OLDS’ WATERMELONS 
Our Watermelon seed is all northern grown. 
This seed is the best for planting in the north. 
Each packet contains seed enough for 8 to 12 
hills. Four to five pounds will plant an acre. 
Do not plant too early and plant in sandy soil 
if you have it. Hi-Caps will produce earlier 
melons. See inside hack cover. It pays well to 
use fertilizer for melons. 
CULTURE : Plant in hills 8 to 10 feet apart 
each way. When the danger of insects is over 
thin to 3 strong plants to a hill. Use Slug 
Shot to kill insects. See page 93. For larger 
amounts of seed see page 40. 
Kleckley’s Sweet or Monte Cristo. 
Olds’ Sweetest and Earliest. 
270. ★KLECKLEY’S SWEET. (80 days.) (Monte 
Cristo.) Our best seller of the whole list of watermelons. 
A fine, well-known, medium early variety. It is a medium¬ 
sized, dark green melon, often growing 20 inches long, 
with bright red flesh, ripening nearly to the rind. It is 
solid, crisp and melting; rind thin; flavor, very sweet and 
pleasing. Seeds white. A wonderfully satisfactory variety 
for home gardens and near-by markets. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
Vi lb., 25c; lb., 75c, postpaid. 
Klondike. 
270 Vi. ★KLONDIKE. (80 days.) (Dark Seeded.) 
We have discarded the old stock of Klondike for the new 
dark seeded type. This is, we think, a better strain. We 
consider Klondike the best early melon and the very 
sweetest of all melons. The rind is dark green, shape 
long; very symmetrical; flesh distinct shade of red. Seeds 
small. It is very sweet, crisp and tender. Ripens very 
early and is a heavy yielder. Our favorite melon. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 35c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
264. ★OLDS’ SWEETEST AND EARLIEST. 
(70 days.) This melon is the sweetest and earliest of all. 
The size is medium and does not exceed more than 15 
pounds in weight. Flesh scarlet, of extra fineness and 
sweetness and entirely free from stringiness. We do not 
recommend it for commercial planting, however, as it is 
most too small. For the home garden and where the season 
is short it cannot be beat. The rind is mottled with several 
shades of green. Seeds white. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; Vi lb«» 
35c; lb., 80c, postpaid. 
275. CITRON. (95 days.) Colorado Preserving. 
Perfectly round, striped alternately dark and light green, 
not edible raw, but excellent for preserves. The flesh is 
white and hard and the vines very productive. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 15c; Vi lb., 35c; lb., 90c, postpaid. 
Tom Watson. 
271. TOM WATSON. (90 days.) The most popular 
shipping melon, with tough, elastic, dark green rind. It 
is long and cylindrical, averaging 20 inches in length and 
10 inches in diameter. Seeds brown. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
Vi lb., 25c; lb., 70c, postpaid. 
260. STONE MOUNTAIN. (90 days.) A very pop¬ 
ular melon in the South where it originated and one of the 
finest we have ever eaten. This melon is very large, round 
or blocky in shape. The flesh is rich scarlet, very sweet, 
with few seeds. Seeds white. A prolific melon but not 
recommended for shipping long distances. Pkt., 5c; oz., 
15c; Vi lb., 30c; lb., 85c, postpaid. 
263. FORDHOOK EARLY. (75 days.) . An ex¬ 
tremely early variety. Perhaps no other variety is so well 
adapted to the home garden, for it may be planted in hills 
as close as 6 feet each way. Its value to the home garden¬ 
er in the North is, in fact, largely in its earliness. _ The 
melons are of good size and nearly round; the skin is 
■dark green with occasional stripes of lighter green. The 
rind is thin; flesh, bright red, crisp, and remarkably 
sweet. Seeds white. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; V4 11>»» 25c; lb., 
75c, postpaid. 
Halbert Honey. 
273. ★HALBERT HONEY. (85 days.) An excel¬ 
lent, medium early melon for home use. In flavor, color 
and texture, similar to Kleckley’s Sweet. Medium to 
large in size, oblong in shape; color, dark green, lightly 
laced with fine veins; flesh, sweet and brittle; too thin 
a rind for shipping. Seeds white. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; V4 
lb., 30c; lb., 80c, postpaid. 
“I have sent to your company for seeds for over thirty 
years and I have been very -well satisfied every time. My 
parents sent to your company for years before I ever sent 
to your company for seeds. Your seeds and plants are far 
superior to seeds and plants I have gotten from other com¬ 
panies. I hope that my children will send to your company 
for their seed needs when they have places of their own.”— 
Mrs. Emery Miller, Wisconsin. 
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