ROYAL QUALITY SEEDS BEST BY EVERY TEST 
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WATERMELON 
CULTURE —To cultivate good water¬ 
melons, plant in hills about 6 feet apart 
each way, and incorporate well-rotted 
manure thoroughly with the soil. Plant 
8 to 10 seeds in a hill, when ground is 
dry and warm. When the plants are well 
up, thin out to 3 or 4 of the strongest 
plants in the hill. Sow 1 ounce to 25 
hills; 5 pounds to the acre. Our seed 
is much superior to the ordinary stock 
offered. 
FIVE GREAT GARDEN 
MELONS 
KLECKLEY’S SWEET or MONTE 
CRISTO —None surpass this superfine 
sort for home use or closeby markets. 
Fruits are medium size, oblong and dark 
green in color. The flesh is a rich red; 
melting and sugary. Edible in 87 days. 
Size 10x22 inches. 
HALBERT HONEY —Very similar to 
KLECKLEY’S SWEET in size and 
shape. Has beautiful bright red flesh of 
the most luscious honey-like flavor. Like 
its twin, KLECKLEY’S SWEET, does 
not ship well long distances. Weight 35 
pounds. Edible in 87 days. Seeds, 
white, tipped with black. 
TOM WATSON —Although the out¬ 
side appearance is similar to KLECK¬ 
LEY’S SWEET, our strain of WATSON 
has a tough elastic rind, weighs often 40 
pounds and is a good shipper. Seed is 
white marked with brown. Meets the 
demand for a superior shipping and gar¬ 
den melon. Edible in 92 days. 
IRISH GRAY —Is a new sort of great merit, 
being large and long. The sparkling flesh is 
free from strifiginess and sugary sweetness. 
The rind is a yellowish gray and tough enough 
to stand long distance shipping. Weighs 35 
pounds, and edible in 90 days. Seeds are white. 
STONE MOUNTAIN — A new, valuable 
melon for both the home and market garden. 
Bears very large almost round fruits with 
blocky ends; is dark green with indistinct veins 
and a hard and tough rind. The flesh is bright 
red, crisp, sweet and delicious. 
Tom Watson 
EXCEL —A large dark green melon with 
slightly mottled stripe. Flesh is a deep red 
when ripe and of splendid quality. 
FLORIDA FAVORITE — Popular in the 
south, being a splendid melon of large size ajid 
excellent quality. Rind is a mottled green. 
Matures in 87 days. 
WATERMELONS—Popular Varieties 
ALABAMA SWEET —Produces large dark 
green melons netted with light green stripes. 
Flesh sweet. A good shipper. Average weight 
30 pounds. Edible in 90 days. 
CUBAN QUEEN —One of the old popular 
varieties and still much used. Is a round, 
slightly oblong melon, with green stripes, 30 
pounds in weight, maturing in 90 days. A fine 
shipping melon. 
CITRON —Fruits are round. Flesh is white, 
hard, used for preserves and pickles. A 
good keeper and very productive. 
GYPSY or GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE— 
Our improved strain gives you a long, good 
sized melon, mottled dark green rind, with 
deep scarlet flesh, which is sweet and delicious. 
A good shipper. Matures in 80 days. 
GRAY MONARCH or LONG LIGHT ICING 
—The mottled markings of this light green 
melon make it appear gray. Is a very large 
melon, sometimes very long, 30 to 50 pounds. 
Matures in 85 days. 
KLONDIKE —Is that delicious, sweet as 
honey, red meated melon one eats often in 
California. 
