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D. H. Gilbert, Monticello, Florida 
Phinney’s Early 
A VERY sure cropper; vines vigorous and 
fruiting quite heavy. Fruit oblong and 
striped with two shades of green; rind 
thin. Mesh pink and tender; not a good shipper; 
seed white with black tips. SO days; 20 lbs. 
Porto Rico 
P ORTO RICO is a new yellow Meshed 
watermelon. The Mesh is very tender and 
melting of a Mne sugary and delicious 
flavor, surpassing many of the red flesh melons; 
the outside skin is dark green mingled with 
stripes of a lighter green, grows oblong in 
shape, with firm, hard rind, and should prove a 
popular watermelon for home gardens. 90 
days; 25 pounds. Seed brown. 
