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SUNSET SEED 
Melon, Water 
Melon d'Eau. Wassermelon. Zavdia. 
One ounce will plant thirty hills; four pounds will plant an acre. The culture of water melonsdiffers from 
that of musk melons mainly in that the hills should be 
wider apart, from eight to ten feet, according to the 
variety grown. An effort should be made to secure 
good, strong vines early in the season, and this can 
best be done by taking care that the hills are large, 
mellow and well-drained, with the manure placed so 
that they will not dry out quickly under hot sung. All 
possible protection from insects should he given the 
young plants, and their growth may be hastened still 
further by frequent applications of liquid manure. As 
a protection from insects, netting is frequently used, 
and also dry ashes or coal dust sprinkled over the 
leaves when wet. Plant the seeds thickly, and thin 
the plants to four of the strongest in each hill. 
Boss. A distinct, very early variety, oblong in shape, skin very dark green, flesh deep 
scarlet, sugary, melting and of fine flavor, enormously productive and considered by 
many the best table melon for family use $0 
Citron. (For preserving.) Eed-seeded; small, round, handsome fruit 
Colorado Preservinsr. This is quite distinct from the preceding variety, the seeds 
being of light green color. It is immensely productive. The flesh is very firm .ind 
solid, with few seeds. The preserving qualities are the very finest; it makes beautiful, 
clear, nearly transparent preserves, of surpassingly fine flavor 
Oz. Ji-lb. 
$0 25 
25 
15 
Lb. 
40 1 
Cuban Qneen. Remarkable for the size, weight and solidity of its fruits, which 
frequently weigh 80 pounds. The rinds are striped with light and dark green, 
thick, and tough enough to bear shipping well ; flesh bright red, crisp, melting and 
10 
25 
65 
Dixie. We consider this the best water melon there is; the vines are vigorous, hardv 
and prolific ; the fruits large, oblong, striped ; rind thin and tough ; flesh bright scar- 
let, very sweet, tender and juicy 
10 
25 
75 
Green and Gold. Nearly round in shape, skin dark green, flesh of a beautiful yellow 
10 
25 
75 
Jordan's Gray Monarch. Skin of a very light green color; attractively mottled ; flesh 
10 
2) 
75 
Kolb's Gem. Of uniform round shape, growing to a fair market size; rind hard and 
tough and lightly striped with light and dark green; flesh bright red and of average 
10 
25 
75 
Lodi or San Joaquin. A well known large cream colored variety of uniform, medium 
10 
20 
eo 
Mammoth Iron-clad. Excellent ; of large size and weight, average nearly fifty pounds 
each, flesh deep red and of a delicious, rich flavor. Unsurpassed for shipping 
10 
20 
60 
Mountain Sweet. An old standard variety ; size, large; flavor, good; rind, thin ; dark 
10 
20 
(;o 
Phinney'.s Eiirly. The earliest of all varieties, medium size, oval, quick growing, thin 
10 
20 
70 
Pride of Georgia. A southern favorite, and a good shipper. Fruits large, oval, ridged 
10 
25 
70 
Rnbj Gold. A seedling from Green and Gold, quite handsome in the coloring of ils 
flesh, which is golden yellow-striped and blotched with bright red and pink ; it ripens 
close to the rind, is solid to the center, having no core or stringiness whatever, and 
is tender, very juicy, rich, sweet and melting. The fruits are sometimes more than 
10 
25 
70 
