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Watermelon. 
One ounce to 50 hills, or abont three pounds to an acre. 
Mountain Sprout. A good market sort, fruit of 
large size; longish oval; skin dark green, marbled 
•with light shades; red flesh of excellent quality. 
Mountain Sprout. 
Black Spanish. 
Black Spanish. Fruit large, of a round shape, 
color a very dark green, and seeds black. 
Mountain Sweet. Fruit oblong, dark green, 
rind thin, flesh red, solid and very sweet. 
Ice Cream or Peerless, Fruit of medium size, 
nearly round; skin pale green, rind very thin, 
white seeds, flesh solid and delicious. 
Ice Cream or Peerless. cleorgia Rattlesnake, 
Georgia Rattlesnake. One of the largest va- 
rieties, and stands shipment long distances. 
Fruit cylindrical, square at the ends, smooth, dis- 
tinctly striped and mottled light and dark green. 
Flesh bright scarlet, and very sweet. 
Pride of Georgia. Originated in Monroe Coun- 
ty, Georgia. The rind is dark green, shape nearly 
oval, and ridged like an orange; grows partly on 
one end, flesh rich scarlet, very sweet and crisp; 
attains a large size, and a good shipper. 
Citron. For preserving; flesh white and solid; 
seed red. 
Scaly Bark. An excellent variety; of great value 
to shippers; remains m choice eating condition 
from ten to fifteen days after being pulled. The 
flesh is light crimson; solid, tender and of fine 
flavor. Skin is almost smooth, looks as if covered 
with fish scales. Kind, though quite thin, is re- 
markably tough. 
Cuban Queen. The largest 
and one of the best grown; an 
excellent keeper, skin beauti- 
fully striped dark and light 
green. The flesh is red, solid, 
delicate in flavor and very 
sweet; bears transit well. 
Orange. Flesh red, tender 
and sweet, separating from the 
rind like an orange. 
Cuban Queen. 
Mammoth Ironclad . A variety of undoubted ex- 
cellence, of large size and weight, crops of it 
averaging nearly 50 pounds each. The flesh is deep 
red and of a delicious rich flavor, holding its fine 
qualities very close to the skin. In ontside ap- 
pearance it is somewnat like the Gypsy. For ship- 
ping and keeping qualities the Ironclad is unsur- 
passed. The vines are strong growing, and alto- 
gether it is a most valuable acquisition. 
Kolb Gem. 
Kolb Gem. This variety originated in Alabama 
three years ago, has proved to be a very valuable 
acquisition. It is uniformly round and grows to 
a good size, often attaining a weight of twenty- five 
or fifty pounds; the flesh is a bright red and flavor 
excellent, rind dark green, striped and very tough; 
It is unsurpassed as a shipping melon, retaining 
its freshness and sweetness for a long time after 
ripening. It is unusually productive and will ma- 
ture as far north as Chicago. 
Imperial Lodi. This is now the most popular 
of all the California grown varieties. Large, ob- 
long, skin light pea-green in color, and thin. Bed 
flesh, very sweet and fine in flavor, and one of the 
very best for cultivation for market sales. 
Seminole. ) 
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The Volga. ; See Specialties. 
Green and Gold. y 
Florida Favorite. ) 
