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The Two Earliest Watermelons in Cultivation 



SPECIMEN OP PAUL'S BONNY BEST — RIPENED IN 62 DAYS. 



PAUUS BONNY BEST 



This new variety, seed of which was offered 

 for sale for the first time last season, is the earliest 

 watermelon in cultivation. It originated with our 

 friend Aaron Paul, the famous New Jersey melon 

 grower and hybridizer. In our trials the past two 

 seasons we had good-sized melons, plenty large for 

 market, weighing 15 to 20 lbs. each, on July 10th, 

 from seed planted May 9th, while all other varie- 

 ties, with exception of the Early Corona, could 

 not be eaten until about August 1st. Pkt., 10c, ; 

 oz.,20c.; J lb., 60c.; lb., $2.00. 



SPECIMEN OF EARLY CORONA — RIPENED IN 67 DAYS. 



THE EARLY CORONA 



Seed of this valuable new melon was also offered 

 for sale for the first time last Spring. It originated 

 in Connecticut with J. H. Pease & Son, the well- 

 known market gardeners, who now grow it exten- 

 sively for New England markets. Their claims 

 for its extreme earliness, great productiveness and 

 fine quality have been fully verified by all custom- 

 ers who have tried it. In our own trials Early 

 Corona and Paul's Bonny Best were ripened 

 and gone before other varieties began to ripen. 

 Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 25c.; i lb., 75c.; lb., |2.50. 



THE ALABAMA SWEETS WATERMELON— See lUustrauon opposite 



A Qrand New Shipping Melon, Equal to Icing, Kleckley and Florida Favorite In Luscious Quality 



This new watermelon created quite a furore in Northern markets last season, and sold at high prices 

 on account of their very superior quality, so rarely found in long distance shipping melons. Grown in 

 Pennsylvania last season, it came two weeks earlier and bore fruit three weeks longer than Icing. A. L. 

 Toombs & Son, who are large growers in the midst of the great melon-growing section of Texas, write us 

 that out of 1100 cars shipped from there last season, 820 cars were Alabama Sweets. Shape long, very 

 uniform dark green skin, flesh red and absolutely stringless. We believe it to be the best all-purpose 

 melon yet introduced. Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; Jib., 35c.; lb., $1.10, postpaid; by express or freight, lb., 

 $1.00 ; 5 lbs. and over, 90c. per lb. 



THE BUNKER HILL WATERMELON-See lUustration Opposite 



Without a Rival in Quality 



We were so greatly pleased with our trials of this new melon at Floracroft that we last Spring 

 bought at high cost from the originator a few pounds of selected seed, from which we have grown a fine 

 crop. Shape long ; skin dark green, attaining a weight of 30 to 40 lbs., while the handsome red flesh is 

 luscious beyond description. On good melon ground we found it one of the heaviest vine growers and 

 greatest bearers of any first-class melon we have ever seen. If you want the richest melon in cultivation, 

 try Bunker Hill. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 20c.; i lb., 40c.; lb., |1.50. 



THE TRUE JOHNSON'S DIXIE WATERMELON 



No melon we have ever introduced has met with such large sale and brought us so many strong 

 recommendations from growers as this. It is a cross between the Kolb Qem and Old-Fashioned Mountain 

 Sweet, and surpasses the Kolb Gem in shipping qualities, and fully equals the Mountain Sweet in fine 

 eating quality and flavor, and is ten days earlier than either. It has a remarkably thin rind, almost 

 impenetrable, which preserves it for a great length of time. Its great productiveness is shown from the 

 fact that it frequently matures six to eight large melons to the vine. The vines grow strong and 

 rapidly, with more laterals than any other melon. The meat is fine rich scarlet, and of very superior 

 quality. Owing to the great popularity of this variety, another and much inferior melon is frequently 

 substituted and sold for it. If you want genuine seed, send to the introducers. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c. ; J lb.,. 

 20c.; lb., 65c., postpaid ; by express, lb., 55c.; 5 lbs. and over, 50c. per lb. 



EXTRA SELECTED STOCK SEED. See illustration opposite. Saved from picked melons. 

 The largest and finest in our patch. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 20c.; i lb., 40c.; lb., |1.40. 



