18 
Best Varieties of Watermelons 
Pride oS Muscatine 
A wilt-resistant strain of the popular 
Keckley Sweets recommended to growers 
in commercial areas where wilt is preva- 
lent. The rind is thick and makes this 
melon a better shipper than Keckley 
Sweets. It has dark green skin and beau¬ 
tiful deep red flesh which is sweet, crisp, 
and tender. Pkt. 8c; oz. 15c; Y* lb. 40c. 
D S C. Extra Early 
A good sized Melon, rather oblong, 
mottled, with bright red flesh; sweet, 
tender and delicious. One of the most 
productive, producing good Melons from 
July till frosts, which weigh 20 to 30 lbs. 
each. An extremely good shipper for so 
early a Melon. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Yt lb. 
25c; lb. 70c. 
Golden Honey 
Sweet as Honey—Color of Gold—No Hard 
Core or Stringiness 
The flesh is golden yellow in color, 
firm, crisp and glistening. It fairly melts 
in your mouth. Golden Honey has thin 
but hard rind that does not burst easily 
in carrying. They average 20 lbs. in 
weight and are oblong in shape, light 
green with broad mottled stripes of a 
darker shade. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Y* lb. 
25c; lb. 65c. 
Colorado Preserving Citron 
This Melon is used exclusively for mak¬ 
ing preserves. The flesh is thick and 
clear white and makes preserves of ex¬ 
cellent quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Y* lb. 
25c; lb. 85c. 
IRISH GREY 
This is a valuable Melon, the produc¬ 
tiveness is wonderful. The eating quality 
is all that could be desired In a Water¬ 
melon, the sparkling red flesh is very 
sweet and entirely free from hard cen¬ 
ters or stringiness, yet the flesh is very 
firm and compact and will not break 
when sliced. The size iB uniformly large, 
color of rind, yellowish gray and almost 
as tough as that of the Citron, ripens 
earlier than Tom Watson and will keep 
in good condition for a long time after 
picking and stand long distance shipping 
better than any other Melon; the rind 
will not sunburn, and will keep in good 
condition for several days in the sun 
after becoming ripe. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 
Yi lb. 25c; lb. 90c; 3 lbs. *2.50. 
STONE MOUNTAIN 
One of the most popular Watermelons 
of recent introduction. Beautiful shape, 
almost round, weighing 50 to 70 lbs. 
and ripening in 86 to 90 days. Beautiful 
sparkling, crimson red flesh, deliciously 
sweet and tender. Rind thin and tough. 
A fair shipper and keeper. Pkt. 6c; 2 
pkts. 10c; oz. 15c; Y* lb. 35c. 
Improved Keckley Sweet 
The old Keckley Sweet melon has been 
popular because of its superb flavor and 
surpassing crispness. The Improved has 
has a solid rich sugary center with no 
core. Melons are of large size, bright 
scarlet inside which ripens close to the 
rind. A splendid home melon but not so 
good a shipper as Tom Watson or Irish 
Grey. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c. 
D.8.C. Extra Early 
Wholesale Prices of Watermelon Seed 
5 lb. lots 6c lb. less Y* lb. lb. 
DSC. Extra Early .*25 * .70 
Mclvers Sugar . .22 .60 
Improved Keckley Sweet .28 .80 
Stone Mountain .36 .95 
Irish Grey 25 .90 
Thanksgiving Winter .35 1.25 
Golden Honey .25’ .86 
Halbert Honey .24 .76 
Tom Watson .22 .70 
Sugar Boy .36 1.00 
Pride of Muscatine .40 1.20 
Colorado Citron .25 .86 
Tom Watson Watermelon 
A deliciously flavored, jsweet, red fleshed, crisp, tender 
and melting melon used more extensively than any other 
for shipping; 24 inches long and 12 inches through. Dark 
mottled green, thin, strong rind. Good for home or mar¬ 
ket. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; Y* lb. 22c; lb. 70c; '3 lbs. *1.60. 
THANKSGIVING WINTER 
The fruits are of medium size, round, pale yellow when 
ripening. Flesh bright red, crystalline, sweet as honey. 
Seeds very small, black. Take fruits from field before frost 
and store in cool cellar, they will keep in perfect condition 
at least sixty days. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; Yi lb. 35c; lb. *1.25. 
HALBERT HONEY 
The Famous Stone Mountain Melon 
One of the best, handsomest and sweetest for home or 
market, almost excels the famous Keckley Sweets. Prolific 
yielder, handsome red flesh of luscious, melting flavor. Melons 
15 to 30 inches in length. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; V4 1b. 24c: 
lb. 75c. 
SUGAR BOY 
Sugar Boy Watermelon is the sweet¬ 
est, most delicious and most prolific 
Watermelon on earth. There is no 
Melon that can begin to equal it in 
quality, richness of flavor, lusciousness, 
deep juicy, rich core, fine outward ap¬ 
pearance, large giant size and extreme 
earliness. Sugar Boy Melon will grow 
to weigh 80 to 60 pounds, and every 
one of them, large or small, is sweet, 
tender, juicy, brittle, stringless and 
melting on the tongue. This Melon re¬ 
sembles very much the Keckley in out¬ 
ward appearance. It retains all the 
good qualities of Keckley Sweets, has 
a harder rind, making it a better ship¬ 
per, grows larger and more uniform 
and has no hard white centers. Pkt. 8c; 
oz. 16c; Y* lb. 35c; lb. *1.00. The above pnotograph was sent us by one of our customer* who grew this 41 lb. 
SUGAR BO T Watermelon from our seed. 
