JEROME B. RICE SEED COMPANY, CAMBRIDGE, N. Y. 
Watermelon 
Culture.— Watermelons are cultivated in hills, which should be 6 to 8 feet apart each way, and com¬ 
posed of light moderately rich soil. The hills should be dug about 2 feet square 18 inches deep, 
and half-filled with well-rotted manure, which must be thoroughly incorporated with the soil. Plant 
in May, ten seeds to a hill, and when the plants are well up, thin out to three. Cultivate until the vines 
cover the ground, and pinch the ends of the growing shoots to induce early fruiting. 
One ounce will plant 25 hills; 5 pounds per acre 
WONDERMELON 
An improved strain of Kleckley’s Sweets, being white seeded and of better form; very popular in 
the South. 
HALBERT HONEY 
An exceptionally fine, moderately early variety, highly recommended for home garden and near¬ 
by markets; medium to large in size, oblong in form, well filled to the ends; skin very dark green; 
flesh crimson and exceptionally sweet. An improvement on Kleckley’s Sweets, being of better form. 
TOM WATSON 
The best shipping melon and more largely grown for that purpose than any other sort. Fruits 
large and long in shape, colored a medium green with a light tracing of a darker shade; flesh rich 
red and of fine quality. We have an especially fine stock of this melon which shows no tendency to 
“white hearts.” 
Other Standard Melons 
Citron, Colorado Preserving-. A green seeded 
melon, considered an improvement on the old¬ 
er variety. 
Citron, Red Seeded. The old, well known, red- 
seeded preserving melon. 
Excel. The largest of the shipping melons and 
one of the best; fruit long, dark green in color 
with an irregular striping and veining of a 
darker shade. 
Florida Favorite. An old, well known, fairly 
early variety of excellent quality. 
Fordhook Early. Adapted for home garden and 
local markets; an extra early variety of fair 
size and fine quality; skin deep green, mottled 
a darker shade. 
Georgia Rattlesnake (Striped Gypsy.) A very 
attractive, fine shipping melon; large and ob¬ 
long in form; color light green, much mottled 
and striped dark green. 
Hungarian Honey. A superb early, small seed¬ 
ed variety, globe shaped in form; color dark 
green, mottled a darker shade; flesh brilliant 
red; excellent quality. 
Harris’ Earliest. A medium sized, extra early 
melon, quite identical with Cole’s Early. 
Irish Gray. A very popular, long, fine shipping 
variety with a distinctive, gray-green skin; 
flesh very firm, crisp and sweet. 
Kleckley’s Sweets, or Monte Cristo. One of the 
best and sweetest medium early sorts for the 
home garden or local markets; fairly large in 
size, oblong, tapering slightly towards the stem 
end; rind very dark green with rich, red flesh. 
Kolb’s Gem. An old standard shipping melon of 
large size; nearly round in form with a dark 
green rind, striped lighter shades. 
Long Light Icing (Gray Monarch). A medium 
early, long, high quality melon of large size; 
skin pale green with light mottled tracing of 
a darker shade; flesh brilliant crimson. 
Peerless, or Ice Cream. A fine early, medium 
sized melon; one of the best for home gardens; 
short oblong in form, light green, mottled a 
darker shade. 
Round Dark Icing. A moderately early, medium 
large fine quality melon with dark green rind. 
Round Light Icing. Quite similar to the above 
but with a bright green rind, veined a darker 
shade. 
Stone Mountain. 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. 
Sweetheart. A medium early melon of large size 
and a fair shipper; semi-oblong in form; color 
very light green, slightly veined a darker shade. 
Thurmond Gray. A new greenish-gray melon of 
large size and one of the very best shippers. 
The flesh is bright red, sugary and solid. The 
fruit does not sun-bake readily, and on account 
of its large size and excellent shipping qualities 
is a prime favorite in the South. 
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