WATERMELON 
Plant 1 pound per acre. 
In the garden plant 1 packet in 10 hills for a family of 3 or 4 people. 
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 vigorous 
growing, prolific vines, which produce melons of uniform color, 
shape and size, and of uniform high edible quality. 
CuLturRE. 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, planting the seed in hills 8 feet apart each way or 7 by 9 
feet. Seed should be planted % 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 the seed. A second application may 
be made if necessary when the vines begin to run. The fer- 
tilizer 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 54.) 
The number of days after each variety named indicates the 
time from seed planting to ripe fruit. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
KILGORE’S BRED-RITE DIXIE QUEEN. (90 days.) This 
sensational 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 fruits aver- 
age 32 pounds. The flesh is of a most attractive, 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 be- 
cause of its high edible quality it is also grown extensively for 
home use. 
Pkt. 5c; 4 Ib. 30c; 1 Ib. $1.00 
LEESBURG (Wilt-Resistant.) (95 days.) This variety, 
originated by Dr. M. N. Walker of the Florida Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station, and developed at Leesburg, Fla., is attract- 
ing a great deal of attention in Florida. It not only is extreme- 
ly resistant to Fusarium Wilt disease, which permits of its be- 
ing grown on the same land successive years, but it also pos- 
sesses 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, somewhat 
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 pounds, 
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 hundreds 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 growers, be- 
cause of its desirable qualities as a shipping and market 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 varieties of watermelon. 
Pkt. 5c; 4 Ib. 25c; 1 Ib. 90c 
EARLY KANSAS. (88 days.) The vine is very vigorous and 
a robust grower, making it a very heavy cropper. It is ex- 
tremely early, maturing seven to ten days earlier than Stone 
Mountain and Watson. Exceedingly prolific, producing an 
enormous number of melons, averaging 30 to 32 pounds in 
weight. Very attractive in appearance, nearly round in form, 
light green but slightly darker than Dixie Queen, with broad, 
wavy stripes, broader and more wavy than Dixie Queen. The 
rind is very tough, making it a good keeper and shipper. Of 
finest sweet flavor, solid, bright red meat, with no white or 
stringy hearts, and containing very few buff colored seeds. 
This variety possesses all the qualities desired in a good ship- 
ping melon. 
Pkt. 5c; %4 Ib. 30c; 1 Ib. $1.00 
FLORIDA FAVORITE. (95 days.) An early, long, med- 
ium-sized melon, irregularly striped with lighter green. The 
flesh is a deep red and very delicious. This melon does not 
ship very well, but it is a desirable variety for the garden and 
home market because of its high edible quality. 
Pkt. 5c; 1% Ib. 30c; 1 Ib. 75c 

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