H. G. Honfings ft- Co., Sf'edstnen, Atlanta, Ga. 
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The Eattlesnake is the melon that made Georgia famous as a melon-growiug State. Xo section in the world produces 
such fine melons of this variety as does the section around Augusta, and with an eye always open for the best source of 
supply, we have a special grower of this variety in thau sectiou who grows the best strain of Rattlesnake known. This 
strain is so true, and the melons grown from it are so fine that it cannot fail to give satisfaction to those wanting the old 
time Eattlesnake that made Georgia famous for the largest, best and sweetest melons in the world. Our stock of this is 
carefully grown and seed saved only from selected specimens. In favorable seasons, it is nothing unusual to grow melons 
weighing 60 or 70 2 '>ounds. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 15 cents ; 34 pound, 35 cents ; pound, $1.00. 
HsiStiAgs* 
Xi»Ker ‘Watermelon. 
(Also Maguire.) 
The sweetest melon grown. For home 
use and near-by markets only. We first 
discovered this melon near St. Augus- 
tine, Florida, introducing it under the 
name of Tinker. We found that the 
melon known around .'tlanta as the 
“Maguire” is identically the same. 
Color is a dark green, heavily striped 
with shades of lighter green. Eindis 
very brittle, breaking easily when 
hauled over rough roads. Flesh a 
bright scarlet, crisp, tender and melting. 
Its sweetness cannot be compared with 
any other variety. It has a decided 
sweet, rich flavor, all its own. It has 
more of the rich, delicious flavor of 
honey than anything else. Melons are 
rather small of size, seldom exceeding 
30 pounds in weight, but are extra 
early. Southern-grown seed. Packet, 
HASTINGS’ TINKER WATERMELON. 
5 cents ; ounce, 15 cents ; 34 pound, 30 cents ; pound, $1.00. 
A large, long, weighty melon, with dark green rind, with 
waving stripes of almost black. Fine for late planting in 
this part of Georgia for maturing in August and Septem- 
ber. Flesh brilliant red, rich, tender, sugary and very 
juicy, extending within a half inch of the skin. Flesh solid 
throughout, without any cavities. Seed quite small and 
variable in color. Vines are strong, vigorous growers. 
This is our finest late season melon. Packet, 5 cents ; 
ounce, 15 cents ; imund, 35 cents ; 2 :»ound, $1.15. 
SEMINOEE. 
A splendid extra early melon for home use and near-by 
markets and of the finest quality. Melons are extra large 
for an early variety. In general appearance it more closely 
resembles Ihe Sugar Loaf, but melons are both green and 
gray, both colors occasionally being found on the same vine, 
II is distinctly a Southern melon, of Florida origin, and all 
who grow it are pleased with it. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 10 
I cents ; 34 po^*^<^> 20 cents ; i)ound, 65 cents. 
OTHER VARIETIES. 
We can also supply Mainmotli Ironclad, Lagonda, Mclver’s Sugar, Blue Gem, ^lountain Sweet, 
Jordan’s Gray Monarch. Delaware, Augusta Round White and Duke Jones at 5 cents packet; lO cents 
perounce; 3 ^ pound, 30 cents; pound, 6.5 cents. Cuban Queen, Georgia Rattlesnake, (as usually sold) 
Pride of Georgia, Ice Cream and Kolb’s Gem at 5 cents packet; ounce, 10 cents; ^4 pound, 30 cents; 
pound, 50 cents 
