H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 



I CHALLENGE the 

 W^RLDtoPRODUCE 



ABETTE1\MEL0N lis 



A Packet of Watermelon 

 Seeds, according to si/to of 

 seeds, contains from 60 to 

 150 peeds. 



Swedes! Flavored 

 Water Melon in 

 Cultivation & & 



TE CRISTO 



The Skin and Flesh are of Splen- 

 did Color. It is very 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 

 I 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 r.ew Water Melon been sold in 

 cne 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, under 

 ordinary cultivation, 60 pounds. The greatest 

 yielder. The sweetest, juiciest crisp and most 

 solid melon lever produced, never having a 

 hollow or pithy center when ripe. The easiest 

 tc 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 the 

 have cleared $100 or more per acre by grow- 

 ing Buckbee's Morale Cristo Melons. 

 Under average cultivation you can do as well or 

 better. Will you not try it this year? It is a 

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

 too thick, yet will stand the most severe hand~ 

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

 color, shaded with faint stripes of a somewhat 

 lighter color. Certainly the finest appearing 

 melon ever grown for market, shipping or table 

 purposes. Mr. Dodge, the veteran melon 



§ rower, says: "Buckbee's Monte Cristo Is the 

 est 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 including the 

 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 large advance orders from my customers, 

 who have planted Monte Cristo in past seasons, 

 and I would advise all who care to plant this 

 "King oi all Melons" in 1903, to placetheir 

 orders as early as possible. Please remember 

 that I control the entire product of this variety, 

 so S2nd to Buckbee for choicest stock seed of 

 Monte Cristo Melon. The price is within 

 the reach of all. 



Price of choicest stock seed of oar 

 own growing! Pkt. t Oc; oz. 1 5c; 2 oz» 

 25c; lb. 35c; V 2 lb. 60c; lb. $1.00f 

 5 lbs. S4.00, prepaid. 



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