CANTALOUPES and WATERMELONS 
COLLARDS 
Georgia—An old stand-by in the South. For 
winter greens it has no equal; not in the 
best condition until touched by frost. Sow in 
July or August, transplant in rows, setting 
them 2 feet apart. 
Pkt., 10¢; oz., 20c; Ys Ib., 50c, postpaid. 
DILL 
Annual. The young stems are used for 
flavoring soups and sauces. The dry branches 
are used for flavoring dill pickles. 
Pkt., 10¢; oz., 20c, postpaid. 
ENDIVE 
For Greens and Salads 
For late spring and summer use, sow the seed 
in open ground during February or March. For 
fall use sow in July or August. Requires about 
60 days to make a crop. This is a fine salad 
crop for your garden, and the leaves are used 
for garnishing and flavoring soup. Use a packet 
to 25 feet of drill. 
Deep Heart Fringed—The well filled hearts are 
closely packed with an abundance of fine 
leaves blanched to clear creamy yellow. Well- 
grown plants have a diameter of 10 to 12 
inches and a depth of 7 to 8 inches. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c, postpaid. 
EGG PLANT 
Egg Plant likes a rich, loamy soil. Seed 
should be started indoors or in hotbeds some- 
time during February. Set plants in garden as 
soon as danger of frost is past. 
Black Beauty—80 days. Its huge fruits are 
almost black. It is oval in shape. Perfectly 
spineless and smooth. 
Pkt., 10c; % oz., 25c, postpald. 
HORSERADISH ROOTS 
Pencil size. 
Doz., 60c, postpaid. 
KALE 
Also called Borecole. A popular boiling 
green. Plant during July or August. Frost 
improves flavor. 
Dwarf Curled Siberian—The plant is dwarf, 
spreading, and very hardy, standing the 
winter without protection. The leaves are 
green, slightly tinted with purple. and of 
superior quality. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c, postpaid. 
KOHL RABI 
Grown for its thick, bulb-shaped stalks, 
which, while young, are prepared in the same 
m-—nner as turnips, and which furnish a most 
desirable vegetable. Sow the seed in the spring 
in drills half an inch deep and when plants are 
a few inches high thin to 15 inches. Packet 
will sow about 30 feet. 
Early Purple Vienna. 
Early White Vienna. 
Pkt., 10¢; oz., 30c, postpaid. 
LEEK 
Used for flavoring soups, stews, etc. Treat 
same as onions; both leaves and bulbs are 
used. 
Large American—Produces large, thick stems 
of mild flavor. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 60¢, postpaid. 
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CANTALOUPES 
A warm, sandy loam is best for raising mel- 
ons. Plant early in the spring, 8 seeds in each 
hill. After they are well started thin to about 
3 plants to each hill. An ounce will plant 60 
hills; 2 or 8 pounds to the acre. 
Hale's Best No. 36—An outstanding early va- 
riety. The melons are oval] in shape, prac- 
tically all solid net. The rich, spicy salmon 
flesh is deep and fine grained. Small seed 
cavity. The finest of the Rocky Ford type of 
cantaloupes. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 4 Ib. 75¢, postpaid. 
Rocky Ford—This is the melon that made 
Rocky Ford famous. The flesh is green, very 
deep, solid and sweet, and can be eaten close 
to the rind. The seed cavity is very small. 
Pkt. 10c¢; oz. 30¢; 4 Ib. 75¢, postpaid. 
Osage or Miller's Cream—One of the finest and 
most popular salmon-fleshed muskmelons. The 
fruits are large, usually nearly three times 
the size of the Rocky Ford, with skin mod- 
erately netted and of oblong shape. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30c; 4 Ib. 75¢, postpaid. 
Hearts of Gold—This melon runs very uniform 
in size and is a splendid shipping variety. 
The melons are oval to oblong in shape and 
are a little larger than the Rocky Ford. 
While it is a ribbed melon the ribs are not 
prominent and the melons are very heavily 
netted. The flesh is rich orange color, fine 
grain and of excellent flavor. Seed cavity is 
small. It doesn’t turn yellow when ripe, but 
retains its natural color and remains solid 
and firm for days after it is picked from the 
vine. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 4 Ib. 75e, postpald. 
