. Dreer's garden book for 1940. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Dreer's Reliable VEGETABLE SEEDS Muskmelons Melon Musca, Fr. Popone, It XL. Melon, Sp. Melone, Ger. Sow when the ground has become thoroughly warm, in hills 5 to 6 feet apart each way. A few shovelfuls of well-rotted manure should be incorporated in each hill. Scatter 12 to 15 seeds on top of each hill and cover about J inch deep. Thin out to three or four strongest plants per hill. One ounce for 50 hills; G
. Dreer's garden book for 1940. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Dreer's Reliable VEGETABLE SEEDS Muskmelons Melon Musca, Fr. Popone, It XL. Melon, Sp. Melone, Ger. Sow when the ground has become thoroughly warm, in hills 5 to 6 feet apart each way. A few shovelfuls of well-rotted manure should be incorporated in each hill. Scatter 12 to 15 seeds on top of each hill and cover about J inch deep. Thin out to three or four strongest plants per hill. One ounce for 50 hills; G to 8 lbs. in hills per acre. Pride of Wisconsin Salmon-Flesh Varieties 510 Hale's Best Few melons ever have become so well known as this choice variety. It is an early melon with attractive well-ribbed and netted skin. The salmon flesh is ex- tremely thick and has a delectable sweet- ness with somewhat of a musky tang. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; J lb. 50c; lb. § 497 Emerald Gem. Small and very early. Salmon-pink flesh of rich aroma. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; \ lb. 50c; lb. 509 Honey Rock • A new salmon-fleshed variety of de- licious sweetness and rich aroma. Of medium size with remarkably thick flesh and small seed cavity. Skin is roughly netted and of a grey-green color. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 1 lb. 60c; lb. 519 Pride of Wisconsin This dehcious new melon deserves a thorough trial in every garden. The coarsely netted fruits are very heavy and of slightly oval shape. The flesh is a beautiful salmon-pink of most appetizing color. It is tender, very sweet, and has a luscious aroma. The texture of the flesh is firm and close while the seed cavity is quite small accounting for the remarkable thickness of the flesh. The hard rind is pearly grey ripening to a yellowish shade. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; i lb. 90c. 505 Hearts of Gold, or Improved Hoodoo. Medium sized, round, dis- tinctly ribbed, disease-resistant fruits with thickly netted skin and rich deep orange, fine grained flesh of rem
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