WATERMELONS 
Avoid Planting on Land That Has 
Produced Watermelons Before. 
Market Growers' Prices, Page 82. 
Hivia OnAAn 80 days. A new melon that has been a sensational 
UIXI6 V ueen hit from the start. Attractive, convenient in size 
and shape. A splendid shipper. Its striking appearance commands 
instant attention and ready sale. Fruits almost round; light green 
veined with darker green; thick tough rind. Flesh rich scarlet. 
Ordinarily weighs about 35 pounds but will grow to as much as 60 
pounds. 
(Pkt., 10c) (oz., 20c) (% lb., 60c) (lb., $2.00) (5 lbs., $8.80) prepaid. 
r I 95 days. A very large shipping variety often weighing 60 
CXCei pounds or more. Long, cylindrical, bluntly rounded at ends; 
rind dark green slightly mottled striped, very firm. Flesh deep red 
when fully ripe, and under proper growing conditions, of fairly good 
quality. Care should be taken that melons are not picked until fully 
rindripri 
Excel 50-pound Melons—None of them less and some weighing 75 pounds. 
(^rc*\/<+rmo 82 days. Closely resembles Stone Mountain ex- 
V^reybiunt? cepting for color of rind which is light grey. Fruits 
large, often weighing 50 pounds, broad, oval; rounded at stem 
end and as a rule rather blocky at blossom end. Rind grey, distinctly 
penciled with green, thin and fairly tough, making it a fair shipper. 
Flesh bright crimson, sweet and crisp. This is a new sort and type 
only fairly well fixed; will be better in this respect after a few 
more generations of selection. Flavor is “different from the rest,” 
you will like it. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 15c) (y 4 lb., 35c) (lb., $1.10) (5 lbs., $4.85) prepaid. 
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It is sometimes desirable to turn the ends of the runners when they begin 
to reach out across the row and given an extra cultivation. This should be 
done carefully so as not to damage the small melons. 
Keep a fine mulch on the surface and do not let any weeds grow. 
Plant ten to twelve seeds to the hill and thin to one plant when they have 
five to six leaves. About two pounds of seed is required per acre and 4 oz. 
to 100 hills. 
If you use commercial fertilizer mix it thoroughly with the soil around the 
hill, but do not leave any lumps under the hills where the first roots will reach 
it, or it will burn the roots and check the growth if not kill the plant. 
Do not plant on land where melons were grown before, even if four or five 
years before, if you have other good land. The vines remove something from 
the soil not readily replaced, and following crops usually produce deformed 
melons with black ends or shriveled ends, even from the best of seeds, while 
the same seed on adjoining land, where melons have not been grown before, 
will produce large melons of the finest quality. 
Do not press on melons to see if they are ripe. This injures them and 
results in very poor melons. A slight thump with the finger, if the sound rings 
clear and a high tone, indicates a green melon; if a hollow, low tone, or rather 
dead tone, the melon is ripe. 
Usually the curl where the melon attaches to the vine dies when the melon 
is ripe. By a little practice you can tell by the color. A bright, growing color 
indicates a green melon; a dull green indicates ripeness. 
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D. V. Burrell Seed Growers Co., Rocky Ford, Colo 
