SEED GROWERS 
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WATERMELON — Continued 
STONE MOUNTAIN 88 Days 
A very_ large, medium dark green, round melon of excellent quality. 
Flesh highly colored, very solid, with fewer seeds than most watermelons. 
It has gained a well deserved 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. 
SUN, MOON AND STARS 88 Days 
iM'uits oval to almost round, medium light green with varied sizes of 
darker stripes. Both fruits and leaves are spotted with light yellow' spots 
of varied sizes. Flesh is bright red, very sweet and well flavored but 
somewhat stringy. 
SWEETHEART 89 Days 
This melon is large, handsome, heavy and productive. The shape is oval 
and the color mottled light to a ver}^ light green. Flesh bright red, solid 
but tender and very sweet, 
THURMOND GREY 92 Days 
An improved strain of Irish Grey; has larger fruits and is more resistant 
to disease. A popular shipping type of grey melon. 
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 i.s rich red, sweet and tender. One of the best shipping melons. 
MUSTARD 
Culture, ^fustard is grown for its seed whicli i.s used for flavoring 
or medicinal purposes or grown for its leaf which is used in salad or 
cooked like spinach. Sow mustard as soon as the soil can be worked 
in spring and every three weeks, for a succession, or in the South it may 
be sown in the fall for early spring greens. Cover the seed lightly in 
twelve to eighteen inch drills. Cut the leaf when not over four inches high. 
Number of days given i.s/ from planting to cutting. 
BLACK OR BROWN 30 Days 
Leaf dark green, medium large and very .smooth with cut edge; broad 
oblong. Seed dark reddish brown in color and used for grinding for 
prepared mustard. 
CHINESE BROAD LEAF 35 Days 
Plant medium large and vigorous; leaves broad, large, oblong and slightly 
crumpled; medium green; scalloped at edges. Seed reddish brown in color. 
FLORIDA BROAD LEAF 40 Days 
Leaf very large, broad, long oval with a smooth saw-toothed edge and 
broad white mid-rib; bright green in color. Makes a strong, quick growth, 
spreading out somew'hat more than otlier smooth types. Holds well in 
hot weather. Seed dark brown in color. 
