Dreer’s Reliable 
Watermelons require 
a long warm season 
to mature. Seed should 
be planted after the 
middle of May in hills 
6 to 8 ft. apart. Plant 
6 to 8 seeds in a circle 
in each hill and cover 
Y4 inch deep. Thin to 
the strongest plant in 
each hill. 
Honey Cream Watermelon 
541 Honey Cream (New) 
85 days. A delicious extra-early melon with cream yellow 
flesh of honey sweetness. Has attractive round light green 
fruits with darker stripings. The sweetest of all watermelons. 
Very prolific. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 lb. 65c; Ib. $2.00. 
546 Improved Kleckley Sweets 
or Wonder Melon 
85 days. This splendid large melon also is known as Monte 
Cristo. It is a quality home garden variety not suited to ship- 
ping because of its rather thin skin. The large, long, cylindri- 
cal fruits have rounded ends and weigh from 30 to 40 lbs. 
each. The rind is thin, tender, and of a dark bluish green 
color::Has)-bright scarlet flesh ‘of splendid quality. and: is. |) 
entirely free: from fiber. One of the sweetest of. all water.) 
melons ‘In existence.. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20¢; 14 |b. 55¢; Jb. $1. 75. 
=z 
Watermelons 
One ounce for 30 hills; four to five pounds per acre. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Melon d’eau, FR. 
Cocomero, ITAL. 
Sandia, SP. 
Wasser Melone, GER. 
¥ il 
Stone Mountain Watermelon 
547 Stone Mountain 
90 days. A very large oval round shipping melon with blunt 
ends weighing 35 to 40 lbs. each. Has a large heart of attrac- 
tive bright scarlet flesh which is very sweet and tender. The 
skin is medium green with a trace of light veins. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 20c; % lb. 45c; Ib. $1.50. 
538 Dixie Queen. 85 days. Large, nearly round melons or 
oval-round form with square ends weighing 30 to 35 lbs. 
teach. Has light green-skin with dark green stripes and well 
flavored, bright red, fiberless, crisp, sweet flesh. Bh 10c; 
02. 20¢; 7 tb. 65c; Ib. $2.00. 
Keale-Borecole . 
Sow from May to June one-half inch 
deep in drills about 144 feet apart and 
cultivate like cabbage. One ounce pro- 
duces about 2000 plants. 
Dreer’s Imperial Long Standing Kale 
422 Dreer’s Imperial Long Standing. 
60 days. A beautifully curled sort of 
vigorous, spreading habit. Hardy, of 
attractive appearance, and very pro- 
ductive. Pkt. 10c; 0z. 35c; %4 Ib. 95c. 
423 Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch. 55 
days. Makes a hardy strong growth 
producing finely curled foliage with 
a distinct blue tinge. Pkt. 10c; 0z.35c; 
Y% lb. 95c. 
424 Tall Green Curled Scotch. 85 
days. Tall plants 30 in. high with 
heavily curled, plume-like, medium 
green leaves. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35¢c; AA Ib. 
95c. 
Kohl-Rabi 
Kohl-Rabi 
Chou Rave, FR. Col de Nabo, Sp. 
Cavolo rappa, Itat. Kohl-Rabi, GER. 
A delicious vegetable which is not 
nearly so much appreciated as its qual- 
ity and delicious flavor warrant. Easy 
to grow in moderately rich, well- 
drained soil, but the thickened bulb-like 
stem should be used before the texture 
becomes woody. 
431 Early White or Green Vienna. 
55 days. A splendid sort. Has a very 
short top and forms the root quickly. 
A most dependable variety on all 
soils. Pkt. 10c; oz. 65c; %4 lb. $2.35. 
430 Early Purple Vienna. 60 days. 
The skin is purple, but the tender, 
tasty flesh is of greenish white color. 
Pkt. 20c. 
Leek, Dreer’s Prizetaker 
Leek 
438 Dreer’s Prizetaker. 150 days. A 
large variety with thick, long, pure 
white stems. Very mild and tender, 
splendid for flavoring soups, stews, 
etc., and for mixed salads. Sow % 
inch deep in early spring in rows 1- 
foot apart and thin to 6 inches in the 
row. Pkt. 15c; %4 oz. 60c; oz. $1.10. 
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