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WATERMELONS 



CVLTl'RE. — 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 or ten feet apart. 



IT is early, very large, of oblong shape, and the flesh is of handsome crimson color, 

 dellciously 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 

 texture 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. 



Packet, ."c. Ouuce, 10c. Yi Pf>uiiil, liDc. Pound, (iOc. 



Florida Favorite 



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 markets. 

 Pkt., 5c. Oz., 10c. % lb., 20c. Lb., 50c. 

 McIVER'S SUGAR WATERMELOX. 

 In outward appearance it somewhat 

 resembles the old Rattlesnake. The 

 quality, however, is so much superior 

 that it is an injustice to mention the 

 Rattlesnake on the same page with it, 

 as it even surpasses such excellent va- 

 rieties as Florida Favorite and Icing. 

 It is also an extremely productive and 

 hardy variety. 



Pkt., 5c. Ox., 10c. % lb., 20c. L.b., 50c. 

 FORDHOOK EARLY. 



This is a very early variety, growing 

 to a good size; color, medium green; 

 form, nearly round; seeds, white; flesh, 

 bright red and verv sweet. 

 Pkt., 5c. Ox., 10c. 1/4 lb., 20c. Lb.. 60c. 



Duke Jones 

 Watermelon 



IN shape the DIKE JOXES 

 resembles verv closely the 

 Kolb Gem. The rind is 

 darker green in color, with in- 

 distinct, irregular stripes of 

 dark and light green alternat- 

 ing; in general appearance it 

 is a dark green melon. It 

 averages very large in size, 

 comparatively no small mel- 

 ons; is very productive; 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 popularity is its de- 

 licious flavor. The flesh is 

 crisp and very sweet, firm, but 

 not too tough; no hard mid- 

 dles, but ripensevenly through- sj,,^, ^ 

 out; flesh deep crimson inJi^^^^^^ 

 color. The Duke Jones is the 

 largest of melons, but has no 

 superior in its delicious flavor. 

 Pkt., oc. Ox., 10c. % lb., 20c. 

 Lb., 50c. 



GRAY MONARCH, OR LO.\G WHITE ICIXG 



This distinct melon is without doubt one of the largest of 

 all. frequent y 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 sh^jper carry : 

 ing well long distances, and bringing very high prices' 



, Pkt., 5c. Ox., 10c. 14 lb., 20c. Lb., 50 c. 



RATTLESXAKE WATERMELOX. 



Striped and mottled; flesh bright red; a good 

 shipper; a favorite variety in the .South 



Pkta., oc. and 10c. 14 lb., 20c. Lb., oO c. 

 BRADFORD WATERMELOX. 

 ^^-'^J^^'^ri^^ above all others in sections where it has been 

 grown. It makes a strong, healthy growth of vine and is 

 very productive. The melons grow to a large size rind dark 

 green with darker stripe; flesh red and remarkably tende^ 

 and sweet. An excellent melon for home use '"'""^"'^ '^enae. 

 Pkt., 5c. Oz., 10c. 14 lb., 25c. 



DUKE JONES. 



BLACK BOULDER. 



It is enormously produc- 

 tive, reaching a mammoth 

 size, with rich, dark green 

 skin. It cuts equal to any 

 melon we have ever eaten, 

 and its shipping qualities are 

 phenomenal, no other melon 

 equaling it in tough skin and 

 rind; in this respect even su- 

 perior to the Kolb Gem. 

 Pkt., 5c. Ox., 10c. 1/4 lb., 30c. 

 Lb., 65c. 



KLECKLEY'S SWEETS. 



Skin dark green, thin rind, 

 flesh scarlet, very solid, firm 

 and most luscious quality. 

 For the home market or fam- 

 ily garden it is decidedly one 

 of the best. 



put.. 5c. Oz.. 10c. Vt lb., 25c. 

 Lb., 7.^c. 



TriumDh 

 Watermelon 



use. 

 Lb., 75c. 



CITRON 



Pkts., 5c. 



For PrcBcrves. Fruit round and hand- 

 some. Lsed in making preserves onU'. 

 and 10c. 14 lb., 20c. Lb., 65c. 



This new melon, as a mar- 

 ket sort and for sliipment, is 

 the very best we have ever 

 very early, and of uniformly 

 the Duke Jones and the 



introduced. It is very prolific 



large size. It is a cross between „ ^ 



Kolb Gem; has the handsome appearance of the former and 

 the fine shipping qualities of the latter. The rind, like Duke 

 Jones, is of dark green color; the seed is exactlv the same 

 color as that of Kolb Gein. The average size of the melon is 

 very large. Pkt., 5c. Oz., 10c. 14 lb., 20c. Lb., 40c. 



BLACK STRIPED KOLB 

 GEIVI WAXERMELOIV 



The size of this fruit is uniformly large; shape oval; color 

 a rich dark green with fine stripes of lighter shade; much 

 darker and richer than the old well-known Kolb Gem; flesh 

 rich deep pink; crisp and melting; ripens to within half inch 

 of rind. The exceptionally strong rind makes it an excellent 

 shipper; flavor remarkably sweet and sugary. 



Pkt., 5c. Oz., 10c. 14 lb., 20c. Lb., 50c. 



