High Yielding, True to Type Melons Result from Planting Kilgore's Bred-Rite Melon Seed 
WATERMELON 
Plant 1 pound per acre. 
Our Bred-Rite watermelon seed stocks are produced by an ex¬ 
pert seed grower and not by a commercial grower or shipper. Not 
a single melon is sold or shipped from our Bred-Rite Seed Grow¬ 
ing Fields. Our Bred-Rite melon seed is the finest and best that 
can be secured anywhere. 
Culture. Watermelons may be grown on nearly all kinds of 
Florida soils that have good drainage, but rolling, sandy pine 
land is preferred. New land is best for this crop in order to avoid 
diseases. The field should be checked off, planting the seed in 
hills 8 feet apart each way. Seed should be planted about 2 
inches deep, and plants should be thinned to 2 or 3 plants per 
hill when they are still small and when all danger of frost is past. 
The most successful growers apply a 4-7-5 fertilizer mixture 
about a week before planting the seed. A second application may 
be made if necessary when the vines begin to run. The fertilizer 
should be worked into the hills before planting at the rate of two 
pounds per hill, or 800 pounds per acre. The first planting of 
watermelons for an early crop in Florida should be made about 
January 1st and successive plantings may be made up to about 
the middle of February in Central and South Florida. Plantings 
in North Florida are made two or three weeks later. 
For earlier melons try Hotkaps. (See page 57.) 
Prices quoted on Watermelon seed are postpaid. 
Write for prices on larger quantities. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE DIXIE QUEEN. (New.) (90 
days.) This sensational new introduction is destined to become 
one of the South’s leading shipping melons. It possesses all the 
good qualities demanded by commercial growers, namely, good 
size, color, flavor, shipping quality and high yield. The almost 
round or square-shaped fruits average 35 pounds. The flesh is of 
a most attractive, rich, bright-red color. It is solid, with very few 
small white seeds. The outer skin is light green, striped and 
blotched with dark green. The flavor is the finest and sweetest 
to be found in any melon. The rind, although thin, is tough and 
does not bruise easily, making it an ideal shipping melon. The 
strong, sturdy vines produce an exceedingly large number of 
uniform, medium size melons, outyielding most other varieties 
grown for market or home use. This outstanding variety is 
destined to become one of the most popular watermelons for 
market growers as well as for home use. 
Pkt. 5c; Vi lb. 30c; 1 lb. 90c. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE STONE MOUNTAIN. (95 
days.) This is an early melon and is attracting much attention, 
due to its merits, in all the large Watermelon-growing districts. 
It is a large, round melon with deep red flesh that has a very 
delicious flavor. The tough green rind makes it an excellent 
shipper. Vines are very prolific and the fruit has very few seeds, 
being almost all good, crisp, red meat clear to the rind. Ours is 
the genuine, true to type, dark green Stone Mountain. This strain 
has been developed and selected for uniformity and for high 
yields. 
Pkt. 5c; Vi lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE IMPROVED KLECKLEY’S 
SWEET OR WONDERMELON. (95 days.) This is an early 
melon for the local market and home garden. The vines are 
sturdy and prolific and the fruit is long, with a very crisp and 
fine flesh. The rind is too thin to make a good shipper, but be¬ 
cause of its high edible quality it is very popular for home use 
and for local market. 
Pkt. 5c; V41b. 20c; 1 lb. 60c. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE IMPROVED WATSON. (100 
days.) This is the most popular of all shipping melons. Cylindri 
cal in shape, with dark green rind. The flesh is very firm, sweet, 
and has been bred especially for red heart. Our stock of this 
variety is absolutely pure and has been developed for high yield 
ing qualities of uniformly true to type melons. 
Pkt. 5c; V41b. 20c; 1 lb. 60c. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE FLORIDA FAVORITE. (96 
days.) An early, long, medium-sized melon, irregularly striped 
with lighter green. The flesh is a deep red and very delicious. 
This melon does not ship very well, but is a desirable variety foi 
the garden and home market. 
Pkt. 5c; Vi lb. 20c; 1 lb. 60c. 
CHILIAN WHITE SEEDED. (90 days.) This is a very 
early, round melon. The rind is green with darker stripings. 
The flesh is bright red and very delicious. Average weight i» 
about twenty pounds. 
Pkt. 5c; Vi lb. 20c; 1 lb. 60c. 
Kilgore's Bred-Rite Dixie Queen 
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