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SEED GROWERS 
Stone Mountain 
The Michael-Leonard Seed Com¬ 
pany has general offices at Chicago, 
Illinois, and Sioux City, Iowa, and 
maintains branches at the following 
locations: 
Normal, Ill. 
Des Plaines, Ill. 
Columbus, Wis. 
Carroll, la. 
Boone, la. 
Pella, la. 
Algona, la. 
Muscatine, la. 
Iowa City, la. 
Red Oak, la. 
Ottumwa, la. 
Ames, la. 
Billings, Mont. 
Ontario, Ore. 
Moscow, Idaho. 
Ashton, Idaho. 
Mankato, Minn. 
Sioux Falls, S. Dak. 
Norfolk, Neb. 
Grand Island, Neb. 
Culture. For Watermelons follow our cul¬ 
tural directions for cucumbers, except that 
it is necessary to give the watermelon a 
space of 8 to 10 feet between the hills, and 
thin the plants to two to the hill. One ounce 
plants 25 hills, and three pounds of seed will 
plant an acre. Number of days given are from 
planting to ripe fruit. 
Watermelon 
COLE’S EARLY or HARRIS EARLY. (80 days). 
The best of the extra early sorts. Fruits slightly oval 
with irregular mottled stripes of light and dark green. 
Flesh bright red, sweet and tender. A desirable 
variety where the season is 'short. It is hardy, pro¬ 
ductive and the largest of the early kinds. Highly 
recommended for home use. 
STONE MOUNTAIN. (88 days). A very large, me¬ 
dium dark green round melon of excellent quality. 
Flesh highly colored, very solid, with fewer seeds 
than most Watermelons. It has gained a well de¬ 
served popularity in the South where the fruits 
frequently attain a weight of 60 to 80 pounds. The 
rind is tough enough to stand handling for nearby 
markets, but will not stand long distance shipping. 
IMPROVED KLECKLEY’S SWEETS, W. S. (88 
days). A very valuable melon, wonderfully produc¬ 
tive; long, thick, and uniform in size. Color of rind 
dark bluish green. Flesh sparkling red, sweet and 
entirely free from hard centers. 
TOM WATSON. (91 days). A large melon similar in 
shape and splendid quality to Monte Cristo, but 
averaging larger in size and with a tougher rind, 
making it especially adapted to shipping. The rind 
is dark green with distinct, fine veining; flesh is 
rich red, sweet, and tender. One of the best shippers. 
CITRON, RED SEEDED. (95 days). For preserves 
and candied fruit. Round, green fruits, distinctly 
marked with irregular stripes. Flesh white, very firm 
and solid. Not good to eat uncooked. 
DIXIE QUEEN. (85 days). Fruit round or blunt ob¬ 
long, grey with prominent dark green stripes. Flesh 
richly colored, firm, sweet and juicy, with very small 
white seeds. Good shipper. 
FLORIDA FAVORITE. (88 days). A very large, long 
melon, mottled dark green with stripes of lighter 
shade. Rind thin but firm; flesh very bright, deep 
red, very sweet, tender and of excellent flavor. 
GYPSY OR GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE. (94 days). 
Fruit cylindrical, square at the ends, smooth and 
distinctly striped and mottled light and dark green. 
Flesh bright scarlet and very sweet. 
GOLDEN HONEY (Yellow Meated). (90 days). The 
best of the yellow fleshed melons. It is oblong in 
shape and the average weight is 20 pounds. Dark 
green rind with irregular stripes of darker green. 
HALBERT HONEY. (85 days). Fruit long, 12 by 18 
inches, slightly tapered, dark green with lighter green 
veins or net. Flesh rich, bright red, fine grained, 
sweet and well flavored. Skin thin and crisp; seed 
white with black tip and rim. Excellent garden type. 
SWEETHEART. (89 days). This Melon is large, 
handsome, heavy and productive. The shape is oval 
and the color mottled light to a very light green. 
Flesh bright red, solid but tender and very sweet. 
LONG LIGHT ICING OR GREY MONARCH. (85 
days). Fruit long and slender, 8 by 14 inches, light 
green with fine net of greyish green. Flesh bright red, 
firm and crisp, well flavored and sweet. The skin is 
thin and quite brittle; seed small and white. Good 
garden and home market type. 
IRISH GREY. (90 days). Fruit is long, oval, blunt at 
both ends, light greyish green color. Flesh is bright 
red, sweet, firm and very well flavored, with few 
seeds. The skin is thin but quite tough; seed white. 
WINTER KING AND QUEEN. (85 days). Skin is 
light cream with faint stripes of light green. Prolific 
and of excellent quality. Properly stored it will remain 
edible for several months. Good shipper. 
IMPROVED BLACK-SEEDED KLONDIKE. (83 
days). For genuine merit, not surpassed by any other 
kind. Rind dark green with attractive bright red 
flesh. Seeds small and black. 
PEERLESS OR ICE CREAM. (84 days). Fruits short, 
oblong, medium green, with fine veining; rind thin 
and tender. Flesh bright red, very sweet; seed white. 
PHINNEY’S EARLY. (85 days). Fruit long with 
blunt end, 8 by 16 inches, in mottled shades of 
green. Flesh bright pink, not too firm, sweet and well 
flavored; loose seed web with a great many seed. 
Rind is thin and brittle; seed white with black tip. 
Good garden type of large early Melon. 
ALL WATERMELONS PRICED AT: 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; lb., 30c. 
