GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 69 
Alabama Sweet. 
Alabama Sweet. The best Melon 
grown fer shipping. Oblong, very large, 
dark green, feintly striped, very sweet, 
entirely stringless; very prolific; we can- 
not recommend this Melon too highly. 
Fancy selected Southern grown seed. 
Early Dark Icing. A very desirable 
variety. Dark skin, crimson flesh, thin 
rind, quite solid and of delicious flavor. 
A fine market sort. 
Ice Cream (White Seeded). This va- 
riety is annually increasing in popularity; 
it grows to a medium size; nearly oval, 
of a pale green color, and has a thinner 
rind than any other variety; fiesh is 
bright crimson, crisp and of delicious 
flavor. 
Kolb Gem. The well-known shipping 
variety. The fruit is large, thick, and 
oval, with flattened ends. Skin striped 
with light and dark green. Flesh bright 
red. 
Black Diamond. All that eould be said 
of Kolb’s Gem as to good shipping quali- 
ties can be truthfully stated in a higher 
degree of the Black Diamond. All the 
praise of high quality bestowed on the 
Sweetheart can be repeated of this 
melon, but its prominent point of merit 
is its extreme size—no melon ever yet 
produced anything like so uniformly 
large fruit, nor approached it in produc- 
tiveness. Melons weighing from 75 to 
90 lbs. are frequent. It is the most 
Kolb Gem. 
When in Doubt Consult Steckler. 
