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WATERMELON 
CULTURE.—Watermelons require a rich sandy loam, 
which should be well worked. Put 10 to 12 seeds in a hill. 
When the plants have formed the first pair of rough leaves 
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, 14 Ib. 25c, 
Ib. 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, 14 Ib. 
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 
drak green; the flesh bright scarlet; ripening close 
to the rind. The melons average 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. 15¢, 14 Ib. 25c, Ib. 75c. 
THURMOND GRAY 
95 Days. 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. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 14 Ib. 25c, Ib. 75c. 
HAWKESBURY 
90 Days.—Wilt-resistant, light grayish-green color; 
medium to deep red flesh; tender, sweet and juicy. Weight 
about 35 pounds. Oblong in shape. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 14 Ib. 
35c, Ib. $1.00. 

Stone Mountain 
they should be thinned so as to leave 2 or 3 of the strongest 
and best to each hill. Make hills about 10 feet apart. One 
ounce of seed to 80 hills. 

Dixie Queen 
DIXIE QUEEN 
85 Days.—Also known as Cuban Queen. A very prolific 
shipping variety, exceptionally sweet and of such quality 
that it has created quite a sensation. Fruits oval-round, 
light green with dark green stripes, rind is thin but tough, 
weight from 30 to 35 pounds. Seed small, white. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. 15c, 14 Ib. 40c, Ib. $1.25. 
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, 14 Ib. 25c, Ib. 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, 14 Ib. 25c, Ib. 75c. 
IRISH GRAY 
95 Days. The color is a distinct mottled greenish gray; 
the flesh is red, sweet, crisp and free from stringiness. Al- 
though a grand shipper, it is equally fine for the home 
garden. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 14 Ib. 25c, Ib. 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 
solid, almost all heart with no white hearts or stringiness. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 14 lb. 25c, lb. 75¢. 
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, 14 Ib. 30c, Ib. 
$1.00. 
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