nterest the Children in Gardening; 



These fine Tom Watson v/atermelons were grown For seed at our Seed Breeding Station near Detroit. 



The requirements for raising water melons are practically the same as for muskmelons except that the vines are more spreading 

 and require considerably more room. If the hills are liberally manured and cultivation is careful and thorough, any home gardener 

 r-an have these delicious fruits fresh from his owti patch. 



WATER MELON 



CITRON, Red Seeded For preserves and candied fruit. The 

 stock we offer produces an abundance of round green fruits 

 distinctly marked with irregular stripes. The flesh is white, 

 very firm, and solid. Citron is not good to eat uncooked. 



Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1/4 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00. 



FERRY'S PEERLESS Highest quality very early melon. 

 Fruits of medium size, roundish to oval; bright green, 

 faintly veined; rind firm, brittle; flesh bright scarlet, of 

 splendid qualitj'; seeds white. Sometimes sold as Ice Cream. 



Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1/4 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00. 



FLORIDA FAVORITE A large midseason melon of long-oval 

 shape. Under Northern conditions the mature fruits 

 weigh 25 pounds and ripen in about 95 days. They become 

 larger in the warmer sections and are popular on account 

 of the sugary sweetness of the crisp luscious flesh. 



Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1/4 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00. 



HARRIS' EARLIEST By far the earliest and one of the most 

 attractive water melons. The fruits are oval but blocky. 

 They ripen in 80 days and are large for so early a melon. 

 Home gardeners in the North will find this particularly 

 satisfactory. 



Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1/4 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00. 



IRISH GREY IMain crop. Especially valuable for distant ship- 

 ping. Fruits large; oblong; uniform light grayish-green; 

 rind extremely hard and tough; flesh bright red; of good 

 quality. Seeds white. 



Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1/4 lb. 35c; lb. S1.00. 



KLECKLEY'S SWEETS or MONTE CRISTO Distinctly a 

 home garden melon as the dark bluish-green rind is so crisp 

 that it breaks easily. The long, oval fruits are slightly 

 larger near the blossom end. They weigh from 25 to 35 

 pounds and ripen in 105 days. We know of none better in 

 quality of flesh. 



Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1/4 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00. 



ROUND LIGHT ICING Medium early. Fruits light green 

 faintly veined with darker green; rind brittle; flesh bright 

 light red; crisp and sweet; seeds white. Fruits roundish and 

 a trifle smaller, but otherwise very similar to Long Light 

 Icing. 



Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1/4 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00. 



STONE MOUNTAIN This variety combines ex-tra large size 

 with earliness. It is nearly round in shape, pleasingly green 

 in color, and unexcelled for sweetness and juiciness. Fruits 

 weigh 60 to 80 pounds in the South, and the 95 days 

 required for maturity make it easily possible to grow cor- 

 respondingly large fruits in the North. 



Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1/4 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00. 



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