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Stok es' Su gar - Sweet Mu skmelon-*is PEC I ALT y] 



ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR ON OPPOSITE PAGE 

 I introduced this Muskmelon in 1909. I believe tliat it is the sweetest and most delicious Muskmelon ever introduced. The 

 flesh is very thick, sweet and juicy, with a dehghtful flavor and good almost to the rind. At the seed-cavity the flesh is a decided 

 pink-orange. The seeds are small and few in number. The vines make a strong growth, begin ripening Melons close to the stem 

 and produce them all along the vines, almost to the tip. They hold up green and strong until all the Melons are ripened, and are per- 

 fectly blight-proof. The Melons are just the right size, averaging 6 inches in diameter and 7 inches in length, and their great uniformity 

 makes them unexcelled for crating. Stokes' Sugar-Sweet Muskmelon is nicely netted and just as good as it looks. 



READ WHAT USERS SAY OF IT IN UNSOLICITED LETTERS 



Horace Roberts, the progressive and well-known farmer at Moorestown, N. J., one of the largest farmers in the East (he owns 

 and operates eighteen farms), wrote as follows on November 6, 1912: "Stokes' Sugar-Sweet Cantaloupe is more satisfactory and 

 profitable than any other variety I have ever raised. I have grown it for two years and am delighted with it. The vines continue 

 bearing longer than other sorts, and do not blight. The Melons run of uniform size, and are most attractive in appearance. In both 

 productiveness and quality. Stokes' Sugar-Sweet cannot be surpassed." 



OTHER GROWERS MADE THESE REPORTS 



I am more than pleased with Sugar-Sweet Muskmelon. Planted 

 seed May 29, and had ripe Melons August 11. — J. F. Evers, 

 Comanche, Iowa. 



The Sugar- Sweet Muskmelon was extra fine. — A. A. Grubb, 

 Jubilee, N. C. 



Stokes Sugar-Sweet is the very best Muskmelon I ever grew, 

 in sweetness, productiveness and flavor. — John Garden, Harrison, 

 Ohio. 



Stokes' Sugar-Sweet Muskmelons are the best we have ever 

 raised. — Frank Norris, Morrisville, Pa. 



We planted Muskmelons here but could never get many sweet 

 ones until we got Stokes' Sugar-Sweet. — Max Grumshawe, 

 Johns, S. G. 



Your Sugar- Sweet Muskmelon has almost perfect netting, and 

 is the right size and shape for a market Melon. — T. H. Morris, 

 Parkersburg, W. Va. 



Price: pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 cts., i^^lb. 60 cts., lb. $2, postpaid; by express, 5 lbs. S7.50. 



Stokes' Hard-Shell Kleckley Sweets -'i'^piciA^ 



Watermelon 



ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR ON OPPOSITE PAGE 

 This Watermelon has made great gains in popularity since I introduced it in 1908. Before I offered it I made it right, selecting 

 the stock every year and developing a Melon with a shell hard enough to carry to distant markets, yet with all the sweetness and 

 quality of the flesh retained. Those who have grown the Melon under varying conditions, and whose opinions are worth while (most 

 of them grow for the market), made these reports on this Melon: 



Your Hard-Shell Kleckley Sweets Watermelons are as pretty 

 as a picture, and I am carting the finest and best Melons that go 

 to town. — Frank Norris, Morrisville, Pa. 



The Hard-Shell Kleckley Sweets Watermelons were the finest 

 and best sellers I ever raised. I got a premium at the Farmers' 

 Institute this year. — G. H. Littleton, Shawnee, Okla. 



Price: pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., J^lb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25, postpaid; by express, lb. $1.15, 5 lbs. $5.50, 10 lbs. $10. 



CASH PRIZES ON SEEDS GIVEN FREE 



With every order for garden seeds amounting to $1 or more, I will include, free, a packet containing a mixture 

 of both vegetable and flower seeds. Included in this will be many novelties and oddities and choice new varieties 

 of vegetables which you will find exceedingly interesting and valuable in your garden. There are many useful and 

 beautiful plants that are known in few localities or to only certain nationalities which would be much more largely 

 planted if they were more universally known. My object in making this offer is to get you to try out these odd things, 

 together with the superior varieties that I will include in the mixture. 



Cash prizes are offered as fellows. If two or more replies are of equal merit, the premiums will be divided equally. 



First Prize — $25.00 to the one raising and correctly nam- 

 ing the greatest number of varieties from one packet. 

 Second Prize — $15.00 for the next best. 



Third Prize— $10.00 for the next best. 

 Ten Prizes of $5.00 each. 

 Twenty-five Prizes of $1.00 each. 



Prizes will also be given to those exhibiting these collections at any agricultural show, either local, county or state. 

 Suitable cards for placing on the exhibition will be sent to intending exhibitors. 



This same offer was made last year, and customers reported interesting and encouraging results. 



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