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WISEMAN-DOWNS COMPANY, INC. 
BALTIMORE 
WATERMELON 
(German, Wasser Melone; French, Melone d’Eau; Spanish, Zandia) 
CULTURE—Watermelons require a rich sandy loam, which should be well worked. Put 10 to 12 seeds in a 
hill. When the plants have formed the first pair of rough leaves they should be thinned so as to leave 2 or 3 
of the strongest and best to each hill. Make hills about 10 feet apart. One ounce of seed to 30 hills. 
TOM WATSON — This new 
melon has surprised everybody by 
its sudden rise in popularity. Al¬ 
though very new, it already occu¬ 
pies a very prominent place in all 
markets and is everywhere called 
for. It is a long green variety, 
covered with a fine netting, giving 
it a most attractive appearance. 
The flesh is of most superb quality 
and intensely red color. The rind 
is thin, but hard and tough, making 
it an excellent market and shipping 
sort. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; A lb. 20c; 
lb. 60c. 
FLORIDA FAVORITE —A 
standard sort. Long and of uni¬ 
form size. Color a beautiful green. 
Flesh very red, with a taste that 
lingers. It has long been a favorite 
with the truckers and market gar¬ 
deners. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; % lb. 
20c; lb. 60c. 
KLECKLEY SWEETS —Well does it deserve its name. 
It has a sweetness peculiarly all its own. The skin is a 
rich dark green; the flesh bright scarlet; ripening close 
to the rind. The melons average about 20 inches long 
and ripen quite early. Our strain is from the original 
stock, and we can recommend it very highly. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 15c; A lb. 20c; lb. 60c. 
THURMOND GRAY —A heavy producer of large 
long melons that have size, attractive appearance, fine 
quality and bright red, solid meat that ripens close to 
the tough thin rind and is free of strings. The green or 
greenish-gray color makes it hard to sunburn and it is 
wilt-resistant. It is a wonderful market melon, ranking 
with Irish Gray and Tom Watson as a shipper, but it 
has the fine sugary quality so necessary in a home 
garden melon. It is about as early as Irish Gray. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 10c; A lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
Stone Mountain 
IMPROVED GEORGIA OR AUGUSTA RATTLE¬ 
SNAKE —Rattlesnake has always been regarded as a 
fine melon and by many is preferred to all others. Our 
improved strain is even better than it ever was on ac¬ 
count of constant selection and watchful work on it 
throughout a period of years. The rind is thin and tough, 
the flesh deep scarlet, the flavor and fine quality are un¬ 
surpassed by any other melon. We recommend it for 
both the home garden and for shipping. Pkt. 10c; oz. 
15c; A, lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
W. D. Co.’s EXCEL —We have the best strain of 
this new variety obtainable. It is a very great improve¬ 
ment over the Tom Watson, both as to size and color. 
One market dealer says, “It is the largest melon he ever 
saw.” Some weighing as much as eighty pounds. The 
best shipping and the best market melon. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 15c; A lb. 20c; lb. 60c. 
IRISH GRAY —In sweetness it is like Kleckley’s 
Sweets; in shipping quality, uniformity in shape, size and 
in productiveness it compares with Tom Watson. The 
thin rind is so tough it will not burst from rough treat¬ 
ment in transit; its keeping quality will appeal to ship¬ 
pers who have experienced losses on account of glutted 
markets. The color is a distinct mottled greenish grey; 
the flesh is red, sweet, crisp and free from stringiness. 
Although a grand shipper, it is equally fine for the home 
garden. Oz. 10c; A lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
STONE MOUNTAIN —The largest of the round or 
nearly round melons, for on good melon ground they 
weigh 50 lbs or better. The outside color is dark gree; 
the flesh is deep red, firm and solid, almost all heart with 
no white hearts or stringiness. In delicious sweetness 
it is the equal of Halbert Honey and Kleckley Sweet and 
almost equal to Jackson. It is especially recommended 
for the home garden and nearby markets, but if care¬ 
fully packed, the rind is tough enough to stand con¬ 
siderable handling, and on arrival usually outsells all 
other melons. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; A lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
PRESERVING CITRON, or MELON —A large- 
fruited variety, pure white flesh and thin rind. This is 
expensive when bought, yet can be grown and preserved 
by any energetic housewife, who will then also know it 
to be absolutely pure and good. It is planted like 
Watermelon. Red-seeded. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; A lb. 
30c.; lb. $1.00. 
Plant The “Wisdom " Tomato 
