
- GROW 
SSELL-HECKLE’S 
MIXED (SEVERAL VARIETIES) 

WATERMELON 


For Home Use 
and Market 

How Easy 
To Grow 
Prepare hills 8 or 10 feet apart each 
way by working in thoroughly rotted 
manure or poultry droppings — rich 
ground gives the plants a good start 
before insects attack them. When the 
ground is warm plant 6 or 8 seeds to 
the hill, covering an inch deep and, 
when well up, thin out, leaving three 
strong plants to each hill. Do not grow 
near pumpkins and gourds. They are 
often planted between the rows in a 
scornfield. In growing they require 
plenty of water. Avoid lifting the vines 
and use only hand tools in cultivating. 
One ounce will plant 30 hills; 2 to 3 
pounds will plant an acre. Spray 
young plants with Pyrox for insects 
and diseases. For early plantings use 
Hotkaps. This method means’ two 
weeks ahead on the market. 
PRICES ON ALL WATERMELON SEED EXCEPT WHERE 
PRICED OTHERWISE 
Postpaid, pkt., 5c; oz., 10c: '4 Ib., 25c; Yo Ib., 40c; Ib. 60c. Not prepaid, '% Ib., 

20c; Yo Ib., 30c; Ib., 50c. 
FLORIDA GIANT. (85 days.) Also called 
Cannon Ball and Clara Lee. The vines 
are of a very vigorous growth and heavy 
producers, the melons are nearly round 
in form, the skin is solid dark green, 
the flesh is red and firm, splendid qual- 
ity, and a good shipper. Grows large, 
even size melons and if given special 
attention specimens have grown to 
weigh 100 pounds. Seeds black, and has 
been called by some growers, black 
seeded Stone Mountain. Postpaid, pkt., 
5c oz, ioc; /4xtb., 35c¥ Ya lb:, 55cs2Ib., 
oc etek prepaid, '%4 Ib., 30c; '% Ib., 45c; 
Ib., Cs 
EARLY KANSAS. (80 days.) Largest of 
all early melons, ten days or more ear- 
lier to ripen than Watson. The early 
Kansas has finest texture, sweet flavor 
and melting, bright red meat, solid to 
the rind, nearly round in form, light 
green with broad bands of wavy stripes, 
growing 30 to 60 pound melons, with 
some specimens up to 80 pounds. Under 
normal conditions 800 to 1,000 melons 
per acre weighing 30 pounds each is not 
surprising. No white or stringy hearts. 
Seeds red but dry to buff color and very 
few seeds. 
LEESBURG WILT RESISTANT. (85 
days.) It is not only resistant to fusa- 
rium wilt disease, which permits of its 
being grown on the same lands year 
after year, also where melons were 
grown the year before or in recent 
years, but it also possesses the fine 
qualities for commercial shipping as well 
as a home garden melon. The rind is 
of a dark glossy green, thin, hard and 
tough. The fruit is oblong and range 
in size from 25 to 35 pounds, flesh deep 
pink red and no trace of white hearts, 
even in the smallest sizes. The seeds 
are white. Postpaid, pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 
4% Ib., 35c; Yo Ib., 55c; Ib., 85c. Not pre- 
paid, '%4 Ib., 30c; '% Ib., 45c; Ib., 75c. 
KLECKLEY’S SWEET. (85 days.) ‘This 
improved strain of Kleckley’s Sweets 
produces uniformly large, dark green 
melons of the finest quality and of 
handsome appearance. It is a splendid 
table melon with a heavy, tough rind 
which makes it a good shipper to dis- 
tant markets. The seeds are all creamy 
white. The flesh is bright scarlet, very 
firm, and of superb flavor. The outside 
skin is of a rich dark green color, 
shaded with faint stripes of a lighter 
shade. The sweetest and juiciest of all 
the melons, and so solid that a hollow 
or pithy center is seldom found. Alto- 
gether, it is a melon without an equal. 
About 20 inches long. 
GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE. (90 days.) 
An excellent shipping melon popular in 
the South for its size, productiveness 
and eating qualities. Fruits very long, 
fairly large, 25 to 30 pounds, light green, 
irregularly mottled with dark green 
stripes. Its striking appearance has 
helped its popularity. A ready seller, 
for, once seen, it is always remembered. 
Rind very tough. Flesh bright scarlet, 
crisp and sweet. Seeds dull white with 
black tips. : 
STONE MOUNTAIN. (85 days.) The fruit 
is almost round or square-shaped with 
rich, dark green, medium thick rind, 
and dazzling scarlet flesh Of luscious 
sweetness. It has few seeds, is firm 
and solid, almost all heart, and truly an 
unsurpassed table delicacy. The rind is 
sufficiently tough to stand considerable 
handling, making it an excellent shipper. 
It is very prolific, withstands drought, 
and will produce a fine crop of good 
melons when other varieties fail. It is 
the best round type watermelon for 
home garden or market. 
NEW WONDER. (85 days.) It possesses 
a flavor that is not approached by any 
other variety. Its rind is thin but tough, 
and it will stand safe shipment for rea- 
sonable distances. Its flesh is a rich 
red_and full of flavor right up to the 
rind, without any hollow. The seeds are 
large and white, and relatively few to 
the melon. It is large and long. The 
color is a dark solid green, most 
attractive. 
TOM WATSON 

HOTKAPS 
Mature your crops 2 to 3 weeks ear- DELTA) las wT 
lier. Get premium prices and bigger il 


yields by protecting your plants with 
HOTKAPS. HOTKAPS are patented 
wax paper cones—miniature hothouses 
—that keep out frost, rain, wind, birds 
and insects. They maintain a perfect 
mulch around each plant, promoting 
sturdy growth. For prices see page 25. 







KLECKLEY’S SWEET 
RUSSELL-HECKLE 
For Quantity Prices 
