| WATERMELON 
Plant 1 pound per acre. 
Our Bred-Rite watermelon seed stocks are produced by an 
expert seed grower and not by a commercial grower or ship- 
per. Not a single melon is sold or shipped from our Bred-Rite 
Seed Growing Fields. Our Bred-Rite melon seed is the finest 
and best that can be secured anywhere. In selecting our stock 
seed, we save true-to-type melons from only the most vigor- 
ous growing, prolific vines, which produce melons of uniform 
color, shape and size, and of uniform high edible quality. 
Curture. Watermelons may be grown on nearly all kinds of 
Florida soils that have good drainage, but rolling, sandy pine 
land is preferred. In general, new land is best for this crop in 
order to avoid diseases. The field should be checked off, plant- 
ing the seed in hills 8 feet apart each way or 8 by 10 feet. 
Seed should be planted 1% to 1 inch deep, and plants should 
be thinned to 2 or 3 plants per hill when they are still small 
and when all danger of frost is past, later thinning to 1 plant 
per hill for best results. The most successful growers apply a 
4-7-5 fertilizer mixture about a week before planting the seed. 
A second application may be made if necessary when the 
vines begin to run. The fertilizer should be worked into the 
hills before planting at the rate of two pounds per hill, or 800 
pounds per acre. The first planting of watermelons for an 
early crop in Florida should be made about January Ist and 
successive plantings may be made up to about the middle of 
February in Central and South Florida, Plantings in North 
Florida are made two or three weeks later. 
For earlier melons use Hotkaps. (See page 61.) 
Prices quoted on Watermelon seed are postpaid. 
Write for special low prices on larger quantities. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE DIXIE QUEEN. (90 days.) This sen- 
sational introduction has become one of Florida’s leading 
shipping melons. It possesses all the good qualities demanded 
by commercial growers, namely, good size, color, flavor, ship- 
ping quality and high yield. The almost round or square- 
shaped fruits average 32 pounds. The flesh is of a most attrac- 
tive, rich, bright-red color. It is solid, with very few small 
white seeds. The outer skin is light green, striped and blotched 
with dark green. The rind, although thin, is tough and does 
not bruise easily, making it an ideal shipping melon. It is one 
of the sweetest-flavored and highest quality melons grown. 
This variety is sometimes called “White Seeded Cuban 
Queen.” Because of its many desirable features, Dixie Queen 
has become one of the leading, standard commercial varieties 
of Florida, and because of its high edible quality it is also 
grown extensively for home use. 
Pkt. 5¢; %4 Ib. 30c; 1 Ib. $1.00. 

Each year, our watermelon seed growing fields are 
thoroughly inspected by one or more of our representa- 
tives to be sure there are no mixtures or off-type plants 
in the fields from which we secure our watermelon seeds 
for you. Remember, in securing seed from Kilgore you 
are getting the best that a long established, reputable 
seedsman can furnish, and you are not buying from a 
merchant or seed vendor who knows nothing of the history 
or production of the seed he is selling. Avoid grief by 
placing your order for watermelon seed with The Kil- 
gore Seed Company, reputable and experienced seed 
specialists with established stocks of fine character. 
LEESBURG (Wilt-Resistant). (95 days.) This variety, origi- 
nated by Dr. M. N. Walker of the Florida Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station, and developed at Leesburg, Fla., is at- 
tracting a great deal of attention in Florida. It not only is 
extremely resistant to Fusarium Wilt disease, which permits 
of its being grown on the same land successive years, but it 
also possesses desirable qualities for commercial shipping as 
well as a home garden melon. It makes a heavy, vigorous vine 
growth, which means productivity and high yields. The melons 
are elongated, like Watson, but are more symmetrical, some- 
what shorter, and more chunky and blocky at both ends, 
having a shape ideal for loading in cars and for the markets. 
The rind is thin, but very tough and strong, making it a very 
good shipper. The smooth rind is of dark green color, stands 
more sun without sun-burning than other green melons. The 
weight, under good growing conditions, ranges from 26 to 30 
Ibs., an ideal size for market. ‘The flesh is solid throughout, 
with an attractive deep rose-pink color, and with very few 
small white seeds. In cutting hurdreds of melons no trace of 
white heart has ever been discovered. Exceedingly sweet, of 
fine firm texture, not stringy, and ripens clean to the rind 
with a sharp line of demarcation between flesh and rind. This 
variety should be in demand among commercial melon grow- 
ers, because of its desirable qualities as a shipping and mar- 
ket melon, and because it can be grown on wilt-infested soil. 
It should also be of particular value to home gardeners who, 
because of wilt disease in their soils, cannot grow other vari- 
eties of watermelon. 
Pkt. 5c; V4 Ib. 30c; 1 Ib. $1.00. 

Kilgore’s Bred-Rite Dixie Queen 

For Best Results Plant Kilgore’s ‘“Bred-Rite’’ Seeds. 
