i WALTER^ P. STOKES 



219 Market ^eet, PHIbADELPHIA,PA.! 



WATERMELONS 



Culture. Same as for muskmelons except that they should be planted 8 to lo inches apart. Choose a warm, "good soil" and a sunny 

 exposure. 



One ounce will plant about 50 hills; four pounds will plant an acre 



TOM WATSON. A wonderfully good melon from Georgia, which is supplanting older varieties. It is an extra- 

 long melon of fine shape — 18 to 24 inches in length and 12 to 14 inches through — and runs remarkably uni- 

 form in 



Tom Watson. Attractive in appearance and uniform in shape and quality 



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STOKES' HARD-SHELL KLECK- 

 LEY SWEETS. The Kleckley 

 Sweets is the sweetest Watermelon grown, with fine grain and 

 luscious flavor. It always has been popular for home use, but 

 until recently was too tender-skinned to ship to market. My 

 Hard-Shell strain of Klecklej' Sweets has overcome this objection. 

 It has a shell hard and tough enough to resist the jolts and jars of 

 travel, yet it is not thick, and all the delicious quality of the melon 

 has been retained. The flesh is bright scarlet, crisp and melting, 

 with white seeds close to the rind. I believe this is the best and 

 most profitable Watermelon you can grow. Those who plant it 

 once order it every year afterward; man}' buy it in lots of several 

 pounds at a time, for planting for the market. The seed I offer has 

 been saved especially for my firm from perfect, ripened melons, 

 selected because of their perfection. It is pedigreed stock that 

 I know all about, and I know it will give money-making results. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., 34lb. 35 cts., lb. Si. 25, postpaid; by 

 express, lb. Si. 15, 5 lbs. SS-So, 10 lbs. Sio. See color plate on 

 page 26. 



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green with flesh a brilliant scarlet; ven.' crisp and sugary. The 

 rind is thin, but tough, and the seeds small. They grow to immense 

 size; weighing from 40 to 50 pounds, but remain tender and 

 delicious. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., Jilb- 40 cts., lb. Si. 25. 



LITTLE PRINCESS. This is a real ^j^ChTox/c I TYI 



Novelty — a Watermelon that you can ^^^IN v.^ V LL- I 1 | 



serve on a butter plate to each member of the family. They're 

 good, too — nice, rich scarlet flesh, with a small brown seed. Just 

 cut them in half and serve as j'ou would a grapefruit or an orange. 

 Don't try them for market. They would be of no use on the 

 market-stall, but for your own private table in your own little 

 garden they are choice. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 40 cts., 3^4lb. Si. 



Alabama Sweets. Dark green, with darker stripes 



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size and form. The 

 melons weigh 50 to 60 pounds 

 each. The vine is remarkably 

 prolific, ripening perfect fruit 

 along its entire length. For the 

 number of good melons pro- 

 duced. Tom Watson cannot be 

 excelled. The appearance is 

 most attractive, with a rich, 

 dark green rind that is tough and 

 easily withstands shipment to 

 distant markets. It is not so 

 tender nor of so good quality as 

 Stokes' Hard Shell Kleckley 

 Sweets; but it is good, and is a 

 very profitable melon to grow 

 for market. The seeds are 

 brown, tipped with white. This 

 melon is valuable for northern 

 growers, because it matures in 

 good time, and is most popular 

 in the South because of its fine 

 shipping qualities. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 oz. 15 cts., Ulb. 30 cts., lb. $1, 

 postpaid; by express, lb. 90 cts., 

 5 lbs. S4, 10 lbs. S7.50. 

 ALABAMA S'WEETS. An early, very 

 sweet, oblong melon, grown for years 



^PECIALTYI 



Alabama and other southern Watermelon sections. The rind is 

 dark green, with a darker green, mottled stripe, and the rind, while 

 thin, is very tough. 



making the melon 

 first-class for ship- 

 ping. The flesh is 

 bright red, sweet 

 and tender, free 

 from stringiness. 

 The brownish seeds 

 are in small cavi- 

 ties. The seed I 

 offer is a selected 

 and improved 

 strain, grown for 

 me by a man who 

 uses onh' the ear- 

 liest melons for 

 seed. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. IS cts., J^lb- 

 35 cts., lb. 5i. 

 postpaid ; by ex- 

 press, 5 lbs. $4, 

 10 lbs. $7.50. 

 TRUE DIXIE. Ten 

 days earlier than 

 Kleckley's Sweets 

 and almost equal 



Little Princess 



in quality. It is a cross between Kolb's Gem and the old-fashioned 

 Mountain Sweet, with the shipping quality of Kolb's Gem and the 

 flavor of Mountain Sweet, which ripens much later. It is of the 

 same shape as Alabama Sweets and has indistinct stripes. A 

 single vine frequently ripens six or eight melons. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 

 10 cts., 141b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts., postpaid; by express, 5 lbs. S3, 

 10 lbs. S5. 



ANGEL'S KISS. Fine in even,-thing except name. Large, oblong; 

 flesh flat red. solid and fine; of melting, sugary sweetness. The 

 melons are silvery gray mottled, with a tough but thin skin, and 

 weigh from 30 to 40 pounds each. They are very attractive on 

 the table. The vines make a vigorous growth, and bear great 

 numbers of the handsome melons. This variety is one of the 

 choicest that can be had. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., J^4lb. 40 cts., lb. 

 Si. 25, postpaid; by express. 5 lbs. S5. 



HALBERT HONEY. Long; dark green; too tender for shipping, 

 but fine for home use. It has little pulp, and is very melting. It 

 is sliglulv ridged, blunt at both blossom and stem ends, and runs 

 fnmi 15 to 30 inches in length. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., H^h. 

 35 cts., "lb. $1. 



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