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TESTED VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
CULTURE.—Plant In hills eight to ten feet apart each way with a shovelfull of well rotted 
manure mixed with the soil in each hill. Put six or eight seeds in each hill and finally leave when 
danger from insects is past but three strong plants. Hoe often. If extra large fruit is desired 
nave but two or three melons to the vine. 
WATER MELONS 
TOM WATSON. Typical fruits of this variety 
reach a size of twenty-four inches in length and 
twelve inches in diameter. The rind is dark mot¬ 
tled green, thin but tough enough to endure ship¬ 
ping to very distant markets. Of the long shaped 
melons it is the ibest shipper. The flesh is deep 
red and comes very close—about three-fourths of 
an inch—to the rind. The exquisite deliciousness 
of flavor possessed by the fine quality flesh of 
this melon places it in the very front rank of 
melon excellence. For the home or market gar¬ 
den, or for shipping, it is a money maker for the 
growers. Our strain of this is not surpassed in 
the market. 
SWEETHEART. A delicious melon for home 
use. Vine vigorous and productive; fruit large, 
oval, uniformly mottled light and dark green; 
rind thin but firm; flesh tender and melting. 
HARRIS’ EARLIEST. This excellent water¬ 
melon grows rather large for an early variety; 
slightly oval in shape, skin mottled light an* 
dark green. It is uniform in size and shape; the 
flesh is solid, bright red, very tender and sweet. 
IRISH GREY. A very fine melon of uniform large 
size. Color of rind, yellowish gray and almost as 
tough as that of a citron. Ripens earlier than Tom 
Watson and will keep in good condition for a long 
time after picking. Very prolific and one of the best 
shippers. A very fine melon for the market. 
TRUE ICR CRRAM. The great home-market 
melon. It has too thin a rind for shipping Few, 
If any, surpass a True Ice Cream for quality and 
productiveness. Flesh bright scarlet, solid to 
center, melting and delicious. 
KX.ECKI.EY SWRRT (MONTR CRISTO). The 
finest melon yet introduced for home growing and 
table use. The fruits grow 18 to 20 inches long 
and 12 inches in diameter. The skin is a rich, 
dark green; flesh bright scarlet. The rind is but 
half an inch thick, so that shipping it long dis¬ 
tances is not practicable. The seeds are white, 
lyi’-'ar c1o«e to the skin and leaving a very large, 
solid heart, crisp, sugary, melting and entirely 
free from stringiness. The handsome appear¬ 
ance, uniform growth and luscious sweetness 
make it one of the finest melons in cultivation. 
Our seed was saved from carefully selected 
melons, and is strictly pure and true. 
ROCKY FORD. A hard shelled shipping strain 
of Kleckleys. 
CUBAN QUEEN. An excellent shipping var¬ 
iety of medium to large size, and globular to 
oval shape. Rind quite thin, flesh bright red and 
firm. Skin striped with light and dark green 
MOUNTAIN SWEET. Early and very large, 
oblong shape, rind dark green; flesh red, solid 
and sweet, a gigantic variety from whence its 
name is derived. 
FHINNEY’S EARLY. Very early; flesh bright 
red, sweet, tender and well flavored. Reliable for 
market gardeners. 
Also the following popular kinds. 
* T ew Triumph, 
Vick’s Early, 
St^ne Mountain. 
Rattlesnake. 
Black Spanish. 
Fordhook Early, 
Citron, red-seeded. 
Ironclad. 
Halbert’s Honey. 
Alabama Sweet. 
Kolb’s Oem 
Citron Colorado, green-seeded. 
Mciver’s Wonderful Sugar. 
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