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A Packet of Watermelon 

 Seeds, according to size of 

 seeds, contains from 60 to 

 150 seeds. 



Sweetest Flavored 

 Wafer Melon in 

 Cultivation & & 



The Skin and Flesh are of Splen- 

 did Color. It is ery Heavy. Has 

 no Equal as a Shipping or Market 

 Melon. Early, Large, Handsome. 

 Good Shipper, Long Keeper. 



In hundreds of markets the past season it 

 found ready sale at good prices when all other 

 sorts went a begging for a buyer. This grand- 

 est of all varieties has been extensively grown 

 the past few seasons in almost every melon 

 growing locality of the world, and in not one 

 single instant has it failed to meet the expecta- 

 tions of the planter. The reports received from 

 every section that all were delighted with it 

 prove that in the hands of my customers BUCK- 

 BEE'S MONTE CRISTO has given the same 

 surpassing results as our careful trials at Rock- 

 ford Seed Farms. 



Buckbee's 

 Monte Cristo 



THE Best Melon Ever Introduced.' So 

 said thousands of my customers who 

 planted Monte Cristo in 1902. Never 

 before in the history of the seed trade has so 

 much seed of a new Water Melon been sold in 

 one year, and what is more, every customer 

 was pleased, fully substantiating my claims for 

 its being the largest early Water Melon to 

 mature, ripening in the remarkably short 

 period of 65 to 80 days, and weighing, undei 

 ordinary cultivation, 60 pounds. The greatest 

 yielder. The sweetest, juiciest crisp and most 

 solid melon [ever produced, never having a 

 hollcw or pithy center when ripe. The easiest 

 to sell on the market, for when once tried 

 people will have no other. Many of my cus- 

 tomers have written me the past year that they 

 have cleared $100 or more per acre by grow- 

 ing Buckbee's Monte Cristo Melons. 

 Under average cultivation yon can do as well or 

 better, WilJ you nod 4ry fS this year? J'; Is a 

 grand, good shipper; has a firm, solid rind, not 

 too thick, yet will stand 4hs mos'i severe hand- 

 ing. The outside skin is of a rich, dark green 

 soior. shaded wiih faint stripes of a somewhat 

 Hghter color. Certainly the finest appearing 

 melon ever grown for market, shipping or table 

 purposes. Mr. Dodge, the veteran melon 

 grower, says. 'Buckbee s Monte Cristo Is the 

 best melon I ever raised." What more can 

 you ask when I say: "Not half of its good qual- 

 ities have been told." I only wish that the 

 space In this book would permit of includingthe 

 thousands of expressions received from my cus- 

 tomers all over the globe. While my supply 

 of seed is larger than ever before, I already 

 have 'arge advance orders from my customers, 

 who have planted Monte Cristo in past seasons, 

 and I would advise all who care to plant this 

 "King of all Melons" in 1903, to place their 

 orders as early as possible. Please remember 

 that I control the entire product of this variety, 

 so s:nd to Buckbee for choicest stock seed of 

 Monte Cristo Melon. The price is within 

 the reach of all. 



Price of choicest stock seed of our 

 own growing: Pkt. 1 Oc; oz. 1 5c; 2 oz- 

 25c; l 4 lb. 35c; y % lb. 60c; lb. Sl.OOi 

 5 lbs. $4.00, prepaid. 



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