SEED GROWERS 
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WATERMELON 
Culture. For watermelon, follow our cultural directions for cucum¬ 
bers, except that it is necessary to give the watermelon a space of eight 
to ten feet between hills, and thin the plants to two to the hill. One ounce 
plants twenty-five hills and three pounds of seed plant an acre. Number 
of days given is from planting to ripe fruit. 
ALABAMA SWEETS 90 Days 
The melons are large, of oblong form, and have a firm, dark green, 
slightly striped rind. The flesh is bright red and of delicious flavor. 
ANGELINO 90 Days 
Fruit nearly round, deep green with darker green stripe; stripes irregular. 
Flesh is bright red, crisp, tender and of excellent flavor. Early, prolific 
and a good shipper. 
BLACK SPANISH 88 Days 
Nearly round with very deep green skin; early and productive; weight 
about 20 pounds. 
BRADFORD 90 Days 
Shape long; color dark, with darker wavy bands; flesh melting and ex¬ 
cellent. 
CITRON, RED SEEDED 95 Days 
For preserves and candied fruit. Round green fruits, distinctly marked 
with irregular stripes. Flesh white, very firm and solid. Not good to eat 
uncooked. 
COLE’S EARLY OR HARRIS EARLY 80 Days 
The best of the extra early sorts. Fruits slightly oval with irregular 
mottled stripes of light and dark green. Flesh bright red, sweet and 
tender. A desirable variety where the season is short. It is hardy, pro¬ 
ductive and the largest of the early kinds. 
DIXIE 90 Days 
Size 10x18 inches. Fruit medium large oval, dark green with lighter 
stripe; flesh bright red, very sweet and tender; skin thin and crisp; seed 
black. Excellent home market and garden type. 
DIXIE QUEEN 85 Days 
Fruit round or blunt oblong, grey with prominent dark green stripes. 
Flesh richly colored, firm, sweet and juicy, with very small white seeds. 
Good shipper. 
EARLY FORDHOOK 85 Days 
Size 14x12 inches. A large, extra early melon of good quality. The rind 
is dark green mottled with stripes of a darker color. The flesh is deep pink 
and the seeds are white. A widely used watermelon chiefly because of its 
extreme earliness. 
FLORIDA FAVORITE 88 Days 
A very large, long melon, mottled dark green with stripes of lighter shade. 
Rind thin but firm; flesh very bright, deep red, very sweet, tender and of 
excellent flavor. 
GOLDEN HONEY (Yellow Meated) 90 Days 
The best of the yellow fleshed melons. It is oblong in shape and the 
average weight is 20 pounds. The rind is dark green with irregular 
stripes of darker green. 
