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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Nixon — The Real Georgia Cantaloupe 
NIXON, A GEORGIA CANTALOUPE 
/Mfl This is a real Georgia cantaloupe with a great repu- 
^llUi tation in Eastern Georgia, where it has been known 
locally for many years. In size it is large to extra large and with a 
delicious flavor. Single specimens weighing 12 to 15 pounds are 
noting unusual. In flavor and quality it is a superb variety and it 
is sun and insect proof to a marked degree. For home use and 
nearby markets for medium and late maturity it has no equal, and 
if you want a genuine Southern cantaloupe that far excels all oth- 
ers in quality and as a safe crop above all others plant Nixon. You 
will not be disappointed. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % 
pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50. 
riA I AAn Second early large size mel- 
r VIIW UC kWII Qjj fQj. jiome gardens. The 
/|y||k nearest thing to the old-fashioned musk- 
^liUi melon that you can get. Flesh is thick, 
light green, and of most delicious flavor, regularly 
ribbed and well netted. Skin green, but turns to a 
beautiful golden yellow when ripe. Packet, 5c; ounce, 
10 cents; % pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.00; postpaid. 
Improved Citron Nutmeg(No. 239) 
Fine flavored, medium sized^ slightly flattened, early 
cantaloupe, noted for its rich, spicy flavor, so desira- 
ble in cantaloupes. A “quality” melon for home use 
and nearby markets. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 10 cents ; 
% pound, 30 cents; pound, 85 cents. 
Honey Dew Melon 
/Um 9AA\ Introduced to the South by us as a nov- 
^nvi year “Honey Dew” made good 
from the start. There was a little doubt in our minds 
as to what this melon, being a native of an arid coun- 
try and always grown under irrigation would do un- 
der rainfall conditions. To our complete surprise it 
has done fine and proved to be as easily grown as or- 
dinary bush squashes. 
While very much of the type of the Casaba melons 
of the Pacific Coast its delicious honey like flavor when 
fully ripe has made it a favorite with all who have 
tasted it. The melons are of good size, weighing 6 to 
8 pounds each ; smooth light cream colored skin with 
thick, very rich, sweet, spicy flavored flesh of light 
green color. Rind is thin but tough and so close in 
texture that the rich flesh is practically sealed up and 
will keep in fine condition for weeks after being ripe. 
“Honey Dew” is certainly a wonderful addition to 
the list of melons and the time will come when no one 
in the South will fail to grow it. Good sized “Honey 
Dews” have regularly sold on the Atlanta market this 
past season from 50 cents to $1.00 each. As one enthu- 
siast said : “It has the sweetness of honey and the 
freshness of morning dew.” 
Many have asked how to tell when ripe. One of the 
successful Florida growers wrote us that the time to 
pick for full flavor was when brown lines began to 
show running from the stem outwards and skin began 
to show brown specks on the surface. Genuine Honey 
Dew Seed. Packet, 10 cents ; ounce, 85 cents ; % pound, 
75 cents; pound, $2.75; postpaid. 
The New ajid Wonderfully Popular Honey Dew Melon 
Texas Cannonball — A Real Insect-proof and Sun-proof Cantaloupe 
Texas Cannonball Cantaloupe (No. 232)j 
We have sold this splendid cantaloupe of Texas origin, as shown by 
illustration from a photograph above, for many years. It is very 
desirable for home use and nearby markets in all parts of the South. 
Medium in maturity and size and of rounded shape. In flavor it is 
first-class, and its dense netting makes it almost sun and insect 
proof, this being an immense advantage where insects are trouble- 
some and melons liable to sunscald. Is almost all meat, seed cavity 
small. Packet, 10c; ounce, 15c; % lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; postpaid. 
