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WISEMAN-DOWNS CO., INC. - 34 E. PRATT ST. - BALTIMORE, MD. 
WATER MELON 
CULTURE.—Watermelons require a rich sandy loam, they should be thinned so as to leave 2 or 3 of the strongest 
which should be well worked. Put 10 to 12 seeds in a hill. and best to each hill. Make hills about 10 feet apart. One 
When the plants have formed the first pair of rough leaves ounce of seed to 30 hills. 
TOM WATSON 
95 Days. 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 
80 Days. 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, 34 lb. 
25c, lb. 75c. 
KLECKLEY SWEET 
85 Days. Well does it deserve its name. It has a sweetness 
peculiarly all its own. This 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 
95iDays. 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, 34 lb. 25c, lb. 75. 
Stone Mountain 
IMPROVED GEORGIA or AUGUSTA 
RATTLESNAKE 
90 Days. 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 
90 Days. 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, 34 lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
IRISH GRAY 
95 Days. In sweetness it is like Kleckley’s Sweet; in ship¬ 
ping quality, uniformity in shape, size and in productiveness 
it compares 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 
90 Days. 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, 34 lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
PRESERVING CITRON or MELON 
95 Days. A large-fruited variety, pure white flesh and thin 
rind. This is expensive when bought, yet can be grown and 
preserved by any energetic housewife, who will then also 
know it to be absolutely pure and good. It is planted like 
Watermelon. Red-seeded. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 34 lb. 30c, Ib. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
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