JAMES VICK’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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VEGETARLE SEEDS 
WATERMELON, KLECKLEY’S SWEETS 
WATERMELON, SWEET HEART 
WATERMELON. JUMIiO 
Galesburg, III , Sept. 15, 1902. 
I received your consignment yesterday and found the plants fine stock and 
in excellent condition. If it were not so late in the foil I would send another 
order, which 1 regret 1 did not include. I also think that some of my 
neighbors will begin to trade with you, for better goods can not be obtained 
anywhere for the prices. Thanking you, I remain. 
Yours respectfully, 
C. Z. Nelson. 
Vick’s Early. This variety is prized for its earliness. It is oblong in shape, 
smooth, with a very dark skin, rather small in size ; flesh bright pink, solid, and 
sweet. It makes a good extra early market or home garden Melon. 
J umbo. Immense in size. The common weight of this Melon 
is sixty to eighty pounds. The rind is hard and firm, which makes it a superior 
variety for long-distance shipping. In shape it is nearly round ; color solid dark 
green; flesh deep red and of fine quality. y ounce, 5 cents; oz., 10 cents ; 
k* lb., 25 cents ; lb., $1.00. 
Mammoth Ironclad. This variety, like the preceding, grows to an immense 
size. It is a remarkably strong grower, very productive, and an excellent 
keeper. The skin is beautifully striped with light green. The hardness and 
tenacity of its shell gives it the name of Ironclad. Flesh bright red, solid, crisp, 
and of excellent flavor. y ounce, 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts., y lb., 25 cts.; lb.. 90 cts. 
Seminole. An exceedingly productive, extra early variety, of large size. Fruit 
oblong in shape ; flesh solid, ripening clear up to the rind, vivid crimson, crisp, 
sugary, and of delicious flavor. 
Nabob. A very large, solid, and heavy Melon, weighing from thirty to fifty 
pounds ; oblong in shape, with dark green skin mottled with light green spots. 
Rind thin but very firm. Flesh deep scarlet, of delicious quality—sweet, lus¬ 
cious, and melting. Remains long in good condition, and is an excellent variety 
for shipping long distances. y oz., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; y lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 
Fordhook Early. The largest of the extra early Watermelons. Shape 
nearly round ; color medium green ; rind tough; flesh bright red, very delicate, 
melting and deliciously sweet. A good shipping variety. 
Florida Favorite. An excellent variety of large size. Shape oblong; skin 
mottled with alternate dark and light green stripes; rind thin but firm; flesh 
bright crimson, very crisp, and deliciously sweet. Ripens ten days earlier than 
Kolb's Gem or Mammoth Ironclad. 
Citron for Preserves. This variety grows uniformly round and smooth. 
It has a handsomely striped and marbled skin of light green. Used only for pre¬ 
serves and pickles, and not for eating in the raw state. Wonderfully prolific. 
OTHER STANDARD VARIETIES 
OF WATERMELONS 
And also a few new sorts we can supply at the uniform price of: % ounce, 
5 cents ; oz., 10 cents ; Va, lb., 25 cents ; lb., 85 cents. 
Mountain Sweet, Hungarian Honey, Pride of Georgia, 
Jordan’s Gray Monarch (Long White Iceing), The Boss, 
Georgia Rattlesnake, Volga, Black Diamond, 
The Jones, Cuban Queen, Phinney’s Early. 
MUSTARD 
Very hardy. Seed can be sown as soon as the soil is free from frost, in shallow 
drills. Cut when a few inches high. It grows rapidly, and several sowings may he 
made. The young leaves are used for spring salad. 
Ostrich Plume. Exceedingly ornamental as well as useful. The leaves arc 
long, ruffled and frilled, and curved as gracefully as an ostrich plume. For salad 
it is better than any other variety, and for boiling it is superior to spinach. 
Packet, 5 cents; oz., 25 cents. 
White • Fine for salad or culinary purposes, y ounce, 5 cents ; oz., 10 cents ; 
>, lb., 15 cents ; y lb., 25 cents ; lb., 40 cents. 
Giant Southern Curled. The favorite in the South. Continues to yield 
until frosty weather, y ounce, 5 cents; oz., 10 cents ; lb., 75 cents. 
OKRA-Gumbo 
A large, vigorous, tender plant, cultivated in the South for its young seed-pocK. 
which are very nutritious, and arc used in soups, stews, etc., and especially for 
making gumbo soup Should be more generally grown in the North .wherever it is 
warm enough for Sweet Corn. About the last week in May sow seed thinly, in 
drills one inch deep and three feet apart. When well up, thin the plants out to one 
foot apart in the row. Gather the pods when quite young (about an inch and a hall 
long), before woody fibre is formed. One ounce of seed will sow fifty feet of drill. 
White Velvet (White Creole). Pods round, smooth, much larger thru 
other sorts ; produced 111 great profusion. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 10 cents ; 
lb., 60 cents. 
Perkin’s Mammoth Long Pod. a very dwarf but enormously pro¬ 
ductive variety. The pods are long, slender, deep green, and remain tender 
much longer than most sorts. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 10 cents ; y lb., 25 cents; 
lb., 80 cents. 
