

ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 19 

Watermelon 
Kleckley’s Sweets Are the sweetest flavored water- 
: Z melons grown. Oblong shape, dark 
green skin; bright red flesh, always solid and of the most 
luscious flavor imaginable. The only fault we discover is 
that the rind is too tender for the melons to ship well to dis- 
pent Pereiets, but foe tre Rome aeeraen and local market no 
other melon can equal the Kleckley Sweets. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c 
AZ, Th. 25c, 4 Ib. 45c, Ib. 80c.. , 
Northern Sweet 75 days. A recent introduction from 
3 j Russia by the Minnesota Experi- 
ment Station. It is one of the earliest melons we know of 
and has been matured as far north as Winnipeg, Canada. 
Fruit is” small, weighing 10 to 12 lbs. Rind is dark green 
with a lighter stripe. Flesh is beautiful red, crisp, sweet and 
very excellent. Seed is light brown and small. Pkt. 5c, oz. 
12c, Y% lb. 25c, Y lb. 45c, lb. 80c. 
Harris’ Earliest An early, large melon. Very sweet, 
delicious and attractive. Has beauti- 
ful red core, sweet and melting. Exceedingly productive. 
- Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, Y%4 Ib. 25c, Y% Ib. 45c, lb. 80c. 
STONE MOUNTAIN or DIXIE BELLE 
hf A new round Watermelon. The color of 
Stone Mountain Bk 
flesh is a beautiful and uniform deep crimson without any white 
hearts or stringiness. The average melons weigh about 45 lbs. 
each. It has a thin rind and is fine for home use and local markets. 
This has become very popular within the last few years. Pkt. 5c, 
the smooth skin is light green. 
oz. 10c, 4% Ib. 25c, VY Ib. 45c, lb. 80c. 
Christmas or Winter 
Y Ib. 45c, lb. 85c, prepaid. 

Tom Watson 
A New Long-Keeping Watermelon—Not a 
Citron. A sweet, luscious Watermelon for 
your Thanksgiving dinner from your own garden. The fruits are of medium 
size, round, pale yellow when ripening. Flesh bright red, erystalline, sweet 
as honey. This melon is a very heavy yielder. In keeping qualities it 
excels all other kinds. Seeds very small, black. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, %4 Ib. 25c, 


Culture: As soon as weather has become warm, plant 6 to 8 seeds in a hill spacing 
the hills 8 ft. apart each way. Cover seed % in. deep. A shovelful or two of 
well rotted manure should be mixed with the soil in the bottom of each hill. Thin 
seedlings to 2 or 8 in each hill. A packet will plant about 10 hills; an ounce about 
30 hills; 3 or 4 lbs. of seed to the acre. Rich, light sandy soils produce the best 
Watermelons. 













KLECKLEY SWEETS" 
THE SWEETEST OF ALL MELONS 
Flesh of rich golden yellow color, firm, crisp and glisten- 
Golden Honey ing, and fairly melts in your mouth. Fruits medium 
large, oblong, rind hard and of very dark green color. It is a real quality melon 
and greatly liked by everyone that has tasted it. Matures in 85 days. Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 12c, Y4 Ib. 25c, Y% Ib. 45c, lb. 80c. 
EARLY ICE BOX (60 days.) The earliest melon that grows. Fiery 
red flesh and as crisp and sweet as you can imagine. 
Weighs about 10 to 12 lbs. and you’!ll have ripe melons from 60 to 65 days 
after planting. It’s very prolific—producing many melons on each vine. Just 
the right size for the icebox or refrigerator. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, % lb. 35c, 
Y% |b. 60c, lb. $1.10. 
A new melon of genuine merit. It has suddenly become 
Early Kansas very popular on the markets of the Midwest, 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—well suited for carrying reasonable distances— 
and the flesh is a rich red color, of delightful flavor. Average size 15 by 138 
inches; weight 40 lbs. Seeds reddish brown. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 14 lb. 25c, % 
Ib. 45c, lb. 80c. 









































Dixie Queen 
1x? A new melon, round in shape, which often 
Dixie Queen weighs as much as 60 lbs. Skin is striped dark 
green and greenish ivory; flesh is bright red, solid and of fine flavor. 
Rind thin, but strorg. Uniform in shape, size, color and quality. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 14 Ib. 35c, Y lb. 55c, lb. $1.00. 
Mixed Watermelons (8° to 100 days) A great assortment 
of many varieties for the home garden. 
Many different varieties in a grand mixture; a choice collection of 
delicious flavored melons of different shapes, from the earliest to 
the latest. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 14 lb. 25c, 1 Ib. 45c, lb. 80c. 
The Wonderful Japanese Pie Melon Makes delici- 
ous preserves 
and savory pies, requiring very little sugar. Will keep all winter, 
flesh light green or cream color, Pkt. 5c, oz. 12c, 4 Ib. 25c, Y/ Ib. 45c, 
A new large long melon weighing from 40 to 60 pounds, 
Tom Watson The dark green rind is thin but tough and makes an Ib. 80c. 
excellent shipping as well as market and home melon. The deep red flesh 
is sweet, crisp, melting and finest flavor—heart, large, with no sign of core. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 4% Ib. 25c, Yo Ib. 45c, lb. 80c. 
: : This melon equaling in flavor and as handsome in 
Halbert Honey color as Kleckley’s Sweet but. more regular in, form. 
They average 18 to 20 inches in length. The flesh is a beautiful crimson, 
of luscious quality, melting and sweet as honey. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¥4 lb. 25c, 
Y, lb. 45c, lb. 80c. 
Citron Used for making preserves and sweet-meats. Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 12c, 4 lb. 25c, 1% lb. 45c, Ib. 80c. 
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