Home-grown Watermelons are a treat 
Tom Watson Watermelon 
MICHELL’S CHOICE STRAIN WATERMELONS 
Melon d’eau (Fr.) Wasser Melone (Ger.) Melone d’aqua (Ital.) 
One ounce will sow 30 hills; 4 pounds, an acre 
Plant in hills 8 to 10 feet apart each way, 8 to 10 seeds in each hill, covering Yi inch deep. When well established, thin out to three or 
j four of the strongest plants to each hill. A little land plaster dusted over the young plants will keep beetles away. Watermelons should not 
• be planted until after the soil has become thoroughly warm. We offer only the varieties which from experience we know are the better ones. 
^ Halbert Honey. The long fruits with blunt 
ends are very large, often weighing 50 
pounds. Rind is very thin, dark green, 
while the flesh is a rich crimson and very 
sweet. It is very prolific and is altogether 
a first-rater. Pkt. 10c.; 15c. per oz.; ^Ib. 
35c.; $1.00 per lb. 
I; Harris’ Earliest. Ripens very early and on 
this account is one of the best to raise in 
the northern states. Fruit oblong, marbled 
with light and dark green; flesh bright red 
and of good quality. Pkt. iOc.; 15c. per oz.; 
J^lb. 35c.; $1.00 per lb. 
I Kleckley Sweets. A sweet one, to be sure, 
with a luscious tenderness all its own._ It is 
not a shipping variety, as the rind is too 
close to the ripe, flufl'y, rich red meat, 
when in condition to use. The melons 
average about 20 inches long and ripen 
quite early. Pkt. 10c.; 15c. per oz.; 341b. 
35c.; $1.00 per Ib. 
Pride of Muscatine. Wilt-resistant. A new 
melon that will be welcomed in sections 
where melon wilt prevails. It is more immune 
from this plant disease than any variety we 
know. A long, dark green variety with red 
flesh, exceptionally sweet. Pkt. 10c.; 15c. 
per oz.; 341b. 35c.; $1.00 per Ib. 
Stone Mountain. Fine for the home-garden 
and a good market variety. Round, 
slightly elongated, with light green skin 
and crimson flesh, sweet. Average weight, 
40 to 50 pounds. Pkt. 10c.; 15c. per 
oz.; 34Ib. 35c.; $1.00 per Ib. 
Tom Watson. A handsome, lar^e fruit, 
frequently 2 feet long and 1 foot in diam¬ 
eter, with dark green rind and bright 
scarlet flesh, of excellent texture and 
flavor. The sugary meat really melts in 
your mouth. Nothing can touch it in the 
melon line for shipping qualities. Pkt. 
10c.; 15c. per oz.; 341b. 35c.; $1.00 per lb. 
Preserving Melon • Citron 
California Red-seeded. A large-fruit^ 
variety with pure white flesh and thin 
rind. Preserved melon is expensive when 
bought, yet melons can be grown and pre¬ 
served by any energetic housewife, who 
will then be assured that her preserved 
melon is absolutely pure and good. It is 
planted like watermelon. Pkt. 10c.; 15c. 
per oz.; 341b. 35c.; 85c. per Ib. J 
Perkins Long-Pod Okra 
K WATERMELON SEEDS. For medicinal purposes. Lb. 60c. 
OKRA or GUMBO 
One ounce will sow about a 100-foot row 
Sow seed thickly after frost and cold have disappeared, in rows 3 feet apart; when about 
6 inches high, plants should be thinned out to stand 1 foot apart in the vow. The pod is used 
when young and tender, 
sliced in soups and 
stews; what is not util¬ 
ized during the summer 
may be harvested, cut 
in slices, dried in the 
sun, and put away for 
use during the winter. 
Perkins Long-Pod. A 
dwarf type, setting 
pods when the plants 
are only a foot high. 
Can be planted some¬ 
what earlier than other 
sorts. Dark green, 
long, tender pods. Pkt. 
10c.; 15c. per oz.; 34Ib. 
35c.; 75c. per Ib. 
White Velvet or Creole. 
The pods are very free 
from ridges, almost per¬ 
fectly smooth, tender, 
and very light green, 
almost white. Pkt. 
lOc.; 15c. peroz.; 341b. 
35c.; 75c. per Ib. 
516 and 518 Market St*, Philadelphia# Pa 
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