JEROME B. RICE SEED COMPANY, CAMBRIDGE, N. Y. 
WATER MELON 
Culture .'— Watermelons are cultivated in hills, which should be 6 to 8 feet apart each way, and composed of light 
moderately rich soil. The hills should be dug about 2 feet square 18 inches deep, and half-filled with well-rotted 
manure, which must be thoroughly incorporated with the soil. Plant in May, ten seeds to a hill, and when the 
plants are well up, thin out to three. Cultivate until the vines cover the ground, and pinch the ends of the growing 
shoots to induce early fruiting. 
One ounce will plant 25 hills; 5 pounds per acre 
WONDERMELON 
An improved strain of Kleckley’s Sweets, being white seeded and of better form; very popular in the South. 
HALBERT HONEY 
An exceptionally fine, moderately early variety, highly recommended for home garden and near-by markets; 
medium to large in size, oblong in form, well filled to the ends; skin very dark green; flesh crimson and exceptionally 
sweet. An improvement on Kleckley’s Sweets, being of better form. 
TOM WATSON 
The best shipping melon and more largely grown for that purpose than any other sort. Fruits large and long in 
shape, colored a medium green with a light tracing of a darker shade; flesh rich red and of fine quality. We have an 
especially fine stock of this melon which shows no tendency to “ white hearts.” 
OTHER STANDARD MELONS 
Citron, Colorado Preserving. A green seeded melon, 
considered an improvement on the older variety. 
Citron, Red Seeded. The old, well known, red-seeded 
preserving melon. 
Excel. The largest of the shipping melons and one of 
the best; fruit long, dark green in color with an 
irregular striping and veining of a darker shade. 
Florida Favorite. An old, well known, fairly early 
variety of excellent quality. 
Fordhook Early. Adapted for home garden and local 
markets; an extra early variety of fair size and fine 
quality; skin deep green, mottled a darker shade. 
Georgia Rattlesnake (Striped Gypsy). A very attrac¬ 
tive, fine shipping melon; large and oblong in form; 
color light green, much mottled and striped dark 
green. 
Hungarian Honey. A superb early, small seeded 
variety, globe shaped in form; color dark green, 
mottled a darker shade; flesh brilliant red; excellent 
quality. 
Harris’ Earliest. A medium sized, extra early melon, 
quite identical with Cole’s Early. 
Irish<jray. A very popular, long, fine shipping variety 
with a distinctive, gray-green skin; flesh very firm, 
crisp and sweet. 
Kleckley’s Sweets, or Monte Cristo. One of the best 
and sweetest medium early sorts for the home garden 
or local markets; fairly large in size, oblong, tapering 
slightly towards the stem end; rind very dark green 
with rich, red flesh. 
Kolb’s Gem. An old standard shipping melon of large 
size; nearly round in form with a dark green rind, 
striped lighter shades. 
Long Light Icing (Gray Monarch). A medium early, 
long, high quality melon of large size; skin pale green 
with light mottled tracing of a darker shade; flesh 
brilliant crimson. 
Peerless, or Ice Cream. A fine early, medium sized 
melon; one of the best for home gardens; short oblong 
in form, light green, mottled a darker shade. 
Round Dark Icing. A moderately early, medium large 
fine quality melon with dark green rind. 
Round Light Icing. Quite similar to the above but 
with a bright green rind, veined a darker shade. 
Stone Mountain. A very large, nearly round or 
“ blocky ” melon of high quality. Rind fairly tough, 
dark green; flesh sweet, rich scarlet, with few seeds; 
very prolific. 
Sweetheart. A medium early melon of large size and 
a fair shipper; semi-oblong in form; color very light 
green, slightly veined a darker shade. 
Thurmond Gray. A new greenish-gray melon of large 
size and one of the very best shippers. The flesh is 
bright red, sugary and solid. The fruit does not sun- 
bake readily,and on account of its large size and excel¬ 
lent shipping qualities is a prime favorite in the 
South. 
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