Honey Dew Melon—The fruits are of medium 
size, round or slightly oval, 5 to 6 inches 
in diameter and weigh about 6 pounds each. 
Flesh light emerald green, fine grained and 
of very sweet, sugary flavor. Rind thin but 
very firm and the fruit stands shipping re- 
markably well. If picked shortly before ma- 
ture the fruits will keep for several weeks 
ees about two weeks later than Rocky 
ord. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 4 Ib. 75c, postpaid. 
Improved. Banana—Produces fruit of the finest 
quality, 1% to 214 feet long;.rind thin and 
comparatively tough; flesh of a beautiful 
reddish salmon color, of excellent flavor: 
withstands the heat to perfection: fine for 
familv use. 
Pkt. 10; oz. 30c; 4 Ib. 75¢, postpaid. 
HALE'S BEST NO. 36 
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WATERMELONS 
Our watermelon seed is grown especially for 
us in the South and selected from the very best 
melons. Southern-grown watermelon seed is 
always the best and the quality of the melons 
the very highest, as has been proven. A trial 
order will convince you our seed is first-class 
in every respect. 
Mountain Hoosier—Is a large, a 
in color a very rich, dark green with a 
slightly bluish bloom. Flesh deep, bright 
red, seed white with black points and slight 
black markings. Quality is excellent. Weight 
up to 60 lbs. Vines are hardy and prolific, 
the melons very attractive in appearance and 
the red meat is sweet, free from stringiness, 
of good texture and usually cut solid. Shy 
seeder. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; Ya Ib. 75c¢, postpaid. 
Dixie Queen—A round melon of striking ap- 
pearance. Light and green striped, very 
showy. Thin, tough rind; flesh bright scar- 
let, solid, of fine texture. Quality unsur- 
passed. Seed very small, white. Vines vigor- 
ous, prolific. Melons uniform in size and 
appearance, 80 to 40 lbs. Has fewer seed 
than other varieties. 4 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30c; 1/4 Ib. 75c, postpaid. 
Improved Kleckley’s Sweet—One of the earliest, 
best and sweetest flavored melons in cultiva- 
tion. On account of its thin rind, it will not 
stand shipment to distant markets, but it is 
the best that can be grown for the home and 
nearby markets. The skin is dark green. The 
flesh is scarlet, firm, solid and of deilghtful 
flavor. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30c; 1% Ib. 75¢, postpaid. 
Stone Mountain—It grows large; rather round 
in shape and dark green in color. The flesh 
is a deep red, has but a few seeds and the 
flavor is all that could be desired. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30c; %4 Ib. 75¢, postpaid. 
Black Diamond—A desirable all-purpose melon 
which is used extensively for shipping in 
some sections. Vines vigorous and prolific. 
Fruits very large, dark green, nearly round. 
Flesh bright red, crisp and sweet. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 4 Ib. 75c¢, postpaid. 
Smith Watson—Grows in shape and size about 
the same as the regular Watson, but has 
distinct markings in the form of irregular 
stripes. A good shipper and eating quality, 
considered better than other types of Watson. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30c; % Ib. 75¢, postpaid. 
Tom Watson—The melons are large, long and 
green, like Kleckley’s Sweet, but with a 
tougher rind, giving it excellent shipping 
qualities. The flesh is a rich red, solid, 
sweet, and luscious, and ripens up close to 
the rind. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30¢; % Ib. 75¢, postpaid. 
Golden Honey—A golden fleshed melon, very 
tender and has a most delicious flavor. It 
is medium early, of large, uniform size, ob- 
long shape. This has no hard core or stringy 
sections. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; %4 Ib. 75c, postpaid. 
Congo—A good shipping melon. It is resis- 
tant to anthracnose. Color medium green 
with dark green stripes. Flesh color is 
deep bright red and the shape is oblong. 
Rind is very tough and of close texture, 
making it a first class shipping melon. 
Congo melons are of large size. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 1% Ib. 75c, postpaid. 
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