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Slate's Good Seeds and Prompt Service, South Boston, Virginia 
The South’s Best Watermelons 
Break the soil deep, pulverize thoroughly, and prepare large 
beds eight feet apart. On these beds prepare hills eight feet apart. 
Open the hills and drop in a shovelful of manure, covering it 
about four to six inches deep. Then chop into the top of the hills 
a handful of high grade commercial fertilizer. Plant from ten to 
twelve seed in each hill and cover them about one inch. After the 
plants get beyond danger from insects, thin to three plants per 
hill. Cultivate frequently. One ounce of seed plants 25 hills; three 
to four pounds per acre. For the bugs that attack the young 
plants, you can use an application of Nicotine Dust or either a 
mixture of Arsenate of Lead 1 lb. and slacked lime 2 lb. Apply 
these dusts to the under side of the foliage and around the base 
of the plant. Slate’s Watermelon seed are true Southern grown 
stock and have been famous for their producing quality for over 
half a century. Particular market growers will do well to plant 
our stock, because it produces better melons than that grown in 
the North and West. Our list includes the best of the recent intro¬ 
ductions as well as many of the old sorts. 
Stone Mountain 
224— STONE MOUNTAIN or WILSON.— The 
popularity of this melon has increased every year 
until it now occupies first place. Tt is now the leading 
market melon and by far the most popular with home 
growers. It is a large round melon with a deep green 
rind, which is thin but able to stand long hauls. The 
flesh is bright scarlet, solid, crisp, and sweet. In 
quality it ranks with the best varieties and its size 
and handsome appearance make it easy to sell. The 
vines seem to stand up well under average growing 
conditions and set a good yield of fruit. White seed. 
, Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % lb. 30c, lb. $1.00, postpaid. 
231— HALBERT HONEY. —A fine old melon that 
has been a favorite for fifty years or more. In general 
appearance it resembles a Kleckley Sweets but has 
a more blocky shape with slight 
ridges in its side. In all it is 
one of the best looking of the 
dark green melons and grows 
to larger size than Kleckleys. 
The vines are vigorous and 
produce a big crop of melons. 
Fruit large, about same size at 
both ends, oblong shape, slight¬ 
ly ridged, rich deep green skin. 
The flesh is bright scarlet, very 
crisp and tender. In sweet¬ 
ness and quality, we consider 
this one of the best melons 
to be had. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, U lb. 25c, 
lb. 75c, postpaid. 
237— IMPROVED KLECKLEY SWEETS.— This 
variety will always be popular. For years and 
years it ranked first and then Stone Mountain came 
to take first place but Kleckleys is still very much 
in demand and may yet regain first rank. With this 
improved strain of Kleckleys showing so much su¬ 
periority over the old strain, it is regaining its 
former popularity rapidly. The Improved Kleckley 
grows larger than the old strain, has a more uni¬ 
formly good shape, is less inclined to white heart 
and yet it has every good feature of the old sort. 
The melons grow medium to large size, slightly 
smaller at stem end, dark green smooth skin, thin 
rind. The flesh is bright red, firm, exceedingly sweet 
and crisp. White seed. The name 
Kleckley has been known on every 
market and will always help sell the 
melons. For home use, we think this 
one of the best to be had. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, *4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c, 
postpaid. 
234— IRISH GREY. —A melon 
that has proved its merits. The Irish 
Grey combines the large size, pro¬ 
ductiveness and good shipping qual¬ 
ities of the Tom Watson with the 
excellent quality flesh and sweetness 
of the Kleckley Sweets. It is a melon 
that will appeal alike to home grow¬ 
ers and those who grow melons for 
shipping. The color is a light green¬ 
ish grey. The flesh is very crisp, 
free from strings, and surpassingly 
sweet. If you want something different and better 
in watermelons, try Irish Grey. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, *4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c, postpaid. 
Halbert Honey 
Kleckley Sweets 
