GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
> All that could be said 
Black Diamond. of Kolb’s Gem as to 
good shipping qualities can be truthfully stated ina 
higher degree of the Black Diamond. All the praise 
of high quality bestowed on the Sweet Heart can be 
repeated of this Melon, but its prominent point of 
merit 1s its extreme size—no melon ever yet pro- 
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duced anything like so uniformly large fruit, nor 
approached itin productiveness. Melons weighing 
from 75 to 90 pounds are frequent. It-is the most 
prolific Water Melon ever planted. Its color isa 
rich, dark green, almost black. Its symmetrical 
shape, roundish to bluntly oval, is uniform through- 
out the field. 
The vine is extremely vigorous. 
Alabama Sweet. 
Alabama Sweet. 
The best Melon grown for shipping. Oblong, very large, dark green, feintly 
striped, very sweet, entirely stringless; very prolific; we cannot recommend 
this Melon too highly. Fancy selected Southern grown seed. 
Kolb Gem, 
Kolb Gem. 
ends. 
The well-known shipping variety. The fruit is large, thick, 4nd oval, with flattened 
Skin striped with hght and dark green. 
Flesh bright red. 
Steckler’s Seeds Are the Best. 
