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Sj^ • SALZER’S • SEEDS 
KING & QUEEN WATERMELON 
Perfectly round, averagres 
about 10 pounds in weight 
and has small blatrk seeds. 
The flesh is bright red, crisp 
and juicy a n d tlie outside 
color is white with indistinct 
green stripes. Originated in 
the Volga Valley of Russia. 
Can be stored until February, 
retaining i t s attractive ap¬ 
pearance and delicious quali¬ 
ties in full. Think of serving 
fresh watermelon in winter! 
We introduced this in 1924 
and everybody reports tine 
success with it. 
657—Pkg., 10c; oz., 18c; 
% 11)., 4Te: Ms lb., 8;5c; lb., 
$1.:5.5; ;j lbs., $2.55; 5 Ibs., 
_ $0.20, postpaid. 
King: and Queen 
MIXED WATERMELON SEED 
ICE CREAM OR 
PEERLESS 
A white! seeded early variety of excep¬ 
tional merit. Has oblong shape and a very 
thin rind of a light green color, faintly 
mottled. A very prolific variety. Splendid 
for the North; matures in So days. The 
vines are vigorous, hardy and productive. 
E lesh IS bright scarlet, crisp and e.xcced- 
mgly sweet. 677—Pkg., .5c; oz., 14c; % 
lb.. d,-c; i/i lb., .5.ic; lb., 75c; 2 Iks., $1.40; 
5 lbs., pustpuid. 
PRIDE OF IOWA 
The New Wilt-Resistant Watermelon 
One of the outstanding developments of the past 
decade! In the state of Iowa alone, over J.00,000 
acres of productive sandy soils cannot be used for 
powing Watermelons because of wilt, ond this new 
introduction is going to prove an enormous boon^ 
not only in tliat state, but in every other state. 
Soil, once infested, can harbor the melon-wilt or¬ 
ganisms for 15 to 20 years! The only solution is 
wilt-resistant seed. 
The Iowa Agricultural Station, through Profes¬ 
sors I. E. Melhus, J. J. Wilson and D. V. Layton 
have finally developed the Pride of Iowa Wilt- 
Resistant Watermelon after years of inbreeding a 
selection from Kleckley Sweet. It is*a prolific, 
early maturing', long, dark green melon, of superior 
flavor, with thick, red, fii-m, crisp and sweet flesh. 
Light brown seeds, thick rind. It produces excel¬ 
lent crops on wilt sick soil, 
where other sorts fail com¬ 
pletely. The melons often 
weigh 40 pounds each. 651 
—Pkg., 15c; oz., 20c; 2 oz., 
35c; 14 lb., 57c; % lb., 
$1.00; lb., .$1.75, postimid. 
SalzerLs Pride of Iowa 
KLECKLEY SWEET 
t if troubled with W 
plant Pride of Iowa 
Also ealled Monte Cristo. Fruits are large and it is one of the most 
for nearby markets. Has a big. solid, superb quality lieart and, 
as Its name indicates, the flavor is wonderfully sweet. Mature.s in !)() days 
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Kleckley Sweet 
SWEETHEART 
A medium early variety producing extremely large melons 
01 excellent quality, the tous’h, elastic rind making" it an ex- 
cellent shipper. The seeds are black and the flesh very flne 
Vigorous and productive vines. Large,, oval, heavy fruits 
that ripen evenly. The rind is firm, light green, veined or 
mottled with darker shade. Bright red flesh, solid, sweet and 
free from core (hence its name). Keeps well and improves 
after ripening. 
’ y- Ih., 53c; If)., 75c; 3 lbs., 
5 |M>.st |»aid. 
GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE 
A long, fairly large melon with light green color 
irregularly mottled with dark green stripes. An ex¬ 
cellent shipping melon with unexcelled eating quali¬ 
ties, the Rattlesnake is a standard variety. The seed 
is Avhite with dark tips. Weight about 25 lbs. 
Equally well known as Gypsy Melon. This home and 
market melon has been a favorite for thirty years 
Thin rind, solid, dark red flesh, sweet and tender! 
Matures in about 90 days. 672—Pkg., 7c; oz., I 4 e; 
Vi lb., 33c; Ms lb., 53c; lb., 75c; 3 Ib.s., $1,35; 5 lbs., 
.$3.95, postpaid. 
SALZER’S SWEET SIBERIAN 
A",yellow fleshed IVaternielon that matures in 50 day.s! 
Tills hardy, extra-early strain was introduced from Siberia and is giving 
excellent results in short season .sections. It i.s grown along the Volga 
and IS an important shipping melon, 8 and 10 steamers being loaded with 
them. The melons are round, dark green, borne abundantly on the 
\ igorous, robust vines, anti the flesh is beautiful goltleii yellow sweet 
sugary and delicious. Everyone who tastes them marvels at the sweet 
flavor of the.se melons. They grow to raedinm size, averaging about nine 
inches in diameter. Salzer’s Sweet Siberian is a most valuable variety 
because of its extreme extra earliness; at market the melons sell rapidly 
at good prices. It plays an 
important part in the Rus¬ 
sian diet, the seed and rind 
both being used for pickles. 
Yields heavily. 654—I’kg., 
15f; oz., 22e; i/i lb., (i.'le; 
Vz lb., $1.15; 11)., $2.00; 
3 lbs., $3.85, posti)uid. 
OAT yi?!? ’O 
JUMBO WATERMELON 
Salzer’s Sweet Siberian 
Watermelons packed one to a washtub! The 
illustration is of an express shipment made by J. 
R. Fleming & Company, Melon Sliii)pers of Weather¬ 
ford, Texas, average weight. 7.3 pounds each. The 
dark green melons are very large, round, with thick, sugary, 
melting flesh, niid-.season in maturity, tough skin, and ship 
well. The luscious, rich, red heart is entirely free from hard 
centers. A splendid heavy melon for both truckers and home gar¬ 
deners, who want both size and quality. 
69 1—Pkg., llo; oz., :iOe.; Vi Ih., .5Te; V!: lb., $1.00; lb., $1.7.), post¬ 
paid. 
Jumbo 
-Melon 
Last year, your Sweet Siberian Watermelons made a hit with us, with the neighbors, and with some melon 
They were very fine.-Mr. Alex Risztity, R. D. 2, Kent, Ohio. 
thieves. 
