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HANSON, WHITE SEED (80 days)—An 
old reliable sort, it retains popularity due to 
desirable texture and excellent flavor. Suit- 
able for home or market gardens. The com- 
pact head is large, globular and cabbage-like. 
Exterior leaves are a yellowish-green, the 
heart white, tender and crisp. 
ICEBERG, WHITE SEED (85 days)— 
Should not be confused with the shipping va- 
riety New York, which is called Iceberg in 
the produce trade. This type has a large, 
compact head with light green leaves tightly 
folded and crinkled, tinged at the margin with 
brown and a white, crisp interior. A fine 
flavor commands ready acceptance among 
home owners and local gardeners. 
IMPERIAL 44, or NEW YORK, WHITE 
SEED (82 days)—Produces medium well- 
formed hard heads with long folding leaves 
and a brittle white interior. Popular shipper 
and one of the most reliable heading sorts. 
NEW YORK or WONDERFUL, WHITE 
SEED (80 days)—Develops an attractive, 
large, round head with tightly folded dark 
green leaves, interior well blanched, tender 
and flavorful. 
Loose Leaved Varieties 
EARLY CURLED SIMPSON or SILESIA, 
WHITE SEED (45 days)—One of the oldest 
and most popular lettuce varieties which ap- 
plies also to the black seeded strain. The 
plant is loose-leaved, early and compact, with 
large, light yellowish-green leaves, frilled and 
crumpled. Interior is crisp and tender. 
SIMPSON CURLED, BLACK SEED is quite 
similar but more crumpled and may possibly 
show a more pronounced yellow-green color. 
GRAND RAPIDS, BLACK SEED (45 days) 
—As an early lettuce for home gardens or 
greenhouse forcing, this variety stands well 
up the list. It is hardy and disease-resistant. 
The large, compact plants grow erect with 
eed curled and heavily fringed light green 
eaves. 
SLOBOLT is similar in appearance and 
type but slower to bolt in warm weather. 
OAK LEAF WHITE SEED (40 days)— 
So-called because the leaves are somewhat 
similar in outline to an oak leaf. Plants are 
compact, spreading, medium size and show a 
bright green color. Withstands heat without 
impairing quality. 
PRIZEHEAD, WHITE SEED (47 days)— 
Despite a misleading name which refers more 
to the worth of the plant than indicative of 
form, the variety is non-heading. The plants 
grow rapidly, reach a medium size and pro- 
duce loose curled and frilly outer leaves of a 
bronze color. The inner leaves are a medium 
green color, crisp and tender. 
SALAD BOWL, BLACK SEED (50 days) 
—A new all-American selection, somewhat 
similar in appearance to Oak Leaf, loose- 
leaved, of large size and slow to bolt. The 
dark green leaves are closely set, waved and 
notched, forming a compact rounded form 
which fills a salad bowl. A very desirable 
quality of tender texture. 
Romaine, Cos or Celery Lettuce 
Romaine is a distinct lettuce type, the 
leaves of which are thicker and more brittle, 
with a heavier midrib. It forms solid heads, 
with compact interior more or less blanched. 
This lettuce gives an excellent, piquant flavor 
and should be more widely cultivated. 
PARIS WHITE COS or TRIANON, WHITE 
SEED (65 days) —The self-folding, dark 
green leaves form a solid, compact head, 8 
to 9 inches tall, with a greenish-white interior. 
Muskmelon or Cantaloupe 
The crop is of ancient lineage and known 
in Bible times by the Egyptians, as may be 
understood by reading the 11th chapter of 
the Book of Numbers. Melon cultivation in 
one form or another is prevalent throughout 
the old and new worlds. As considerable space 
is required for vining, muskmelons are most 
suitable to the larger gardens. A fertile soil, 
rich with organic matter, or prepared with 
manure and fertilizer, is the best insurance 
of desirable yield and quality. Growth and 
culture are similar to cucumbers. A hundred 
feet of row may yield 40 to 50 delicious 
melons, or possibly 3,000 to 4,000 to an acre. 
Rows should be about 5 feet apart and the 
plants spaced 14 or 15 inches apart in a row; 
or 8 to a hill with hills separated about 5 feet. 
Sow 38 pounds to an acre or % ounce to a 
hundred feet of row. 
BANANA (S80 days)—In ways an exotic 
type, resembling a large banana in form, the 
fruit develops a size of 16 by 4 inches, weigh- 
ing 4 to 5 pounds. Exterior color is a creamy 
yellow at maturity with sparse netting, and 
the interior flesh a salmon pink with a large 
cavity, well flavored and sweet. 
DELICIOUS, EARLY BENDER, BEND- 
ER’S SURPRISE (85 days)—-The melons, 
nearly round, are earlier and superior to the 
original Bender’s, very sweet and juicy. Fruits 
measure 61% by 6 inches and weigh around 5 
or 6 pounds. Skin is a light yellow at matur- 
ity, ribbed and coarsely netted; interior a 
bright salmon pink. A good shipping melon 
of delightful quality. 
EMERALD GEM (85 days)—An old va- 
riety of excellent quality, still popular for 
home and local market gardeners, size 4% by 
5% inches, weight 3 pounds. This melon has 
a flattened globe shape, distinctly ribbed with 
trace netting. Skin color is an emerald green, 
turning a yellow-green toward maturity with 
thick salmon-orange flesh. 
HACKENSACK EARLY (890 to 85 days) — 
On the market many years and still popular 
with growers in certain localities. Juicy and 
well flavored. An early melon of flattened 
globe shape, measuring about 6 by 6 inches. 
The yellow skin is mottled with green and 
interior flesh a light green. 
HALE’S BEST NO. 36 (85 days)—This 
type is an improved strain of the old original 
Hale’s Best, and continues to be a leading 
