^ watermelons ^ 



CULTURE.— One ounce of seed to thirty hills. Watermelons require a rich, sandy soil 

 for best development. Cultivate the same as for Cantaloupes, except that the hills should 

 be eight to ten feet apart. 



,»^^LECKLEY'S SWEETS. 



Skin dark green, thin rind, flesh scarlet, 

 very solid, firm and most luscious quality. 

 For the home market or family garden it 

 is decidedly one of the best. Pkt.. 5c. 



Oz., 10c. 1/4 lib., 20c. Lb., 50c. 



BLACK BOULDER. 



It is enormously productive, reaching a 

 mammoth size, with rich, dark green skin. 

 It cuts equal to any Melon we have ever 

 eaten, and its shipping qualities are phe- 

 nomenal, no other Melon equaling it in 

 tough skin and rind; in this respect even 

 superior to Kolb Gem. 



Pkt., 5c. Oz., 10c. 1/4 Lb., 20c. 

 Lb., 50c. 



Florida Facvorite. 



THIS we consider the richest and 

 sweetest flavored Melon grown, of 

 medium size and prolific. The best 

 of all for family garden. It is now very 

 popular with the truckers and Melon- 

 growers of Maryland and Virginia, and 

 sells readily in the Baltimore market, 

 put., 5c. Ox., 10c. 1/4 Lb., 15c. 

 Lb., 35e. 5 Lbs., .fil.SO. 



Mclver's Sugar Watermelon. 



In outward appearance it somewhat re- 

 sembles the old Rattlesnake. The qual- 

 ity, however, is so much superior that it 

 is an injustice to mention the Rattle- 

 snake on the same page with it, as it 

 even surpasses such excellent varieties 

 as Florida Favorite and Icing. It is also 

 an extremely productive and hardy va- 

 riety, put., 5c. Oz., lOc. 



1/4 Lb.. )5c. Lb.. 40c. 



EDHOOK EARLY. 



OILD BALTIMORE. 



[/flLIUMPH WATER-MELON. 



IT is early, very lar^^e. of oblong shape, and the flesh is of 

 handsome crimson color, deliciously sweet, and extending close 

 up to the rind. It has a thin, hard rind, beautifully mottled 

 light and dark green. Its perfect shape, faultless color, fine tex- 

 ture and excellent flavor combine to make it one of the very 

 best Melons that grows. It is a good shipper, and beats all 

 others as a seller. 



put.. 5c. Oz., lOc. 1/4 Ll».. 20c. Lb.. 50c. 

 5 Lbs., .-^a-OO. 



This is a very early variety, growing 

 to a good size; color, medium green; 

 form, nearly round: seeds, white; flesh, 

 bright red and very sweet. PUt., 5c. 

 Oz., lOc. 1/4 Lb., 20c. Lb., .50c. 



«RAY MONARCH, OR LOi\G WHITE ICING. 



Ttiis distinct Melon is without doubt one of the largest of all, 

 frequently attaining a weight of 70 pounds and over. The skin 

 Is a mottled gray color, shape long, flesh bright crimson, and of 

 sweet, delicious flavor. It is also a fine shipper, carrying well 

 'ong distances, and bringing very high prices. 



put., .5Qr^ Oz., lOc. 1/4 Lb., 20c. Lb., 40c. 



jmATTLESNAKE WATERMELON. 



Large, olrong, striped and mottled: flesh bright red; a good 

 shipper; a favorite variety in the South. 



puts., 5c. and lOc. 1/4 Lb., 15c. Lb., 40c. 



THIS new Melon, as a market sort and 

 for shipment, is the best we have ever 

 introduced. It is very prolific, very 

 early, and of uniformly large size. It is a 

 cross between the Duke Jones and the 

 Kolb Gem: has the handsome appearance 

 of the former and the fine shipping qual- 

 ities of the latter. 

 The rind, like 

 Duke Jones, is 

 of dark green 

 color: the seed 

 is exactly the 

 same color as 

 that of Kolb 

 Gem. The av- 

 erage size of 

 the Melon i s 

 very large. 



put., 5c. 

 Oz.. 10c. 

 1/4 Lb., 15c. 



Lb., 40c. 

 5 Lbs., ipi.75. 



i^^ts WATERMELON. 



IN shape the DUKE JONES resembles very closely the Kolb 

 Gem. The rind is darker green in color, with indistinct, 

 irregular stripes of dark and light green alternating; in 

 general appearance it is a dark green Melon. It averages very 

 large in size, comparatively no small Melons; is very produc- 

 tive; it is also very early in maturing, ripe Melons being 

 plucked from the vine just 67 days from the date of planting. 

 Its chief claim for popularitj' is its delicious flavor. The flesh 

 is crisp and very sweet, firm, but not too tough; no hard 

 middles: but ripens evenly throughout; flesh deep crimson in 

 color. The Duke Jones is the largest of Melons, but has no 

 superior in its delicious flavor. 



put., 5c. Oz., lOc. 1/4 Lb., 15c. 

 Lb., 35c. 5 Lbs., $1.50. 



, CITRON. 



J/ FOR PRESERVES. 



Fruit round, handsome and small. 

 Used in making preserves only, 

 put., 5c. Oz., 10c. 1/4 Lb., 20c. Lb., 60c. 



DUKE JONES. 



ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY REPAIRED. 



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