Gilbert’s Improved Excel 
Improved Excel is the 
result of careful breeding 
and selection of the orig¬ 
inal Excel Watermelon, 
which lias both white and 
black seeds. I was suc¬ 
cessful in breeding this 
strain to all white .seed 
with black rings or tips. 
The melon grows larger 
and more uniform, with no 
round melons, making a 
much more satisfactory 
melon. Can also supply 
Black-seed type Excel. 
Halbert 
Honey 
Often called 
the sweetest of 
all melons. In 
Quality, Hal¬ 
bert’s Honey is 
simply won¬ 
derful, and of 
a rich fruity 
flavor. Entire¬ 
ly devoid of 
fibrous sub¬ 
stances, the 
sweet flesh melts away in the mouth like so much honey, even after the largest bite 
of “heart.” This is surely a sweet melon, and its delicious crimson red flesh extends 
nearly to the skin, the rind being very thin and brittle. The melon is long in shape, 
and the dark green skin makes it very attractive. The hardy vines are remarkably 
prolific. It is quite early, a good feature for the commercial grower. The flesh is 
tender and luscious, extra sweet. The rind is not tough or thick enough for long dis¬ 
tance shipping, but this is a prime favorite for local markets and home use. In good 
soil, will yield melons weighing 50 pounds. 
A NEW WATERMELON OF A DISTINCT TYPE 
Early Kansas Water Melon 
Introducing for the first time a most wonderful NEW WATERMELON, 
Early Kansas. Results from trials in many parts of the country were 
highly satisfactory, proving beyond a doubt that this is the largest of all 
early melons, ten days or more earlier to ripen than Watson. From seed 
planted at Monticello, Fla., March 21st, had ripe melon June 15th, weigh¬ 
ing over 30 pounds—only 85 days from planting the seed to ripe melon. 
The Early Kansas has finest texture, sweet flavor and melting, bright red 
meat, solid to the rind, which is about one half inch thick. Nearly round 
in form, light green with broad bands of wavey stripes, growing 30 to 
60 pound melons, with some specimens up to 80 pounds, seed red when 
green but dry to buff color and very few to each melon. It is a very 
robust grower, heavy deep rooting vines assure a heavy cropper, the 
productiveness is equal to or better than any other melon: under normal 
conditions 800 to 1,000 melons per acre weighing 30 pounds each is not 
surprising and every melon a good one, no white or stringy hearts, and 
a wonderful shipper. Note statements from large growers and receivers 
of melons about the Early Kansas Watermelon. It should make a profit 
to a grower under the same conditions other varieties may show a loss. 
Certainly is worth a trial, especially at the very low price for seed of a 
new variety. 
