High Yielding, True to Type Melons Result front 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 
Growing Fields. Our Bred-Rite melon seed is the finest and best 
that can be secured anywhere. In selecting our stock seed, we 
saved melons from only the most vigorous growing, prolific 
vines, which produce melons of uniform color, shape and size, 
and of uniform high edible quality. 
CuLTUKE. Watermelons may be grown on nearly all kinds of 
Florida soils that have good drainage, hut rolling, sandy pine 
land is preferred. In general, new land is best for this crop in 
order to avoid diseases. The field should be checked off, plant¬ 
ing the seed in hills 8 feet apart each way or 8 by 10 feet. 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, later thinning to I plant per 
hill for best results. 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 be¬ 
fore 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 plant¬ 
ings may be made up to about the middle of February in Cen¬ 
tral 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. (90 days.) 
This sensational introduction has become one of the South’s 
leading shipping melons. It possesses all the good qualities de¬ 
manded by commercial growers, namely, good size, color, flavor, 
shipping quality and high yield. The almost round or square¬ 
shaped fruits average 32 pounds. The flesh is of a most attrac¬ 
tive, 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 rind, although thin, is tough and does not 
bruise easily, making it an ideal shipping melon. It is one of 
the sweetest-flavored and highest quality melons grown. 
Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 30c; 1 lb. 90c. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE FLORIDA FAVORITE. 
(95 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 it is a desirable 
variety for the garden and home market because of its high 
edible quality. 
Pkt. 5c; Ulb. 20c; 1 Ib. 60c. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE LEESBURG. (New, Wilt- 
Resistant.) (95 days.) This new variety originated by Dr. 
M. N. Walker of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, 
and developed at Leesburg, Fla., is attracting more attention in 
Florida than any other variety of watermelon ever introduced. 
It not only is extremely resistant to Fusarium Wilt disease, 
which permits of its being grown on the same land successive 
years, but it also possesses desirable qualities for commercial 
shipping as well as a home garden melon. It makes a heavy, 
vigorous vine growth, which means prolificacy and high yields. 
The melons are elongated, like Watson, but are more symmetri¬ 
cal, somewhat shorter, and more chunky and blocky at both 
ends, having a shape ideal for loading in cars and for the mar¬ 
kets. The rind is thin, but very tough and strong, making it a 
very good shipper. The smooth rind is of dark green color, 
stands more sun without sun-burning than any other green 
melon. The weight ranges from 28 to 30 lbs., an ideal size for 
market. The flesh is solid throughout, with an attractive deep 
rose-pink color, and with very few small white seeds. In cutting 
hundreds of melons no trace of white heart has ever been dis¬ 
covered. Exceedingly sweet, of fine firm texture, not stringy, and 
ripens clean to tbe rind with a sharp line of demarcation between 
flesh and rind. This variety is an ideal type for shipping and 
for market, and in addition it is highly resistant to wilt disease. 
Our stock of seed of this new variety was secured direct from 
Dr. M. N. Walker, the originator, who also personally inspected 
and rogued our seed growing fields. For these reasons, we are 
confident that no better strain of seed of this splendid new wilt- 
resistant variety can be secured anywhere. This variety should 
be in great demand among commercial melon growers, because 
of its desirable qualities as a shipping and market melon, and 
because it can be grown on wilt-infested soil. It should also be 
of particular value to home gardeners who, because of wilt dis¬ 
ease in their soils, cannot grow any other variety of watermelon. 
Pkt. 5c; Mlb. 45c; 1 Ib. $1.50. 
Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Leesburg (New, Wilt-Resistant) 
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