scst Watermelon 
Four ounces will plant 100 hills; sow 4 to 5 pounds per acre. 
CULTURE—The best soil for growing watermelons is light, rich, and sandy. When the 
ground is thoroughly warm, and all danger of frost is past, drop 8 to 10 seeds in hills 8 
to 10 feet apart, covering the seed about an inch. When the plants begin to run to vines, 
thin out all but the 3 strongest plants in each hill. 
370. COLE’S EARLY—(75 to 80 days.) 
A leading first early variety for home garden 
and truckers to local markets; reasonably pro- 
ductive, and particularly desirable for the North- 
west as it matures in a short season. Fruit: 
weight 20 lbs., medium size, short, oval, with 
alternate light and dark green stripes; tender 
rind, Flesh: pink-red, of good flavor; seeds 
black. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 4% Ib. 25e, % Ib. 40c, 
lb. 70c, prepaid, 
371. EARLY ROUND LIGHT ICING— Will Rogers grows to enormous size. 
(85 days.) A very productive mid-season melon 
of excellent quality. Adapted to home or mar- ggq4, WILL ROGERS—(88 days.) Another 
ket gardens in the Northwest. Fruit: weight jew early melon of the Stone Mountain type, 
20 lbs., oval round, very uniform, light green, often growing to enormous size. Average size 
with indistinct veining of darker green. Rind 14 by 12 inches; weight 35 lbs Shaped like 
thin and tender. Flesh: light red, of excellent gtoné Mountain, with ahitelacada tipped black. 
quality; seeds white. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10¢, % 1b. Skin is dark green, and flesh is bright red—of 
25¢, Ye lb. 45c, Ib. 80c, prepaid. good quality. Pkt. 8c, oz. 12c, % Ib. 25c, % 
lb. 45c, lb. 80c, prepaid. 
385. GOLDEN HONE Y—(88 to 90 days.) 
An excellent home garden or local market melon 
with amber-yellow flesh that is so sweet, crisp 
and glistening it fairly melts in your mouth, 
Fruit: medium size, weight 20 lbs., chunky, 
nearly round, light green with mottled darker 
green stripes; rind brittle. Flesh: amber-yellow, 
crisp and delicious, free from stringy sections. 
Seeds brown. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % lb. 25c, 2 
Ib. 40c, lb. 70c, prepaid. 
386. EARLIEST AND SWEETEST— 
(75 days.) <A fine early home garden melon, 
perfectly adapted to the short growing seasons 
of the Northwest. Fruit: medium size, weight 
10 to 15 lbs., oblong shape, rind mottled with 
several shades of green. Flesh: scarlet, of ex- 
tra fineness and sweetness. Entirely free from 
stringiness. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, Y% Ib. 25c, Y% Ib. 
40c, lb. 70c, prepaid. 
388. MIXED WATERMELON—For those 
wishing an assortment of watermelons, we have 
put up a special mixture containing our best 
and most popular varieties. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % 
Ib. 20c, 2 lb. 35c, Ib. 65c, prepaid. 



EARLY KANSAS—Super Quality and Size § 
§ 369. EARLY KANSAS—(Also § 
§ known as Red Russian or Red Seeded § 
Hutchinson.) (85 days.) A new melon 
§ of genuine merit. It has suddenly become 
very popular on the markets of the Mid- 
west, due to its earliness combined with 
large size, and its attractive appearance— 
plus fine quality. The skin is dark green 
with alternate stripes of a lighter shade. 
§ The rind is of medium thickness—vwell 
suited for carrying reasonable distances— 
§ and the flesh is a rich red color, of de- 
lightful flavor. Average size 15 by 13 
inches; weight 40 Ibs. Seeds brown. 
(See inside back cover.) Pkt. 8c, oz. 12c, 
Y, Ib. 25c, Y Ib. 45c, 1b. 80c, prepaid. 

See Inside Back Cover for Color Illustration. 
382— WINTER MELON—Long Keeping! 
Also called King and Queen or Christmas Melon 
382. WINTER MELON — (78 days.) 
x Here’s a sweet luscious watermelon for your 
Thanksgiving dinner, from your own garden. An 
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early sort, very prolific and an excellent shipper. One Early Northern Sweet 
This melon will keep 2 months after picking if PEG Early Kansas 2 Oc 
properly stored. Fruit: small, weight. 1 lbs., Each Will Rogers 
round, pale yellow when ripening. lesh: bright 
red, crystalline, very sweet. Pkt. 5c, 0%. 10c, One Ounce of Each for 30c, ppd. 

Y, Ib. 25c, Y% Ib. 40c, lb. 70c, prepaid. 
383. KLECKLEY’S 
SWEET—(85 days.) A 
splendid medium early vari- 
ety, especially desirable for 
home garden use and for 
truckers serving local mar- 
kets. It will not stand long 
distance shipping. A melon 
of outstanding quality and 
unusual sweetness. Fruit: 
large, weight 30 to 40 Ibs., 
eylindrical dark bluish 
green, with thin tender rind. 
Flesh: bright red, tender 
and extremely sweet. Seeds 
374 

white, Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1 
Early Ib. 25c, V2 Ib. 40c, Ib, 70c, 
Northern Sweet _ prepaid. ; 
Ripens in 9 to 10 Weeks! KLECKLEY’S SWEET, a delicious medium early Melon. PKT. 5¢ 
390. CITRON 
374. EARLY NORTHERN SWEET— For making preserves. 
Here’s the newest thing in watermelons for the Flesh: clear white and 
North. Introduced by Minn. Experiment Station, solid. Fruit: round 


and the seed was originally brought in from and smooth, quite 
Russia. This amazing melon ripens in 9 to 10 small. Pkt. 5e, oz. 10c, 
weeks from planting. Of an attractive green 1%, Ib. 25c, Y2 Ib. 40c, The young seed pods of this plant are used for the well known and 
color, striped with lighter green. Flesh is dark prepaid. delicious gumbo soups. Plant in spring as soon as danger of frost 
red and_ tender, eee a ae nee aoe is past. Cultivate the same as corn. 
Weighs 9 to 10 Ibs. Splendid for carly market 215. WHITE VELVET— | 217. DWARF GREEN 
or “home. garden.) Iv is important ‘hat ‘melons Market Growers Height 3% feet; long white pods. Grows low, is very -productive. 
be picked as soon as they ripen, otherwise flesh Ask for Pkt. 5c, oz. 15¢, %4 Ib. 40c, pre- Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1% Ib. 40c, pre- 
tends to become slightly stringy. Pkt. 8c, oz. S , | Pri Li paid. paid 
12c, % Ib. 25¢e, Y2 Ib. 45c, 1 Ib. 80c, prepaid. pecia rice List ! 

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