GREY SHIPPER 
Size: 23 x 11 inches 
Weight: 35 pounds 
Edible in 87 days 
Principal uses: Home market 
and shipping 
A wilt resistant variety devel¬ 
oped by the Department of 
Agriculture in Australia. It 
has been produced for seed in 
both California and Iowa to ac¬ 
climate the variety to Ameri¬ 
can conditions. It belongs in 
the class of the light colored 
melons of the Irish Grey and 
Thurmond Grey types. The 
stock is of excellent quality 
and highly resistant to wilt. 
The outside color is light grey 
with a fine green veining. The 
rind is reasonably thick and 
tough for shipping purposes. 
The flesh is dark pink, of fine 
texture and the seeds are a 
brownish black in color. 
GREY SHIPPER Watermelons 
thrive on soil that is highly in¬ 
fested with the wilt disease. 
It has made an excellent vine 
growth and normal size melons 
on soil where common varieties 
could not survive. It is the most 
resistant to fusarium wilt of 
any of the kinds available at 
this time. 
EIGHTY-EIGHT 
