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S0W • SALZER’S • SEEDS 
KING & QUEEN WATERMELON 
PRIDE OF IOWA 
Perfectly round, averages 
about 10 pounds in weight 
and has small black seeds. 
The flesh is bright red, crisp 
and juicy and the outside 
color is white with indistinct 
green stripes. Originated in 
the Volga Valley of Russia. 
Can be stored until February, 
retaining its attractive ap¬ 
pearance and delicious quali¬ 
ties in full. Think of serving- 
fresh watermelon in winter! 
We introduced this in 1924 
and everybody reports fine 
success with it. 
657—Pkg., 10c; oz., 18c; 
Vt lb., 47c; Vz lb., 83c; lb., 
$1.35; 2 lbs., $2.55; 6 lbs., 
$6.20, postpaid. 
King and Queen 
MIXED WATERMELON SEED 
Early watermelons, medium and late melons, melons of different shapes 
and markings, all mixed. Extra fine quality seed. A big bargain. 
694—Pkg., 8c; oz., 12c; 2 oz., 17c; *4 lb., 26c; Vz lb., 35c; lb., 50c; 
2 lbs., 94c, postpaid. 
ICE CREAM OR 
PEERLESS 
A white seeded early variety of excep¬ 
tional merit. Has oblong shape and a very 
thin rind of a light green color, faintly 
mottled. A very prolific variety. Splendid 
for the North; matures in 80 days. The 
vines are vigorous, hardy and productive. 
Flesh is bright scarlet, crisp and exceed¬ 
ingly sweet. 677—Pkg., 5c; oz., 14c; *4 
lb., 32c; Vz lb„ 53c; lb., 75c; 2 lbs., $1.40; 
5 lbs., $3.25, postpaid. 
The New Wilt-Resistant Watermelon 
One of the outstanding developments of the past 
decade! In the state of Iowa alone, over 100,000 
acres of productive sandy soils cannot be used for 
growing Watermelons because of wilt, and this new 
introduction is going to prove an enormous boon,, 
not only in that state, but in every other state. 
Soil, once infested, can harbor the melon-wilt or¬ 
ganisms for 15 to 20 years! The only solution is 
wilt-resistant seed. 
The Iowa Agricultural Station, through Profes¬ 
sors I. E. Melhus, J. J. Wilson and D. V. Layton 
have finally developed the Pride of Iowa Wilt- 
Resistant Watermelon after years of inbreeding a 
selection from Kleckley Sweet. It is a prolific, 
early maturing, long, dark green melon, of superior 
flavor, with thick, red, firm, crisp and sweet flesh. 
Light brown seeds, thick rind. It produces excel¬ 
lent crops on wilt sick soil, 
where other sorts fail com¬ 
pletely. The melons often 
weigh 40 pounds each. 651 
—Pkg., 12c; oz., 17c; 2 oz., 
29c; U lb., 45c; V z lb., 78c; 
lb., 81.25; 2 lbs., $2.40; 5 
lbs., $5.75, postpaid. 
Salzer’s Pride of Iowa 
KLECKLEY SWEET 
rr If troubled with Wilt, 
Implant Pride of Iowa 
Also called Monte Cristo. Fruits are large and it is one of the most 
widely used for nearby markets. Has a big, solid, superb quality heart and, 
as its name indicates, the flavor is wonderfully sweet. Matures in 90 days. 
It is long and symmetrical in shape, frequently reaching 22 inches or more 
in length, and weighs about 40 pounds. 
689—Pkg., 10c; oz., 14 c; V* lb., 32c; Vz lb., 53c; lb., 75©; 2 lbs., $1.40; 
5 lbs., $3.25, postpaid. 
Kleckley Sweet 
SWEETHEART 
A medium early variety producing- extremely large melons 
of excellent quality, the tough, elastic rind making it an ex¬ 
cellent shipper. The seeds are black and the flesh very fine. 
Vigorous and productive vines. Large, oval, heavy fruits 
that ripen evenly. The rind is firm, light green, veined or 
mottled with darker shade. Bright red flesh, solid, sweet and 
free from core (hence its name). Keeps well and improves 
after ripening. 
688 —Pkg., 7e; oz., 14c; *4 lb., 32c; Vz lb., 53c; 11*., 75c; 2 lbs., 
$1.49; 5 lbs., $3.25, postpaid. 
GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE 
A long, fairly large melon with light green color 
irregularly mottled with dark green stripes. An ex¬ 
cellent shipping melon with unexcelled eating quali¬ 
ties, the Rattlesnake is a standard variety. The seed 
is white with dark tips. Weight about 25 lbs. 
Equally well known as Gypsy Melon. This home and 
market melon has beet; a favorite for thirty years. 
Thin rind, solid, dark red flesh, sweet and tender. 
Matures in about 90 days. 672—Pkg., 7c; oz., 14c; 
% lb., 32c; Vz lb., 53c; lb., 75c; 3 lbs., $1.35; 5 lbs., 
$2.95, postpaid. 
SALZER’S SWEET SIBERIAN 
An extra-early yellow fleshed Watermelon that matures in 50 days! 
This hardy, extra-early strain -was introduced from Siberia and is giving 
excellent results in short season sections. It is grown along the Volga 
and is an important shipping melon, 8 and 10 steamers being loaded with 
them. The melons are round, dark green, borne abundantly on the 
vigorous, robust vines, and the flesh is beautiful golden yellow, sweet, 
sugary and delicious. Everyone who tastes them marvels at the sweet 
flavor of these melons. They grow to medium size, averaging about nine 
inches in diameter. Salzer’s Sweet Siberian is a most valuable variety 
because of its extreme extra earliness; at market the melons sell rapidly 
at good prices. It plays an 
important part in the Rus¬ 
sian diet, the seed and rind 
both being used for pickles. 
Yields heavily. 654—Pkg., 
15c; oz., 22c; % /4 lb., 63c; 
Vz lb., $1.15; lb., $2.00; 
2 lbs., $3.85, postpaid. 
SALZER’S 
JUMBO WATERMELON 
Watermelons packed one to a washtub! The 
illustration is of an express shipment made by J. 
R. Fleming & Company, Melon Shippers of Weather¬ 
ford, Texas, average weight, 73 pounds each. The 
dark green melons are very large, round, with thick, sugary, 
melting flesh, mid-season in maturity, tough skin, and ship 
well. The luscious, rich, red heart is entirely free from hard 
centers. A splendid heavy melon for both truckers and home gar¬ 
deners, who want both size and quality. 
69 I—Pkg., lie; oz., 20c; % lb., 57c; Vz lb., $1.00; lb., $1.75', post- 
Salzer’s Sweet Siberian paid. 
Jnmbo 
Melon 
Your Sweet Siberian Watermelons gave us great satisfaction last year. They were very early and remarkably sweet.— 
Mr. W. C. Symonds, Norway, Maine. 
