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Improved Kleckley Sweet Watermelon 



SUPER-STANDARD 



This very large Kleckley is proving to be extremely profitable 



Days to maturity, 87. When the original Kleckley Sweet was introduced, some twenty-five years ago, 

 it was looked on as an excellent eating melon, but one which had a tendency to run to the smaller sizes. 

 Tom Watson, a great shipping melon for northern markets, we have always considered of distinctly inferior 

 quality. This new strain of Improved Kleckley Sweet combines the good features of each. It produces 

 uniformly large, long melons, resembling Tom Watson, with thin rind, but tough enough for reasonable 

 shipping distances and the inside flesh is fully up to the quality of the original Kleckley and free from hard 

 centers. The outside of the melon is a dark, rich green and the larger sizes have small crease-like markings, 

 making it most attractive. It is very prolific. See photograph. The seed is pure white. 



Mr. Arthur Royer, from Greenville, Ills., writes of our Improved Kleckley Sweet as follows, under date 

 of October 17, 1925: "Hail ruined all of our early melons. We had a late patch to ripen in September and 

 October, and I wish to say they were very sweet and fine in spite of their late ripening. I have raised melons 

 for several years — in fact, all my life — and I can truthfully say that Stokes has the best and truest Kleckley 

 Sweet Melons I have ever tried out." Price, delivered: Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; Vilb. 40 cts.; lb. $1.35; 

 5 lbs. or over, $1.25 per lb. 



Fordhook Early 



Days to maturity, 85. This, probably, is the earliest variety of Watermelon grown in this country, and, 

 of its class, we consider it v^ery worthy of consideration. Harris Earliest, a melon of the same group, not 

 only matures later, but is not of equal quality, and we have now discontinued it. Fordhook Early will 

 mature in the more northerly districts where Kleckley Sweet will not, and in the latitude of Philadelphia 

 it will produce melons three weeks ahead of Kleckle3\ The skin is dark green, flesh bright red, and seed 

 dark brown. Price, delivered: Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; i^lb. 35 cts.; lb. $1.25; 5 lbs. or more, $1.15 per lb. 



Success 



Days to maturity, 95. This large, main-season variety has consistently proved to be a money-maker for 

 the New Jersey growers. The flesh is of coarser texture than the Kleckley Sweet, but the flavor is very fine 

 and its solid, dark green melons find a ready market. It very often runs 40 to 50 pounds per melon. Although 

 not a round melon, it is not as long as Kleckley Sweet, averaging qbout 15 inches in length and 10 inches in 

 width. This variety Can be highlv recommended to our trade. Price, delivered: Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 

 V41b. 35 cts.; lb. $1.25; 5 lbs. or more, $1.15 per lb. 



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