Golden Delight 90 days 
All-America Selection—1952 
Fruit—814-9%, x 6%-7% inches long, 
oval, moderate ribbing, well netted. 
Flesh very thick, salmon-orange, solid 
and of excellent flavor. 
An All-America winner, that should be 
popular with home and market garden- 
ers. Shell not hard enough to be used 
as a long distant shipper. 
Hales Best, Original or Jumbo 86 days 
Fruit—7% x 6 inches, skin yellow-green, 
indistinct ribbing, heavily netted, flesh 
thick, salmon-orange color, excellent 
flavor. 
The largest of the Hales Best type. 
Popular for roadside markets and home 
gardens. 
The several strains of Hales Best are all 
well adapted to shipping because of 
their firm flesh, strong rind and keep- 
ing qualities. 
Hales Best No. 36 85 days 
Fruit—6% x 5% inches, skin yellow- 
green, very little ribbing, heavily 
netted, flesh thick, salmon-orange, fla- 
vor sweet and spicy, small seed cavity. 
An improved selection from Hales Best. 
It is better adapted to shipping and de- 
sirable for roadside market and home 
garden. Slightly smaller than the or- 
iginal but earlier and more prolific. 
Hales Best No. 936 87 days 
Fruit—Similar to No. 36 except it is a 
larger strain for those who want a 
large melon of this type for early 
market use. 
Hales Best No. 45 85 days 
Fruit—6 x 5% inches, skin yellow-green, 
very little ribbing, heavily netted, flesh 
thick, salmon-orange color, firm and 
sweet, small seed cavity. 
Developed by U. S. Dept. of Agric, for 
resistance to Powdery Mildew. This 
variety ships well at a more mature 
stage than the average melon. 
Heart of Gold 95 days 
(Hoodoo) 
Fruit—6% x 5% inches, almost round, 
distinctly ribbed, abundant fine gray 
netting over dark green background. 
Flesh thick, deep salmon colored, fine- 
grained, sweet, juicy and aromatic, 
small seed cavity. 
A mid-season variety popular with market 
gardeners and home gardeners. One of 
the sweetest melons. Excellent quality, 
but not suited for long distant shipping. 
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Iroquois 
Iroquois 87 days 
Fruit—7 x 6 inches, skin gray-green, 
prominent ribs and good netting, rind 
hard, flesh thick, deep salmon-orange 
color. Good texture, excellent quality, 
flavor sweet and musky, small seed 
cavity. 
An improved variety developed by Dr. 
H. M. Munger of Cornell University, 
that combines resistance to certain 
strains of Fusarium wilt with highest 
quality, yielding ability and good ap- 
pearance. 
Milwaukee Market 87 days 
Fruit—7% x 6 inches, round to oval in 
shape, skin gray-green, distinctly ribbed 
with sparse netting, flesh thick, deep 
salmon color, fine texture with excel- 
lent flavor. 
A good melon for home and market 
garden in Northern areas. 
Osage or Millers Cream 92 days 
Fruit—8 x 6 inches, oval, slightly ribbed, 
light netting, skin dark green when 
immature ripening to russet-orange- 
green, flesh salmon-orange with spicy 
flavor. 
A home garden and local market variety. 
Pride of Wisconsin 
(Queen of Colorado) 
95 days 
Fruit—6% x 51% inches, skin pearly-gray, 
hard and tough, shallow ribbed with 
sparse but heavy netting, flesh thick, 
solid orange, very sweet and of fine 
flavor. 
A good melon for home and market 
garden. 
