WATERMELON 
Plant 1 pound per acre. 
Our Bred-Rite watermelon seed stocks are produced by an 
expert seed grower and not by a commercial grower or ship¬ 
per. Not a single melon is sold or shipped from our Bred-Rite 
Seed Growing Fields. Our Bred-ltite melon seed is the finest 
and best that can be secured anywhere. In selecting our stock 
seed, we saved melons from only the most vigorous growing, 
prolific vines, which produce melons of uniform color, shape 
and size, and of uniform high edible quality. 
Cui.ture. Watermelons may be grown on nearly all kinds of 
Florida soils that have good drainage, but rolling, sandy pine 
land is preferred. In general, new land is best for this crop in 
order to avoid diseases. The field should be checked off, plant¬ 
ing the seed in hills 8 feet apart each way or 8 by 10 feet. 
Seed should be planted about 2 inches deep, and plants should 
be thinned to 2 or 3 plants per hill when they are still small 
and when all danger of frost is past, later thinning to 1 plant 
per hill for best results. The most successful growers apply a 
4 -7-5 fertilizer mixture about a week before planting the seed. 
A second application may be made if necessary when the 
vines begin to run. The fertilizer should be worked into the 
hills before planting at the rate of two pounds per hill, or 800 
pounds per acre. The first planting of watermelons for an 
early crop in Florida should be made about January 1st and 
successive plantings may be made up to about the middle of 
February in Central and South Florida. Plantings in North 
Florida are made two or three weeks later. 
For earlier melons use Ilotkaps. (See page 61.) 
Prices quoted on Watermelon seed are postpaid. 
Write for prices on larger quantities. 
KILGORE'S BRED-RITE DIXIE QUEEN. (90 days.) This sen¬ 
sational introduction has become one of Florida’s leading 
shipping melons. It possesses all the good qualities demanded 
by commercial growers, namely, good size, color, flavor, ship¬ 
ping quality and high yield. The almost round or square¬ 
shaped fruits average 32 pounds. The flesh is of a most attrac¬ 
tive, rich, bright-red color. It is solid, with very few small 
white seeds. The outer skin is light green, striped and blotched 
with dark green. The rind, although thin, is tough and does 
not bruise easily, making it an ideal shipping melon. It is one 
•of the sweetest-flavored and highest quality melons grown. 
Pkt. 5c; 1/4 lb. 30c; I lb. $1.00. 
KILGORE'S BRED-RITE FLORIDA FAVORITE. (95 days.) An 
early, long, medium-sized melon, irregularly striped with 
lighter green. The flesh is a deep red and very delicious. This 
melon does not ship very well, but it is a desirable variety for 
the garden and home market because of its high edible quality. 
Pkt. 5c; 'A lb. 30c; 1 lb. 75c. 
KILGORE'S BRED-RITE LEESBURG. (New, Wilt-Resistant.) 
(95 days.) This new variety originated by Dr. M. N. "Walker 
of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, and devel¬ 
oped at Leesburg, Fla., is attracting more attention in Flor¬ 
ida than any other variety of watermelon ever introduced. 
It not only is extremely resistant to Fusarium Wilt disease, 
which permits of its being grown on the same land successive 
years, but it also possesses desirable qualities for commercial 
shipping as well as a home garden melon. It makes a heavy, 
vigorous vine growth, which means productivity and high 
yields. The melons are elongated, like Watson, but are more 
symmetrical, somewhat shorter, and more chunky and blocky 
at both ends, having a shape ideal for loading in cars and for 
the markets. The rind is thin, but very tough and strong, mak¬ 
ing it a very good shipper. The smooth rind is of dark green 
color, stands more sun without sun-burning than any other 
green melon. The weight ranges from 28 to 30 lbs., an ideal 
size for market. The flesh is solid throughout, with an attrac¬ 
tive deep rose-pink color, and with very few small white seeds. 
In cutting hundreds of melons no trace of white heart has 
ever been discovered. Exceedingly sweet, of fine firm texture, 
not stringy, and ripens clean to the rind with a sharp line of 
demarcation between flesh and rind. This variety is an ideal 
type for shipping and for market, and in addition it is highly 
resistant to wilt disease. Our stock of seed of this new variety 
was secured direct from Dr. M. N. Walker, the originator, 
who also personally inspected and rogued our seed growing 
fields. For these reasons, we are confident that no better strain 
of seed of this splendid new wilt-resistant variety can be 
secured anywhere. This variety should be in great demand 
among commercial melon growers, because of its desirable 
qualities as a shipping and market melon, and because it can 
be grown on wilt-infested soil. It should also be of particular 
value to home gardeners who, because of wilt disease in their 
soils, cannot grow any other variety of watermelon. 
Pkt. 5c; Li lb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
Kilgore's Bred-Rite Leesburg (New, Wilt-Resistant) 
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For Best Results Plant Kilgore's "Bred-Rite" Seeds 
