs. Roy E. Dietrich 
Hammond, N. Y. 
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