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31 Harris’ Earliest Watermelon 
Sweetest Early Melon. Largest Early Melon. Best Early Melon for the Home Garden. 
The general shape and appearance of the 
Harris are shown in the illustration. The skin 
is mottled with green and white. The flesh is 
red, sweet, juicy and crisp. The seeds are 
black. The weight varies all the way from 
12 to 40 pounds, the average being 15 to 20 
pounds. They average about 20 inches long 
and 12 inches thick, which is exceptionally 
large for so early a variety, maturing in 65 
days. Its table quality is first class. 
Owing to its extreme earliness, and adapt- 
ability to growing in heavy soils, it is exten- 
tively planted in the Northern States, where 
it is the undisputed favorite. We have known 
this melon to mature in latitudes as far north 
as Canada, and in places where watermelons 
never grew before. 
The Harris is the earliest watermelon on the 
market; the sweetest early melon, the largest 
early melon and the best early melon for the 
home garden. These are sweeping statements, 
but they are true. Moreover, the Harris will = 
out-yield any other early melon. 397 HARRIS’ EARLIEST WATERMELON. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25; 5 pounds, $5.75, postpaid. 















































































































































































































































































































































































































“9 Apple Pie Citron Melon | 399 Sugar Stick crisp, sweet and Delicious 
Excellent for Pies, Preserving, Etc. A long, grayish or light green melon of handsome appesrance. The 
This citron melon has fruit very similar to the watermelon, but the | Strong vines are of vigorous growth, producing numerous large melons 
flesh is used exclusively for sauces, pies, preserving, etc., having a | Often measuring 2 feet in length and weighing 30 pounds each. This 
most delicious flavor, resembling somewhat the flavor ofapples. The | elon has a thin rind which is very tough, making it a good keeper 
flesh is white and solid. Each vine produces5 to 15 large size melons in | 204 an excellent shipper. The luscious flesh, which is a deep, rich red 
100 days. One will make as many pies as a half bushel of apples. They | 1S,very crisp and sugary, maturing in 80 days. Sugar Stick is desirable 
keep fresh and solid all winter, so ean be used when wanted. either for the home garden or market. 
Packet, 8 cents; ounce, 12 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; Packet, § cents; ounce, 12 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; 
pound, $1.00; 5 pounds, $4.50, postpaid. pound, $1.00; 5 pounds, $4.50, pestpaid. 
396 Branch’s Improved 
Georgia Rattlesnake 
A Good, Sweet, Juicy, Old Time Melon 
- The old Rattlesnake has always been re- 
garded as a fine melon. Our improved 
strain is the result of careful selection by 
an experienced Georgia melon grower, Mr. 
Steiner Branch. Mr. Branch unhesitating- 
ly claims, and we agree with him, that 
this is the best strain of Rattlesnake melon 
in existence; in quality and flavor it is not 
surpassed. It has a thin, tough rind, which 
makes it a good shipper. Flesh deep 
searlet, sweet and delicious; shape oblong, 
striped and mottled with various shades of 
green, maturing in 80 days. Branch’s. Im- 
proved Georgia Rattlesnakeis largely grown 
for shipping to Northern markets. 
Packet , 8 cents; ounce, 12 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00; 5 pounds, $4.50, postpaid. 

















































896 BRANCH’S IMPROVED GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE WATERMELON. 

