Honey Rock Muskmelon 
CASSABAS or WINTER MELONS 
Golden Beauty 1 1 0 days 
Extensively grown in California for local 
trade and shipment. Requires southern con¬ 
ditions for most satisfactory growth. Large 
round fruits, 6 to 8 in. in diameter. Tough, 
wrinkled skin of golden yellow. Flesh white, 
thick, juicy and sweet. A good keeper. 
Honey Dew—Green 105 days 
Fruits round to oval with smooth nearly 
white skin. 7 to 8 in. long and 6 in. in 
diameter. Flesh thick and of light emerald 
green when picked but turns creamy yel¬ 
low after several days of storage. Requires 
a long warm growing season. Pick when 
brown lines begin to show running from 
the stem outwards on the skin and brown 
specks appear. 
Honey Dew—Salmon or Pink 1 05 days 
A cross between a cantaloupe and a cassa- 
ba. Oval-shaped fruit. Skin is smooth and 
dull white when ripe. Rind is thin but 
tough. The flesh is thick and of rich orange 
color, sweet and delicious. 
WATERMELON 
Alabama Sweet 90 days 
An excellent shipping variety with tough 
elastic rinds. The flesh is bright red, fine 
grained and sweet. Weight about 30 lbs. 
A well known and widely used variety. 
Long, with medium green skin and irregu¬ 
lar darker green stripes. White seed. 
Angelino, Black Seed (Red Flesh) 
A very popular melon for home and mar¬ 
ket gardens. Fruits medium large, averag¬ 
ing about 20 lbs. nearly round shape with 
thin, dark green, tough rind, making it a 
good shipper. Flesh bright red, firm and of 
excellent quality. 
Chilian Black Seed (Red Flesh) 
Another splendid melon for home and 
market gardens. Fruits medium small, 
round, skin deep green faintly mottled and 
striped with lighter shade. Flesh is crisp, 
fine grained and very sweet. 
Citron for Preserves (Red Seeded) 
Round fruits, 10 in. in diameter, skin me¬ 
dium green streaked with dark green. Flesh 
firm and white, unfit to eat in raw state. 
Coles Early (Extra Early) 80 days 
An excellent variety for home use and 
nearby market. Fruit 12 in. long and 11 in. 
in diameter. Very productive and of finest 
quality. Green rind striped with a lighter 
shade. Flesh bright red. Because of the 
thin brittle rind, it is not a good long-dis¬ 
tance shipper. Black seed. 
Angelino 
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