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LETHERMAN’S SEED HOUSE, Canton, Ohio 
WATERMELON 
1 ounce will plant 25 to 30 hills. 4 to 5 pounds to the acre. 
CULTURE—Watermelons do best on light sandy drianed soil. The hills should be 6 to 8 feet 
apart. Plant 6 to 8 seed to each hill using a shovelful of well rotted manure under each hill, cover 
with V 2 inch of fine soil. If commercial fertilizer is used it should be high in ammonia and potash. 
Plant when soil is warm and thin out to 3 of the strongest plants to the hill. 
Improved Kleckley Sweet 
<$>STONE MOUNTAIN. A large nearly round rich greer—q ^IMPROVED KLECKLEY SWEET. Medium early. The 
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melon with highly colored scarlet fine grained fleshi_ 
of delicious sweet flavor. It is early enough to be[T? 
grown successfully in Ohio near Canton. An ex¬ 
cellent variety for home and nearby market. Pkt. 
5e, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 35c, lb. $1.25. 
CRAYSTONE. A medium early large round blunt ended 
melon, with few seeds and a great amount of solid 
heart. Flesh rich scarlet, fine grained and sweet. 
The rind is greenish-gray. Primarily a home and 
local market melon, but will stand shipping if not 
loaded heavily. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, V 4 lb. 35c, lb. 
$1.25. 
melons are 18 to 22 inches long, cylindrical and 
very dark green. Flesh is bright red, tender, ex¬ 
tremely sweet with solid heart. A most desirable 
' melon for home and market gardens. Pkt. 5c, ox. 
10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
HALBERT’S HONEY. A fine variety for the home 
garden and local market. It is a long melon, dark 
green, thin rind with fine veins. Flesh deep red, 
sweet, tender without stringiness and extends close 
to the rind. Medium early. Pkt. 5e, oz. 10c, Vi lb. 
25c, lb. 75c. 
COLE’S EARLY. A very early variety, nearly round, of 
medium size. Dark green rind with lighter stripes. 
Flesh bright red, very firm and deliciously sweet. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, i / 4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
<*>HARRIS EARLIEST. An early variety desirable where 
the growing season is short. Fruits medium size, 
short, oval with dark and light green stripes. Flesh 
bright red, of good flavor. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 
25c, lb. 75c. 
SWEETHEART. Fruits are large round to slightly 
oblong. Rind is light green with fine darker veining, 
very tough and elastic making it a good shipper. 
Flesh bright red, crisp and sweet. Medium early. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
Harris’ Earliest 
CITRON (Colorado Preserving). Excellent for making 
preserves. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, i/» lb. 30c, lb. $1.00. 
