1884 
RELIABLE SEEDS 
1936 
WATERMELONS (Continued) 
CITRON —Round and handsome, for pre¬ 
serving late. 
COLE’S EARLY —Very early, very sweet; 
a fine home melon; flesh bright red, crisp and 
delicate texture. 
CUBAN QUEEN —Solid and heavy, skin 
marked regularly; excellent quality; early. 
DIXIE— A new melon of excellent qual¬ 
ity; very large and solid, flesh red; inter¬ 
mediate. 
FORDHOOK EARLY —Adapted for home 
garden and local markets; an extra early va¬ 
riety of fair size and fine quality; skin deep 
green, mottled a darker shade. 
IRISH GRAY —Very early, fine shipper 
and home melon, flesh sparkling bright red, 
free from hard center. Average size 30 lbs. 
GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE — Oblong 
dark and striped; bright red flesh; late. 
HALBERT HONEY — Brought out by 
Burpee a couple of years ago as the sweet¬ 
est of all melons, and I am inclined to be¬ 
lieve that he is right about it. They are much 
like Kleckley, but longer in shape; dark 
green, very sweet and very tender. Break 
easily in handling. Large size and fine for 
home use or nearby market. 
KLECKLEY’S SWEET OR MONTE 
CRISTO —Oblong, rich dark green, flesh 
bright scarlet; very sweet. 
STONE MOUNTAIN (Dixie Bell) — A 
new introduction of best quality, and is 
claimed to be the sweetest of all the large 
melons; in shaps it is almost round, dark 
green rind, medium thick, flesh rich scarlet, 
not unusual to grow Stone Mountain weigh¬ 
ing 70 to 80 pounds; for home and nearby 
markets it is unexcelled, seed white with 
black tips; time for ripening, 90 days. 
KLONDIKE — A popular melon in the 
West, especially in California, having a dark 
green, thin shallow ribbed, tough rind and 
attractive bright red flesh of very good 
quality; seeds small, black. A good shipping 
sort. 
EXCEL —Largest of the shipping melons; 
midseason; fruit long, dark green in color 
with an irregular faint striping and covered 
with a fine veining of a darker shade; flesh 
red and crisp; rind hard and tough; seeds 
gray-brown, but variable as to color. 
TOM WATSON —The most popular melon 
in the South. Its shape is similar to the 
Kleckley Sweet, but the color is a lighter 
green. Its great merit is in its earliness, 
good flavor, thin rind, and good keeping 
qualities, making it one of the best of ship¬ 
pers. 
HARRIS EARLIEST —The best of the 
extra early sorts. Fruit slightly oval with 
irregular mottled stripes of light and dark 
green. Flesh bright red, sweet and tender. 
A desirable variety where the season is short. 
It is hardy, productive, and the largest of 
the early kinds. 
ANGEL KISS —Long light gray melon; 
good keeper; white seed; very sweet. 
ROUND LIGHT ICING — Round, fink 
flesh, of fine quality. 
MOUNTAIN SWEET —Large oval variety, 
green rind, flesh scarlet, sweet and delicious; 
fine for home garden. 
PEERLESS OR ICE CREAM — Very 
early; red flesh, good home melon. 
PHINNEY’S EARLY— Early and of fine 
quality; red flesh, fine for the North. 
SWEETHEART—One of the best early 
shipping melons; fruit large, oval, mottled, 
light green, flesh bright red, firm, melting 
and sweet. 
ALABAMA SWEET—Long, dark green, 
fine flavor, fine shipper. 
GOLDEN HONEY (Golden Ice Cream) — 
An attractive, distinct melon, possession a 
dark green rind, oblong in form with a very 
solid, sweet, canary yellow flesh; very early; 
seeds brown. 
Prices: oz., 10c; lb., 25c. 
Stone Mountain: oz., 10c; *A lb., 30c. 
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