WATERMELONS 
(1 oz. to 30 hills, 4 to 5 lbs. per acre) 
CULTURE—Watermelons do best on 
newly-broken sod or prairie land, or on soil 
prepared by plowing under a crop of wheat 
or rye in the spring. The seed should not 
be planted until the soil has become thor¬ 
oughly warmed, about corn planting time. 
Plant five or six seeds in hills eight or ten 
feet apart each way. The soil in the hills 
should be made very rich by mixing in a 
few shovelfuls of well rotted manure. 
When the plants are well established, thin 
out to one or two strong plants. When 
insects molest the vines dust with Slug 
Shot, or similar preparation. 
TOM WATSON—The most popular melon 
in the South. Its shape is similar to the 
Kleckley Sweet, but the color is a lighter 
green. Its great merit is in its earliness, 
good flavor, thin rind, and good keeping 
qualities, making it one of the best of ship¬ 
pers. 
STON^ jVIOUNTAIN—A very large, near¬ 
ly round or “blocky” melon of high quality. 
Rind fairly tough, dark green, flesh sweet, 
rich scarlet, with few seeds; very prolific; 
one of the most popular shipping varieties. 
Tom Watson Watermelon 
HALBERT HONEY—A new exceedingly 
sweet and deliciously flavored melon, sim¬ 
ilar in size and shape to Kleckley’s Sweet. 
It is of handsome, long, oval shape. The 
skin is an attractive, very dark green; the 
flesh is of a beautiful bright red, extending 
almost to the outer rind, is very tender 
and melting, and entirely free from stringi¬ 
ness. 
KOLB’S GEM—The old popular market 
and shipping variety. It is still one of the 
leaders. 
IRISH GREY—A distinct and valuable 
new variety producing more good mer¬ 
chantable melons under the same condi¬ 
tions than any other variety; the eating 
quality is unbeatable. The sparkling red 
flesh is very sweet and entirely free from 
stringiness. The size is uniformly large, 
color of rind yellowish grey and almost as 
tough as the Citron, earlier than the Wat¬ 
son, and will keep in good condition a long 
time after picking. Stands long distance 
shipping well. 
FLORIDA FAVORITE—Oblong; striped; 
early. Sweet and fine flavored. 
CUBAN QUEEN—An old favorite. A 
good shipper. Has bright red flesh. 
ALABAMA SWEETS—A valuable ship¬ 
ping melon. Its chief merit lies in its ex¬ 
treme earliness and delicious quality so 
rarely found in an early shipping melon. 
They sell readily at good prices. Shape 
long, of good size, uniformly striped light 
and dark green; very sweet and luscious. 
PHINNEY’S EARLY—The earliest vari¬ 
ety. Small, but very hardy. Bright red 
flesh. 
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