WALTER^ P. STOKES ^ 219 Market Street. PHIbADEIJPHIA,EA. 



WATERMELON 



Culture. — Treat the same as muskmelon, except that they should be planted 8 to lo feet apart, selecting a light, sandy soil. One 

 ounce will plant about 50 hills; 4 pounds will plant one acre. 



Stokes* Hard Shell Kleckley Sweets Watermelon 



The Kleckley Sweets has long been one of our most popular melons for the home market. It has the sweetness, 

 luscious flavor of the perfect melon, but unfortunately its thin and brittle rind has made it undesirable as a shipp 



In this new strain, now offered 

 for the first time, there is devel- 

 oped a melon with a shell hard 

 enough to carry to market, having 

 been carefullj- selected for a series 

 of years for this result. The rind 

 is not thick, but the skin is so 

 hard and tough that it resists the 

 jolts and jars of travel to a re- 

 markable degree. The seed I 

 offer has all been saved from the 

 largest selected melons and should 

 produce splendid results. Pkt. 

 10 cts., oz. 20 cts., Klb. 50 cts., lb. 

 Ji-75! by express, 5 lbs. and over, 

 Jfi.50 per lb. 



the fine grain 

 ing melon for 



and the 

 market. 



PEDIGREE SEED COUNTS IN 

 FIELD AND CASH KESULTS 



Stokes' Hard Shell Klecklsy Sweets Watennelon 



True Dixie Watermelon 



The True Dixie is a cross between the KolbGem and old-fashioned 

 Mountain Sweet, and surpasses the Kolb Gem in shipping qualities, 

 and fully equals the Mountain Sweet, Kleckley and Florida Favorite 

 in superior eating quality, and is ten days earlier than any of them. It 

 is a long oblong in shape, with an indistinct stripe, and a fine ship- 

 per. Its great productiveness is shown from the fact that it fre- 

 quenly matures six to eight large melons to the vine. Pkt. 5 cts.,oz. 

 10 cts., Klb. 25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 



The Bradford Watermelon 



NEW SHIPPING MELON 



This is a new candidate for favor as a large, fine flavored shipping 

 melon. As shown in the illustration, it is oblong in shape with rather 

 square ends. The skin is very dark green, with still darker stripes, 

 which it is impossible to show in the photograph. The flesh re- 

 sembles in texture the old Mountain Sweet, than which there was 

 no finer flavored melon ever introduced ; verj- tender and yet solid 

 to the heart. The flesh is dark red in color, the seeds being small 

 and nearly wliite, flecked with a brown spot on each side. Under 



good cultivation they grow to very large size, frequently weighing 

 from 40 to 60 pounds and commanding the very highest prices in 

 any market. By mail, postpaid, pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Vlb. 30 cts., 

 lb. $1 ; by express, 5 lbs. and over, 90 cts. per lb. 



Alabama Sweets Watermelon 



The Bradford Watermelon 



Alabama Sweets Watermelon 



This is one of the most popular Watermelons of the \\'est. South 

 and Southwest, as it is very largely grown for shipping to northern 

 markets, and it is one of the best melons for this portion. It makes 

 a uniformly fine, large, dark green melon, very uniform in size and 

 shape and a carload of them makes a very handsome appearance. 



The rind is not thick, but thick and tough enough lo stand ship- 

 ping well. The flesh is of a deep rich red, melting and tender and 

 without core. The seeds are small and light in color. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz-.' 10 cts., J^lb. 30 cts., lb. 90 cts.; by express, 5 ll)s. and over, 

 80 cts. per lb. 



L. B. Robertson, of Adri.Tii, Micliignii, writes: "The seeds purcliaseii 

 (rom you are.wiUioul e.xceplioii, llie linesl and most satisfactory ever planted 

 by me." 



E. L.Smith, D.D. S., of MarlinsburR, West Virginia, writes: " Vour seeds 

 are fine. I'm much jileased with the other order and results." 



G. A. Fleck, of Chester Si)r'ngs, r.i., writes : " Vour seeds are the finest 

 I have ever grown." 



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