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HALBERT HONEY MELON 



Halbert Honey Watermelon 



This fine new variety originated with Mr. H. A. Halbeit, of Texas, who grows 30 acres every j-ear 

 for his home trade and he challenges the world to produce its equal in beauty, quality, productiveness, 

 and market demand on the part of lovers of melons. It fully equals the Kleckley in sweet flavor and has 

 fruits more even and regular in outline, with a darker richer colored skin, making it more attractive in 

 appearance. The vine is a strong vigorous grower and sets fruits very freely. The flesh is a beautiful 

 crimson, the seed is white and comparatively small. It is essentially a home melon for the nearby mar- 

 ket, as the skin is too brittle to ship long distances. 



In quality it is simply delicious, sugary, and of a rich fruity flavor peculiar to itself, devoid of all 

 •stringiness, the sweet flesh melts away in the mouth like honey. We invite everyone to give it a trial. ' 



Price per pkt. 10 cts., 2 pkts. 15 cts., oz. 15 cts., M lb. 35 cts., 1 lb. $1.00. 



Kleckley Sweets Watermelon 



The introducer says: "In our ex- 

 tensive trials of watermelons, we 

 fail to find any of so uniformly fine 

 quality as the Kleckley Sweets. It 

 is the unanimous verdict of growers 

 that it is the finest of Water-mel- 

 ons for home use or nearby market. 

 The only drawback to the variety 

 is that the fruits are too tender to 

 stand shipment. The vines are 

 strong and vigorous and the fruits 

 grow uniformly to quite large size; 

 oblong in form. The skin is a rich 

 dark green, while the flesh is bright 

 scarlet, ripening close to the skin, 

 the rind being only about one-half 

 inch in thickness. Large solid 

 hcait, which does not crack open when ripe, as is the case in many large Melons. The rich, scarlet flesh 

 is crisp, sugary, and melting to the highest degree, b^in? entirely free from any stringiness. 

 Price per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., V4. lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



New Triumph Watermelon 



This new Melon has created a furore among South- 

 ern shippers the pa.st two seasons on account of the 

 very high prices realized by the few who have grown 

 them. Triumph is a cross between the Duke Jones 

 ^nd Kolb Gem. Mr. Girardeau, the originator, 

 describes this melon as follows: 



"It is early, prolific, and averages very large. As 

 a market melon it has no competitor for first place 

 in the list of shipping and selling melons. Its fine 

 appearance and magnificent proportions make it 

 a ready seller in any market. Where it has been 

 planted for long distance shipping in comparison 

 with other varieties, it has distanced them all. The 

 rind is of dark green color. The average size of the 

 melon is very large; a crop of two and a half acres 

 yielding 2,418 melons, weighing over forty pounds 

 ■each. The flesh of this melon is red, very solid, 

 melting and sweet." Price per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., 14 lb. 20 cts., lb. 65 cts. 



