BANANA —A very long melon of easy 
culture. The flesh rather coarse grained, 
but of good flavor; light orange in color. 
LARGE YELLOW CANTALOUPE—A 
large variety, deeply ribbed; flesh thick 
and of a light salmon color. 
OSAGE —A fine, yellow fleshed variety 
of good size, the flesh is very thick and of 
a beautiful salmon color; very sweet and 
melting. 
NETTED GEM —One of the earliest and 
one of the most profitable small basket 
melons. Very uniform, of desirable shape 
and size. Flesh light green and of very 
fine flavor. 
BURRELL GEM— It has a tough, thin 
rind, and the blossom end is protected 
with a well developed button. Meat is of 
a reddish orange, very thick, fine grained 
and spicy, not containing too much water 
or acid. Seed cavity small and triangular. 
EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK— A se¬ 
lection from the old Hackensack, but is 
about ten days earlier. The melons are of 
good size and flavor. 
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(1 oz. to 30 hills, 4 to 5 lbs. per acre) 
CULTURE —Watermelons do best on 
newly-broken sod or prairie land, or on soil 
prepared by plowing under a crop of wheat 
or rye in the spring. The seed should not 
be planted until the soil has become thor¬ 
oughly warmed, about corn planting time. 
Plant five or six seeds in hills eight or ten 
feet apart each way. The soil in the hills 
should be made very rich by mixing in a 
few shovelfuls of well rotted manure. 
When the plants are well established, thin 
out to one or two strong plants. When 
insects molest the vines dust with Slug 
Shot, or similar preparation. 
TOM WATSON —The most popular melon 
in the South. Its shape is similar to the 
Kleckley Sweet, but the color is a lighter 
green. Its great merit is in its earliness, 
good flavor, thin rind, and good keeping 
qualities, making it one of the best of ship¬ 
pers. 
MITCHELHILL SEED CO., ST. JOSEPH, MO. 
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