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and figure 10 four, all belonging to this type. For names of 

 varieties see the following diagram : 



( Rattlesnake, 

 I Ironclad, 



T3 .^1 IT- T w J J Mclvers' Sugar, 



Rattlesnake Ivpe , light seed i c *.• 



., , \ { bantiago, 



(long: shape) di i c^ i c 



\ ^ i" ^ I I Black Eyed busan, 



I i^ Dixie. 



(^ dark seed «{ Frontenac. 



Fig. 13. — Mottled Varieties. 

 Nabob. Phinney's Early. 



Pride of Georgia Type 



This type of watermelon is characterized by its dull light 

 and dark stripings. The light stripe, instead of being bright 

 and possessing life, as it were, is a deeper green and rather 

 dead in color. The varieties coming under this head are, 

 therefore, easily distinguished from those of the Kolb's Gem 

 type simply from the standpoint of color of the stripings. 

 They are oval or round in shape. Figure 11 contains two 

 varieties named in the diagram : 



