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THE WATERMELON 



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Variety. 



Aver. 



weight 



lbs. 



Light Icing , 



Sweet Heart 



White Gem 



Seminole 



Gray Monarch 



Hungarian Honey 

 Fordhook Early .'. . 



Darlf Icing . . ." 



Peerless 



Ice Cream 



Jones' Jumho 



Green and Gold* . 



Ruby Gold* 



SAveet Siberian *. . . 

 Kieckley Sweets .. 



Cannon Ball 



Black Spanish 



Vick's Early 



Mountain Sweet... 



Boss 



Mills' Early 



Harris' Earliest 



Kolb's Gem 



Gragg* 



Santiago 



Hoosier King 



Cuban Queen 



Stokes Early 



Cole's Early 



Delaw^are 



Dixie 



Rattlesnake 



Black Ej'ed Susan. 



Frontenac 



Mclvers' 8ugar 



Ironclad 



Triumph 



Pride of Georgia.. 



Christmas 



Black Boulder 



Vauciause 



Florida Favorite... 



Orange 



New Southern 



Nabob 



Phinney's Early. . . 



Jones 



Jackson 



Golden Gate 



Early Corona 



Paul's Bonny Best 



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Shape. 



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No. 



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2126 



1582 



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1582 



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1582 



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3. Description of Varieties 



Black Boulder. — This new dark green melon originated 

 in New Jersey. Size, uniformly large. Medium early, 

 flesh bright red and sweet. Rind tough making it desirable 

 as a shipper. Oval in shape. Seeds nearly black. Some- 

 times this variety has a tendency to dull stripings. 



