WLSEMAN-DOWNS CO., INC. - 34 E. PRATT ST. - BALTIMORE, MD. 15 
WATERMELON 
CULTURE.—Watermelons require a rich sandy loam, 
which should be well worked. Put 10 to 12 seeds in a hill. 
When the plants have formed the first pair of rough leaves 
they should be thinned so as to leave 2 or 3 of the strong¬ 
est and best to each hill. Make hills about 10 feet apart. 
One ounce of seed to 30 hills. 
TOM WATSON 
This long, smooth melon is especially favored in 
the South. The rich green skin is faintly webbed 
with a veining of deeper green, covered with a fine 
netting, giving it a most attractive appearance. The 
flesh is of most superb quality and intensively red 
color. The rind is thin, but hard and rubbery, which 
makes it a splendid shipping sort. Vines hardy, vig¬ 
orous and productive. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 20c, 
lb. 60c. 
FLORIDA FAVORITE 
A standard sort. Long and of uniform size. Color 
a beautiful green. Flesh very red, with a taste that 
lingers. It has long been a favorite with the truck¬ 
ers and market gardeners. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 
20c, lb. 60c. 
KLECKLEY SWEET 
Well does it deserve its name. It has a sweetness pecu¬ 
liarly all its own. The skin is a rich dark green; the flesh 
bright scarlet; ripening close to the rind. The melons 
average about 20 inches long and ripen quite early. Our 
strain is from the original stock, and we can recommend 
it very highly. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 20c, lb. 60c. 
THURMOND CRAY 
A heavy producer of large long melons that have size, 
attractive appearance, fine quality and bright red, solid 
meat that ripens close to the tough thin rind and is free 
of strings. The green or greenish-gray color makes it 
hard to sunburn and it is wilt-resistant. It is a wonderful 
market melon, ranking with Irish Gray and Tom Watson 
as a shipper, but it has the fine sugary quality so neces¬ 
sary in a home garden melon. It is about as early as Irish 
Gray. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
Stone Mountain 
IMPROVED GEORGIA or AUGUSTA RATTLESNAKE 
Rattlesnake has always been regarded as a fine melon 
and by many is preferred to all others. Our improved 
strain is even better than it ever was on account of con¬ 
stant selection and watchful work on it throughout a per- 
iod of years. The rind is thin and tough, the flesh deep 
scarlet, the flavor and fine quality are unsurpassed by any 
other melon. We recommend it for both the home garden 
and for shipping. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, Vi lb- 25c, lb. 75c. 
W.-D. CO.’S EXCEL 
We have the best strain of this new variety obtainable. 
It is a very great improvement over the Tom Watson, both 
as to size and color. One market dealer says, “It is the 
largest melon he ever saw.” Some weighing as much as 
eighty pounds. The best shipping and the best market 
melon. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 20c, lb. 60c. 
IRISH GRAY 
In sweetness it is like Kleckley’s Sweet; in shipping 
quality, uniformity in shape, size and in productiveness it 
compares with Tom Watson. The thin rind is so tough it 
will not burst from rough treatment in transit; its keep¬ 
ing quality will appeal to shippers who have experienced 
losses on account of glutted markets. The color is a dis¬ 
tinct mottled greenish grey; the flesh is red, sweet, crisp 
and free from stringiness. Although a grand shipper, it is 
equally fine for the home garden. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 14 lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
STONE MOUNTAIN 
The largest of the round or nearly round melons, for on 
good melon ground they weigh 50 pounds or better. The 
outside color is dark green; the flesh is deep red, firm and 
solid, almost all heart with no white hearts or stringiness. 
In delicious sweetness it is the equal of Halbert Honey and 
Kleckley Sweet and almost equal to Jackson. It is espe¬ 
cially recommended for the home garden and nearby mar- 
kets, but if carefully packed, the rind is tough enough to 
stand considerable handling, and on arrival usually outsells 
all other melons. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, Vi lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
PRESERVING CITRON or MELON 
A large-fruited variety, pure white flesh and thin rind. 
This is expensive when bought, yet can be grown and pre¬ 
served by any energetic housewife, who will then also 
know it to be absolutely pure and good. It is planted like 
Watermelon. Red-seeded. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, /± lb. 30c, lb. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
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