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WISEMAN-DOWNS CO., INC. - 34 E. PRATT ST. - BALTIMORE, MD. 
WATERMELON 
CULTURE.—Watermelons require a rich sandy loam, 
which should be well worked. Put 10 to 12 seeds in a hill. 
When the plants have formed the first pair of rough leaves 
they should be thinned so as to leave 2 or 3 of the strongest 
and best to each hill. Make hills about 10 feet apart. One 
ounce of seed to 30 hills. 
TOM WATSON 
This long, smooth melon is especially favored in 
the South. The rich green skin is faintly webbed 
with a veining of deeper green, covered with a fine 
netting, giving it a most attractive appearance. The 
flesh is of most superb quality and intensively red 
color. The rind is thin, but hard and rubbery, which 
makes it a splendid shipping sort. Vines hardy, vig¬ 
orous and productive. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, % lb. 25c, 
lb. 75c. 
FLORIDA FAVORITE 
A standard sort. Long and of uniform size. Color 
a beautiful green. Flesh very red, with a taste that 
lingers. It has long been a favorite with the truck¬ 
ers and market gardeners. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, \i lb. 
25c, lb. 75c. 
KLECKLEY SWEET 
Well does it deserve its name. It has a sweetness pecu¬ 
liarly all its own. The skin is a rich dark green; the flesh 
bright scarlet; ripening close to the rind. The melons aver¬ 
age about 20 inches long and ripen quite early. Our strain is 
from the original stock, and we can recommend it very 
highly. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 34 lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
THURMOND GRAY 
A heavy producer of large long melons that have size, 
attractive appearance, fine quality and bright red, solid 
meat that ripens close to the tough thin rind and is free 
of strings. The green or greenish-gray color makes it 
hard to sunburn and it is wilt-resistant. It is a wonderful 
market melon, ranking with Irish Gray and Tom Watson 
as a shipper, but it has the fine sugary quality so necessary 
in a home garden melon. It is about as early as Irish Gray. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, lb. 25c, lb. 75. 
Stone Mountain 
IMPROVED GEORGIA or AUGUSTA 
RATTLESNAKE 
Rattlesnake has always been regarded as a fine melon 
and by many is preferred to all others. Our improved 
strain is even better than it ever was on account of constant 
selection and watchful work on it throughout a period of 
years. The rind is thin and tough, the flesh deep scarlet, 
the flavor and fine quality are unsurpassed by any other 
melon. We recommend it for both the home garden and for 
shipping. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 34 lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
SWEET HEART 
Fruits very large; round to slightly oblong, with blocky 
ends; light green with fine, dark veining; rind hard and 
tough; flesh bright red, crisp and sweet, seeds black. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 15c. M lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
IRISH GRAY 
In sweetness it is like Kleckley’s Sweet; in shipping qual¬ 
ity, uniformity in shape, size and in productiveness it com¬ 
pares with Tom Watson. The thin rind is so tough it will 
not burst from rough treatment in transit; its keeping 
quality will appeal to shippers who have experienced losses 
on account of glutted markets. The color is a distinct 
mottled greenish gray; the flesh is red, sweet, crisp and free 
from stringiness. Although a grand shipper, it is equally 
fine for the home garden. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 34 lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
STONE MOUNTAIN 
The largest of the round or nearly round melons, for on 
good melon ground they weigh 50 pounds or better. The 
outside color is dark green; the flesh is deep red, firm and 
solid, almost all heart with no white hearts or stringiness. In 
delicious sweetness it is the equal of Halbert Honey and 
Kleckley Sweet and almost equal to Jackson. It is especial¬ 
ly recommended for the home garden and nearby markets, 
but if carefully packed, the rind is tough enough to stand 
considerable handling, and on arrival usually outsells all 
other melons. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
PRESERVING CITRON or MELON 
A large-fruited variety, pure white flesh and thin rind. 
This is expensive when bought, yet can be grown and pre¬ 
served by any energetic housewife, who will then also know 
it to be absolutely pure and good. It is planted like Water¬ 
melon. Red-seeded. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, lb. 3Dc. lb. $1.00. 
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