TUCKERS’ SEED HOUSE, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI 
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WATERMELONS 
A light, sandy soil, with good exposure to the sun, is the best situation to plant watermelons. The 
ground should be prepared deep, but the plants should receive shallow cultivation. Hoe often and very 
thoroughly. Plant in hills 8 to 10 feet apart each way, with a very generous shovelful of well-rotted 
manure mixed with the soil in each hill. One ounce of seed will plant 20 to so hills; 3 to 4 lbs. will 
plant an acre. 
Stone Mountain 
The Whopper Melon 
A very fine melon, especially popular in the 
southern states, where the fruits frequently 
weigh 50 to 80 pounds. The flesh is solid, bright 
scarlet in color, has few seeds, and is very 
sweet. Rind is of medium thickness, of dark 
green color, and is tough enough for home and 
near-by markets, but not tough enough for long 
distance shipping. The fruit is round or almost 
square shaped. Postpaid, plct. 5c; oz. 10c; y 4 lb. 
25c; lb. 75c; 2 lbs. $1.25. 
Tuckers’ Delicious 
A Grand Watermelon. Delicious melons are 
oblong in shape. Averaging 18 to 20 inches in 
length, color light green, flesh of the deepest in¬ 
describable crimson, delightfully sweet and re¬ 
freshing. The vines are robust and strong grow¬ 
ing. They should be planted fully 12 feet apart 
each way, often setting fruit before runners are 
a yard long and so prolific that you can almost 
walk across the patch on the melons. Postpaid, 
pkt. 5c; ok. 10c; % lb. 30c; lb. 90c; 2 lbs. $1.75. 
Kleckley Sweets 
Of superb, luscious flavor, very desirable to plant 
for home use or local markets. The melons are ob¬ 
long in form, with dark green skin, with distinct 
netted lines of a darker shade. The thin rind is 
very brittle. Flesh bright scarlet with solid heart, 
deliciously crisp, sugary and splendid in every way. 
Postpaid, pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 60c; 2 lbs. 
$1.15. 
Halbert Honey 
The melons average 18 to 20 inches in length, 6 
to 8 inches in diameter. Color of rind a clear, glossy 
deep green. The flesh is a beautiful crimson, ex¬ 
tending to within less than half an inch of the 
rind which, like the flesh, is so tender it will not 
stand shipping any distance unless carefully han¬ 
dled. Postpaid, pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 60c; 
2 lbs. $1.15. 
Cut Red Tom Watson 
Is an extra long melon of attractive appearance, 
uniform in shape and quality. The luscious crimson 
flesh is “as sweet as honey,” melting and of superb 
flavor. The average melon will weigh 35 to 40 lbs. 
and measures about 28 inches long and about 12 
inches in diameter. Postpaid, pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % 
lb. 25c; lb. 60c; 2 lbs. $1.15. 
Honey Boy 
A Superbly Flavored New Melon 
Honey Boy grows uniformly large, long, thick 
and solid, weighing 40 to 50 pounds, and every 
melon a good one. The flesh is sparkling red, very 
sweet, and delicious flavor. Color of rind dark, 
glossy green. Small creaselike marking on it that 
makes it very attractive in appearance, and very 
few other melons have as small a seed cavity. 
Seeds are broad, pearly white. The eating qualities 
of this melon are unexcelled. The large heart of 
sparkling red color is very sweet and melting, ab¬ 
solutely free from cores or hard center. The rind 
is thin. Postpaid, pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; *4 lb. 35c; lb. 
$1.00; 2 lbs. $1.75. 
STONE MOUNTAIN 
Golden Honey Improved 
A beautiful golden-flesh melon, one of the finest 
we have ever tasted. The flesh is a beautiful glis¬ 
tening amber shade of yellow. It is medium early, 
of uniform large size and oblong shape, and has a 
very handsome appearance. The color of the rind 
is light green, with mottled stripes. This melon 
has no hard core or stringy sections. Postpaid, 
pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 30c; lb. 90c; 2 lbs. $1.50. 
Japanese Honey 
This melon, known as the King and Queen water¬ 
melon, is adapted to all sections of the country. It 
matures its melons late, usually in about 95 days. 
Producing melons very light in color with a sus¬ 
picion of a stripe. Size 10 inches in diameter. Seed 
small, shiny black. Flesh pink, solid and stringless. 
The flavor is sweet, crisp and surprisingly delicious. 
This melon should not be eaten right off the vine, 
but be allowed to ripen slowly after being picked. 
Keeps until Christmas. Postpaid, pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 
i/i lb. 30c; lb. 75c; 2 lbs. $1.25. 
Irish Gray 
Extra Fine Quality. Long, thick, uniform; color 
of rind yellowish grey interwoven with threadlike 
veins, smooth marble-like surface, almost as hard 
as the citron; flesh sparkling bright red, sweet and 
entirely free from hard centers or stringiness, yet 
the flesh is very firm and compact, will not break 
when sliced, one of the best shippers; average size 
40 pounds; time for ripening, 85 days; seeds white. 
Postpaid, pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 60c; 2 lbs. 
$1.15. 
Mixed Watermelon Seed 
This mixture contains all of the varieties listed 
on this page, besides others which we did not have 
room to list. The seed is strictly first class in every 
way. Postpaid, pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; ^4 lb. 25c; lb. 50c: 
2 lbs. 90c. 
Grand New Melon 
Wonder Melon. It possesses a flavor that is 
not approached by any other variety. Its rind 
is thin, but tough, and it will stand safe 
shipment for reasonable distances. Its 
flesh is a rich red and 
full of flavor right up to 
the rind, without any 
hollow. The seeds 
are large and 
white and rela¬ 
tively few to the 
melon. It is large 
and long. The 
color is dark solid 
green, a most at¬ 
tractive a r t i c le. 
Anyone who 
plants watermel¬ 
ons, for any pur¬ 
pose, should plant 
the Wondermelon. 
Postpaid, pkt. 5c; 
oz. 10c; Va lb. 30«; 
lb. 75c; 2 lbs. $1.25. 
Wonder Melon—A 
