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e 
‘Watermelons are usually ripe when the tendril or curl on the vine, opposite the fruit stem, dries up 61 
Maule’s Superior Watermelons. 
CULTURE.—Watermelons do best on light, well drained soils, but there are varieties adapted to heavy loams. The hills should be 8 feet apart 
ach way, with some well rotted manure in each hill, thoroughly incorporated with the soil. Plant the seed as soon as the weather is really 
varm and settled. A packet will plant about 10 hills, an ounce about 30 hills; 3 or 4 pounds of seed to the acre. Allow two or three plants to 
emain in each hill. Ready to use in 60 to 100 days. Fight bugs with Bordo Lead, Key-Cide, Red Wing, Bug Death or Slug Shot. 





395 Tom Watson The Most Popular of All Melons for Shipping 
this melon was an instantaneous success in some of the very best watermelon growing sections of the country. The above illustration was 
xen from a melon sent into our office. It is an average specimen of the stock from which our seed is saved; it weighed 36 pounds. Tom Watson 
2 long, dark, mottled green melon, which at times grows exceptionally large, often weighing from 60 to 70 pounds, but at the saine time one 
the most prolific melons in cultivation. Although the rind is thin it is very tough, making it a most excellent shipper for long distances. 
e flesh is of most superb quality and intense red in color; matures in 90 days. A desirable melon for both market and home use. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00, postpaid. 

43 Florida Favorite ‘Watermelon 
| A Reliable Keeper 
jAn Excellent Shipper 
Chis variety originated with one of the 
ost extensive melon growers of Florida. 
beautiful melon, with dark and light 
sen exterior; shape oblong; flesh bright 
mson, Crisp and deliciously sweet. 
pens large, handsome melonsin about 
days. A good shipper. Sample spe- 
1ens of this melon sent us from Florida 
vays reach Philadelphia in prime condi- 
io. Desirable for the home garden. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 
quarter pound, 30 cents; 






pound, $1.00, postpaid. I ; 403 
FLORIDA FAVORITE WATERMELON. 
413 Halbert Honey Most Deliciously Flavored 
This melon is as handsome in color as the 
Kleckley Sweets, but more regular in form 
and much more productive. The melons 
are blunt both at stem and blossom end, 
generally free from any appearance of neck. 
They average 18 to 20 inches in length; 6 to 
8 inches in diameter. Color of rind a clear, 
glossy deep green. The flesh is a beautiful 
crimson, extending to within less than half 
an inch of the rind, maturing in 85 days. 
Excellent melon for the home garden and 
for local markets. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents} 
quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25, 
413  HALBERT HONEY WATERMELON. postpaid. 

















