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IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 27.

Musk Melon.
One ounce will plant about 80 hills, two
pounds to the acre.
The soil best adapted to the culture
of melons is a warm rich sandy loam.
Plant in hills five or six feet apart each
way ten or twelve seeds in a hill.
When they begin to vine thin out
leaving only four of the most thrifty.
As melons are very sensitive to cold
they should not be planted until the
settled warm weather begins in this
latitude about the middle of May.
Cultivation should commence as soon
as the plants appear above the ground
and be kept up once a week until the
vines interfere too much. You will be
pleased with our melon seeds.

IOWA MASTODON. See Novelties.
Per pkt. 10c, oz. 25c.

GRAND RAPIDS. Earliest of all.
Fine flavor. It will pay you to try it.
See Novelties. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4
lb. 40c, lb. $1.25.

PERFECTED DELMONICO. This improved type of the Delmonico melon is
almost a perfect globe in shape; the
skin is a peculiar grayish green until
ripe, when it changes to a bright yellow. The ribs are wide and covered
thickly with a prominent netting. The
melons average six inches in diameter
have a very small seed cavity, and are
exceedingly thick and heavy for their
size. The flesh is a deep rich orange
yellow color, and is of very fine grain without
the slightest stringiness. This variety produces
melons of uniformly high quality and is likely to
displace all other red or yellow fleshed sorts. It
is a strong hardy grower and very prolific. We
can recommend it either to the market gardener
or amateur. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.20.

BANQUET. The flesh is dark rich salmon color
uniformly thick and of that granulated character
which always indicates a good melon. Of round
shape, densely netted over its entire surface; very
handsome. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

EMERALD GEM. This is one of the most delicious melons we have ever eaten. The flesh is
thick of a suffused salmon color, almost red, and
ripens thoroughly to the extremely thin green
rind. It is peculiarly crystaline in appearance,
juicy and rich. The flavor is sweet and luscious
beyond description. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 65.

MONTREAL MARKET. Uniformly of large
size averaging from 15 to 20 pounds in weight.
Flesh very thick and fine flavor. Per pkt. 5c, oz.
10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 65c.

PERFECTION. Rich color and luscious flavor.
Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 65c.

[image] open melon illustration with OSAGE label underneath

[images] two melons one intact and one open with a spoon in the center. In the corner of the image set are the printed words PERFECTED DELMONICO and MUSK MELON

IOWA SEED CO.'S IMPROVED GREEN
NUTMEG. Everybody is delighted with our
improved strain of this most excellent old
kind. For twelve years we have been constantly selecting and improving the old Green
Nutmeg melon until now it is one of, if not the
best variety of musk melon in existence. All
lovers of fine luscious melons will admit
after giving it a trial that it cannot be surpassed in rich delicious flavor. Fruit of a fair
size, very rich, melting, and of exquisite flavor. Outside dark emerald green; flesh light
green; more productive than any variety we
know of. Don't fail to try it. Per pkt. 5c, oz.
10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00.

IMPROVED EARLY HACKENSACK. Of
large size, rich flavor, and withal is a great
improvement on the Turk's Cap or Hackensack in that it is fully ten days earlier. Per
pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

OSAGE. This variety has created quite a
stir in Chicago, where it sells at double the
price of any other. The skin is thin, of dark
green color, and slightly netted. The flesh is
salmon color, remarkably sweet and spicy in
flavor, extremely thick and delicious to the
rind. The seed cavity is very small. All lovers
of fine melons should try the Osage. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25, lb. 75c.

[image] intact melon illustration with the caption I.S. CO'S IMPROVED GREEN NUTMEG.

PRINCESS. This splendid variety is nearly round with
heavily netted dark green skin; the flesh is of a rich salmon
color and in flavor it is sweet and luscious beyond description.
They ripen early and grow to good size, frequently weighing
eight to ten pounds each. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 65c.

BAY VIEW.--This variety is one of the largest, most prolific, best flavored and finest melons in cultivation. It has
been grown to weigh from fifteen to twenty pounds and from
fifteen to eighteen inches long. It is hardy, vigorous, and continues a long time in bearing. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 60.

CHAMPION MARKET. A superb variety. Almost a perfect globe in shape, and densely netted, making it one of the
handsomest cantaloupes known. Flesh is thick, light green
color, and rich, sweet flavor. Very productive. Per pkt. 5c, oz.
10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 70.

BANANA. Attains a length of from eighteen inches to three
feet three inches, and is from two to four inches thick. Flesh
very thick, of a salmon color. It looks almost like an overgrown banana and smells like one, hence the name. Per pkt.
5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

WINTER PINEAPPLE. Entirely distinct from any other
variety. The outside skin, instead of being netted, is deeply
corrugated. They have the thickest flesh of any melon, with
but a small seed cavity, almost solid. When ripe the outside
skin is of rich yellow, intermingled with light green color,
spicy, melting and delicious. They do not ripen on the vines
like other musk melons, but have to be picked before hard
frost and laid away in a cool, dry cellar, where they will keep
sound and sweet for months. They are hardy and very prolific.
Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00.

SHUMWAY'S GIANT. Of monstrous size, cream yellow,
early, absolutely distinct. Sweet and luscious with fine, melting, thick, salmon colored flesh. Never stringy. The flavor is
pleasant, not high nor rank. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

IMPROVED CANTALOUPE. Large size, flesh of a light yellow color and delicious in flavor. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb 50.