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The Sweetest Flavored Water Melon 

 in Cultivation.. 



Tli« Skin and Flesh Are of Splendid Color. It is Very Heavy. 

 It Has No E)qual as a Shipping or Market Melon. 



Early, Large, Handsome, Good Shipper, Long Keeper. 



In hundreds of markets the past season it FOUND READY 5ALB \T GOOD PRICES when all other sorts went a begging for a buyer. This grandest 

 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 instance has it failed to meet the expectations of the planter. The reports received from every section that all 

 were delighted with it prove that in the hands of my custom rs BUCKBBB'S MONTE CRISTO has 

 given the same surpassing results as our careful trials at Kockford 5eed Farms. 



BUCKBEE'S MONTE CRISTO. 



" The Best Melon Ever Introduced." So said thousands of my custo- 

 mers who planted Monte Cristo in 1899. Never before in the history of the 

 sei d trade has so much seed of a new Water Melon been sold in one year, 

 and what is more, every customer whs 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 poimds. The greatest yielder. The sweetest, juiciest, crisp 

 and most soUd melon ever produced, never having a hollow or pithy center 

 when ripe. The easiest to sell on the market, for when once tried people 

 will have no other. Many of my customers have written me the past year 

 that thev have cleared $100.00 or more per acre by growing Buckbee's 

 Monte 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 handhng. The 

 M. A. PHILLIPS, Fountain Hill, Arkansas, says: "I have been 

 growing your Monte Criato Melon for three years. It can't be beat." 



outside skin is of rich, dark green color, shaded with faint stripes of a 

 somewhat lighter color. Certainly tlie finest appearing melon ever grown 

 for market, shipping or t;ible purposes. Mr. Dodge, the veteran melon 

 grower, says : " Buckbee's Monte Cristo is the best melon I ever raised." 

 What more can you ask of this melon when I say : " Not half of its good 

 qualities have been told." I only wisli that the space in this book would 

 permit of inoluiling the thousands of expressions received from my custo- 

 mers all over the globe. While my supply of seed Is larger than ever be- 

 fore, I already have large advance orders from my customers, who have 

 I)lanted Monte Cristo m pa^t seasons, and I would advise all who care to 

 plant tliis "KING OF ALL HELONS" in 1900, to place their orders as 

 cMi ly as possible. Please remember that I control the entire product ol 

 iliis variety, so send to Ruckbee for choicest stock seed of Monte Cristo 

 Melon. The price is within reach of all. 



C. STALLMAN, Orangeville, Cal., writes: "Tour Monte Cristc 

 Melon is the best 1 ever ate." 



Price of Choicest Stock Seed of Oor Own Crowing, "¥'.bl'$^.1.?P?epair* ' 



ClRARDEAU SiNEW TRIUMPH. 



After satifactory trials on our 

 Rockford Seed Farms, vre take 

 pleasure in offering seed grovrn in 

 Florida by the originator, Wm M. 

 Girardeau, who describes this 

 new melon as follows: "It is 

 early, prolific, and averages very 

 large. As a market melon it has 

 no competitor for first place in the 

 list of shipping and selling melons. 

 Its fine ai)pearance and magnifi- 

 cent proportions make it a ready 

 seller in any market. Where it 

 has been planted for long-dis- 

 tance shipping in comparison 

 with other varieties, it has dis- 

 tanced them all. The rind is of 

 a dark-green color. The aver- 

 ago size of the melon is very 

 large; a crop of two and a half 

 acres yieldicg2,418 melons, weigh- 

 ing over forty pounds each. The 

 flesh of this melon is very solid, 

 melting and sweet." Pkt. 4c, oz. 

 7c. }{ lb. 18c, X lb.30c, lb. 5(k-,. 



EVERBLARING r 



ALWAYS sweet;' 



Everbearing! 



Always^-sas^^ 



Sweel! 



The Cash Prize of $100.00 which I offered 

 for a name for this rjrand New Melon, was 

 awarded to Mr. C. R. Spence, of Atlanta, 

 Georgia. 



The Earliest Water Melon in 

 the World. 



This is absolutely the Earliest Water Melon 

 known and is sureto be lirst in the market. 

 Tt is of the most delicious flavor, very juicy 

 andsweetand is spKudid for fam^ily'use as 

 a few vines yield many early melons. Ev- 

 erybody should try this new early Water 

 Melon. 1 1 is the melon to plant if you are in 

 a climate where the season. s are snort for it 

 will ripen where other varieties will not. 

 It Is certainly a sjilcndid melon for every 

 purpose. .Just the size for family use. The 

 Ih'sh is deep red in color and exceed'ngly 

 brittle. Bv all means try this exceuent 

 melon. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10o,Ji lb. 25o, >A lb. 40o, 

 lb. 75c. 



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