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Kleckley’s Sweet. This is one of the 
of a shape and color that is extremely 
desirable. The rind is very dark green, 
very thin, flesh deep scarlet, fine and of 
delicious quality. For the home market 
and family garden it is decidedly one of 
the best. 
Duke Jones. A Southern Melon of 
great merit. It is of the same shape as 
the Kolb Gem, but of much finer flavor 
and of large size. Rind dark green, red 
flesh, large and early. 
Early Triumph. A favorite mar- 
ket and shipping melon. Pi as 
early, prolific, and averages very 
large. Its fine appearance makes 
it a ready seller in any market. 
The rind, like that of the Duke 
Jones, is of a _.dark-green color, 
with indistinct stripe flesh, solid 
and sweet. 
Lone Star. This 
as brought here from Texas 
N. Henderson, Iberia Parish, 
= It has proven to be the best 
Melon for this section, either for 
market or family use. This Melon 
is above medium and very uniform 
in size; a prolific bearer, oblong 
in shape; the rind is of mottled 
green and black color, somewhat 
like the Rattle Snake, but of a 
darker green. The flesh is of a 
deep red color, solid, crisp and 
very sweet in flavor. It cannot be 
excelled by any variety. It is one of 
the leading varieties for the South. 
Steckler’s French Market, 
Frotscher’s Lone Star. 
QUTHERN STATES. 
Eden. 
A 
best flavored Melons in cultivation, and | Watermelon extensively planted in the 
splendid new _ shipping 
Carolinas, Georgia and Florida. Fifteen 
hundred acres of Eden were planted at 
one point in Florida in one season. In 
general appearance it closely resembles 
Kolb Gem, but it has light colored seed 
and a sweetness of fiesh almost equal to 
our Georgia Rattlesnake. This combina- 
tion of excellent eating and shipping 
qualities makes it a quick seller at high 
prices on northern markets. If you grow 
for shipment the Eden should interest. 
you. 
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Early Triumph. 
e Best Winter Cabbage. 
