T. W. WOOD & SONS 
Seedsmen Since 1879 
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 
WOOD'S 
S GROWN N WATER MELON SEEDS ss 
Georgia Rattlesnake Extra Early Bark Icing 
Florida Favorite 
Carolina Bradford 
Kleckley’s Sweet or Monte Christo 
Prepare hills 8 or 10 feet apart each way hy working in thorough¬ 
ly rotted manure, or poultry droppings—rich ground gives the 
plants a good start before insects attack them. When the ground 
is warm plant 6 or 8 seeds to the hill, covering an inch deep and, 
when well up, thin out, leaving three strong plants to each hill. 
Do not grow near pumpkins and gourds. One ounce will plant 30 
hills; 3 lbs. one acre. 
274. Extra Early Dark Icing D 0 a f ys t ] h T D wg k Siufni 8 but 
makes ripe fruits earlier than any other good melon, and is extra 
good for home use and the nearby market. The meat is rich, red 
and sugary to the very thin rind. There is no better extra early 
melon, and if you want the first watermelon in your neighbor¬ 
hood, or want to be first on your local market, plant Extra Early 
Dark Icing. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; V4 lb. 25c; lb. 85c, postpaid. 
Not postpaid, 2-lb. lots 65c per lb.; 5-lb. lots 60c per lb.; 10-lb. 
lots 55c per lb. 
No. 279. Improved Georgia or Augusta Rattlesnake 
[90 Days]. —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 account 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 unsurpassed by any other melon. We recom¬ 
mend it for both the home garden and for shipping. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 10c; lb. 25c; lb. 75c, postpaid. Not postpaid, 2-lb. lots 55c 
per lb.; 5-lb. lots 50c per lb.; 10-lb. lots 45c per lb. 
No. 271. Florida Favorite jgffl;,’ SfSJ?*.'. 
Early Dark Icing, yet Florida Favorite is classed as an extra 
early melon. There are few melons that can equal it in sweet¬ 
ness; it is not stringy; the flesh is bright crimson, crisp, solid 
and deliciously sweet. Although bigger melons have been intro¬ 
duced, Florida Favorite holds its splendid reputation for uni¬ 
formly good quality and is a prime favorite especially for the 
home garden. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 75c, postpaid. 
Not postpaid, 2-lb. lots 55c per lb.; 5-lb, lots 50c per lb.; 10-lb. 
lots 45c per lb. 
No. 276. Thurmond Gray [85 Days] —A heavy producer of 
J large, long mielons 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 sun¬ 
burn 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. 5c; oz. 10c; V4 lb. 25c; 
lb. 75c, postpaid. Not postpaid, 2-lb. lots 55c per lb.; 5-lb. lots 
50c per lb.; 10-lb. lots 45c per lb. 
No. 270. Irish Gray [85 Days] —In sweetness it is like 
J Kleckley’s Swieet; m 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 treatment in transit; its keeping quality will appeal to 
shippers who have experienced losses on account of glutted mar¬ 
kets. The color is a distinct mottled greenish gray; the flesh is 
red, sweet, crisp and free from stringiness. Although a grawd 
shipper, it is equaly fine for the home garden. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 
14 lb. 25c; lb. 75c, postpaid. Not postpaid, 2-lb. lots 55c per lb.; 
5-lb. lots 50c per lb.; 10-lb. lots 45c per lb. 
No. 272. Carolina Bradford t 90 Days] — Bradford is not 
an early melon, but is one of 
the largest of the long varieties, and where best known it is pre¬ 
ferred to all others. The color is a dark green with a still darker 
stripe; the flesh is deep red, is free from strings, fine grained, 
crisp, sweet and tender. The size of Bradford insures plenty of 
heart. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 25c; lb. 75c, postpaid. Not postpaid, 
2-lb. lots 55c per lb.; 5-lb. lots 50c per lb.; 10-lb. lots 45c per lb. 
No 27"^ Alabama Qwppf [90 Days] —When grown on good 
mo. Alabama aweet soil and under hlgh cultivation, 
they frequently weigh fifty pounds, and they are practically all 
meat, for the rind is thin. There is a marked absence of the 
stringiness so often found in extra large melons; the bright red 
flesh is firm and very sweet and luscious. The melons are long, 
dark green with dark irregular stripes. A fine melon for the 
home garden and for nearby market. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; V4 lb- 25c; 
lb. 75c, postpaid. Not postpaid, 2-lb. lots 55c per lb.; 5-lb. lots 50c 
per lb.; 10-lb. lots 45c per lb. 
No. 269. Kleckley’s Sweet or Monte Christo 
THE “WONDERMELON.” [90 Days] —Those who think they 
know watermelons will tell you that until you have eaten a 
slice of Improved Kleckley’s you haven’t really tasted the finest 
flavor to be found in watermelons. All of the sparkling, crisp, 
bright crimson meat is deliciously sweet right up to the thin 
rind. For the home garden we recommend it without reserve; 
and though not bred as a shipper it carries well for long dis¬ 
tances, for the rind, though thin, is very tough. The size, too, is 
in its favor, for it is not unusual to have them weigh 50 pounds 
and more. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 25c; lb. 75c, postpaid. 
Not postpaid, 2-lb. lots 55c per lb.; 5-lb. lots 50c per lb.; 10-lb. 
lots 45 c pjer lb. 
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