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WATERMELON — Continued 
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Stone Mountain (Dixie Bell or Lipsey) (Seeds White).. ..Mermake* 
A very large, nearly round or “blocky” melon of high quality. Rind 
fairly tough, dark green; flesh sweet, rich scarlet, with few seeds; very 
prolific; one of the most popular shipping varieties. 
Sweetheart .Merrily 
A medium early variety, fruits growing to a very large size; round to 
oblong in form with a rather thick, tough rind; a good shipper; color very 
light green, slightly veined a trifle darker shade; flesh bright red and 
of fair quality; seeds black. 
Thurmond Gray .Meriner 
An excellent oblong shipping melon, maturing with Tom Watson; very 
uniform and productive with a hard, gray-green shell and rich crimson 
flesh of fine quality; quite disease resistant; seeds brown. 
Tom Watson (Seeds Brown).Merry 
Probably the best shipping melon, and one of the best main crop sorts; 
grows to a very large size. Fruit large and long in shape, colored a 
medium green with a light tracing of a darker shade, not unlike Peerless 
in color; flesh rich red and of good quality. 
Winter Queen .Mersad 
A Russian variety of fair size, round in shape; rind light cream with faint, 
irregular light green stripping; early, prolific and excellent in quality. A 
good keeping and shipping variety; seeds small, black. 
Wondermelon 
Wondermelon (Imp. Kleckley’s Sweets).Mersing 
A large, oblong melon with a thin dark rind and showing faint tracings 
or indentations running the length of the melon. Also known as White 
Seeded Kleckley. 
