RELIABLE SEEDS 
Watermelons 
CULTURE—The cultivation of the 
watermelon is practically the same as 
for muskmelon, except that the plants 
grow larger and require more room. 
They should be set in hills 10 feet 
apart and the plants thinned to 3 feet 
apart in the rows. 
Stone Mountain 
CITRON —Round and handsome, for preserv¬ 
ing, late. 
COLE’S EARLY— Very early, very sweet; 
a fine home melon; flesh bright red, crisp 
and delicate texture. 
CUBAN QUEEN— Solid and heavy, skin 
marked regularly; excellent quality; early. 
DIXIE— A new melon of excellent quality; 
very large and solid, flesh red; intermediate. 
FORDHOOK EARLY —Adapted for home 
garden and local markets; an extra early 
variety of fair size and fine quality; skin 
deep green, mottled a darker shade. 
IRISH GRAY —Very early, fine shipper and 
home melon, flesh sparkling bright red, 
free from hard center. Average size 30 
pounds. 
HALBERT HONEY— Brought out by Bur¬ 
pee a couple of years ago as the sweetest 
of all melons, and I am inclined to believe 
that he is right about it. They are much 
like Kleckley, but longer in shape; dark 
green, very sweet and very tender Break 
easily in handling. Larger size and fine for 
home use or nearby market. 
KLECKLEY’S SWEET OR MONTE 
CRISTO —Oblong, rich dark green, flesh 
bright scarlet; very sweet. 
STONE MOUNTAIN (Dixie Bell) —A new 
introduction of best quality, and is claimed 
to be the sweetest of all the large melons; 
in shape it is almost round, dark green 
rind, medium thick; flesh rich scarlet, not 
unusual to grow Stone Mountain weighing 
70 to 80 pounds; for home and nearby mar¬ 
kets it is unexcelled; seed white with black 
tips; time for ripening, 90 days. 
MOUNTAIN SWEET —-Large oval variety, 
green rind, flesh scarlet, sweet and delic¬ 
ious ; fine for home garden. 
KLONDIKE —A popular melon in the West, 
especially in California, having a dark 
green, thin, shallow ribbed, t-ouglh rind 
and attractive bright red flesh of very good 
quality; seeds small, black. A good ship¬ 
ping sort. 
DIXIE QUEEN —New, popular variety for 
home garden and market; good shipper. 
Round shape, white seed, bright red flesh, 
solid and of fine flavor; seeds small and 
few; rind thin, striped dark green; vines 
vigorous and prolific. 
EXCEL —Largest of the shipping melons; 
midseason; fruit long, dark green in color 
with an irregular faint striping and covered 
with fine veining of a darker shade; flesh 
red and crisp; rind hard and tough; seeds 
gray-brown, but variable as to color. 
TOM WATSON —The most popular melon in 
the South. Its shape is similar to the 
Kleckley Sweet, but the color is a lighter 
green. Its great merit is in its earliness, 
good flavor, thin rind and good shipping 
qualities, making it one of the best of 
shippers. 
HARRIS EARLIEST —The best of the extra 
early sorts. Fruit slightly oval with irreg¬ 
ular mottled stripes of light and dark green. 
Flesh bright red, sweet and tender. A 
desirable variety where the season is short. 
It is hardV, productive and the largest of 
the early kinds. 
ANGEL KISS —Long light gray melon; 
good keeper; white seed; very sweet. 
ROUND LIGHT ICING— Round, pink flesh, 
of fine quality. 
SWEETHEART —Ond of the best early 
shipping melons ; fruit large, oval, mottled, 
light green; flesh bright red, firm, melting 
and sweet. 
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