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D. H. Gilbert, Monticello, Florida 
Grey Jacket 
T HE productiveness is wonderful, the eat¬ 
ing quality is all that could be desired in 
a watermelon, the sparkling red flesh is 
very sweet and entirely free from hard centers 
or stringiness, yet the flesh is very firm and 
compact. The size is uniformly large, color 
of rind grey, ripens medium early, and is one 
of the best shippers. 85 days; 30 pounds. 
Hasting’s Greystone 
T HE Originators of Greystone claim it is a 
grey skin Stone Mountain with small 
white seeds, it has all the splendid quali¬ 
ties of the Stone Mountain, blocky shape, tend- 
t»r, firm, fine grained sweet flesh. 85 days: 35 
pounds. 
