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BANANA.—This variety gets its name on 
account of the long fruits having a banana- 
like aroma. The fruits are from fifteen to 
twenty inches in length, and from four to 
six inches in diameter. The salmon flesh 
is thick and of a delicious flavor. 
PINE APPLE.—A medium sized _ early 
variety, oval in shape, and of fine flavor. 
MELON—Water. 
For Price List See Red Pages in Back of Book. 
EARLY HACKENSACK.—A very popu- 
lar variety which attains a large size, is 
round in shape and flattened at the ends; 
skin green and thickly netted; the flesh 
also is green, rich and sugary in ffavor. It 
is very productive, and extensively grown 
by market gardeners, 
Melon d’Hau (Fr.), Wassermelone (Ger.), Sandia (Sp.). Melone 1’Aqua (Ital.) 
CULTURE.—Water Melons will grow and produce in places where Canteloupes will 
not do well. The soil for this plant must be light and sandy. Plant in hills about eight 
feet apart, eight to twelve seeds in a hill; when the plants are well up thin out to three. 
The plants should be hoed often, and the ground between the hills kept clean until the 
vines touch. In order to raise large Watermelons it is necessary to fertilize the soil 
thoroughly with Steckler’s Watermelon Fertilizer mentioned elsewhere in this catalogue. 
One ounce to 25 hills; 14% pounds per acre. 
Rattle Snake. 
RATTLESNAKE.—A variety which has 
gained great popularity throughout the en- 
tire country for its size and fine shipping 
qualities, and especially so in the Southern 
States, where melons are raised in large 
quantities for the Northern markets; shape 
oblong, of light green color, and beautifully 
mottled and striped with a lighter shade; 
flesh scarlet, rind thin, very solid, and both 
sweet and delicious. Stands transit well. 
Seeds white, with two black tips. 
HALBERT’S BUBBER' RBIND. — This 
grand new variety is the product of Mr. 
H. A. Halbert, the veteran melon grower 
of Texas and the world. Mr. Halbert has 
given to the public many fine new varieties 
of melons during the years he has been 
making a specialty of growing Water- 
melons. Some have been shipping varieties 
with thick, tough rinds that wuold carry 
long distances, and others of thin skin 
type, of rich flavor and large heart for 
home use or nearby markets. His greatest 
melon until last year has been the Hal- 
bert’s Honey, so well known to every one 
in the Southwest, and, in fact, the United 
States, who grow melons. Since the in- 
troduction of the Halbert Honey, Mr. Hal- 
bert’s one ambition has been to produce a 
melon that would equal this variety and 
still produce a thin rind, harder and strong 
enough to carry long distances in good 
condition. He has succeeded beyond his 
expectations in the Rubber Rind. This 
variety has all the characteristics of the 
Halbert Honey, being of about the same 
shape, weighing from 20 to 40 pounds, very 
thick heart, seed setting close to the rind, 
flesh rich, bright red and free from strings, 
very sweet and crisp. 
DUKE JONES.—A Southern melon of 
great merit. It is of the same shape as 
the Kolb Gem, of good flavor and of large 
size: Rind dark green, red flesh; large and 
early. ' 
ICE CREAM.—(White Seeded).— This 
variety is annually increasing in populari- 
ty; it grows to a medium size; nearly 
oval, of a pale green color, and has a 
thinner rind than any other variety; flesh 
is bright crimson, crisp and of delicious 
flavor. 
The Quality is Remembered Long After the Price is Forgotten. 
