







TOM WATSON 
Tom Watson Watermelon 
During the last two or three years, I have had inquiries from all over 
the South for the Tom Watson Melon. Although comparatively a new 
melon it seems to be an instantaneous success in some of the very best 
watermelon growing sections of the country. The illustration was 
taken from a melon sent into my office last summer of an average 
specimen of the stock my seed was being saved from; it weighed 36 
pounds, and my boys at the office in sampling it, thought it about as 
delicious a melon as they had ever eaten. As may be seen from the 
cut, Tom Watson is a long green melon, which at times grows excep- 
tionally large, often weighing from 60 to 70 pounds, and is at the saine 
time one of the most prolific melons in cultivation. It is a most excel- 
lent shipper for long distances, although the rind is thin, the flesh is of 
most superb quality and intense red in color. In conclusion would 
Say, where three or four acres were grown in 1908, in 1909 several 
hundred were planted, and this history repeats itself wherever Tom 
Watson has been introduced. I have secured a fine lot of direct head- 
quarters seed, which I offer at the following prices: 
Packet, 10 cts; ounce, 20 cts.; 4 pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.50. 
Vegetable Seeds—63 
WATERMELON. 
BRANCH’S IMP. GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE. 
The old Rattlesnake has always been regarded asa flne melon; my 
improved strain is the result of careful selection by an experienced 
Georgia melon grower, Mr. Steiner Branch. Mr. Branch unhesitat- 
ingly claims, and I agree with him, that this is the best strain of 
Rattlesnake melon in existence; in quality and flavor it is not sur- 
passed. It has a thin, tough rind, which makes it a good shipper. Flesb 
deep scarlet, sweet and delicious; shape oblong, striped and mottled 
with various shades of green, as well shown in illustration. For years 
the old Rattlesnake has been largely grown in the South and shipped 
to Northern markets, but no one who has been growing the old Rattle- 
snake will ever piant it again after trying Branch’s Improved Strain. 
Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 14 pound, 30 cts.; pound, $1.00. 

P. B, Mundy, Harlem, Gg.—I have been planting the Tom Watson Melon for 
several years, and consider it the best of any of the varieties I know of for many 
reasons, it grows large and is very prolific, and is almost entirely iree from speckled 
| ends; it is a fine shipper. in fact, my customers prefer it in preference to the well 
| known Georgia Rattlesnake, which is in itself a very high recommendation. 
The American Fruit Union, (Car lots exclusively) Cincinnati, Ohio.—We beg to 
say that we consider the Watson Melon a first-class shipper, and a favorite seller. 
We find that pound for pound they outsell the Rattlesnake and believe that taking 
| everything into consideration the Watson is the best market melon to grow. 

















































































































































































































































































































































































A BRANCH’S IMPROVED GEORGIA 

RATTLESNAKE WATERMELON. 
