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TOM WATSON 
90 Days—The ideal shipping melon and the 
most popular of the long varieties possessing 
quality, productiveness and stability for safe 
transportation to distant markets. Fruits very 
large, 30 to 40 lbs. measuring 20 ins. long, 
10 ins. in diameter with round ends; rich, 
deep green, indistinctively veined; rind elastic 
and tough. Flesh rich red, firm sweet and 
luscious, ripening close to the rind. Seeds 
brown, spotted with white. 
KLECKLEY’S SWEET 
OR MONTE CRISTO 
85 Days—Always popular and. a_ favorite 
with all. Excellent for home use and nearby 
markets. Fruits large, 30 to 40 lbs., long and 
oval, dark green; rind thin and brittle. Flesh 
deep red, juicy and very sweet. Seeds white. 
COLE’S EARLY OR HARRIS’ EARLIEST 
80 Days—An extra early variety and a great 
favorite in the North and one of the finest for 
family use or the home market. Fruits small 
size, 15 lbs., short, nearly round, dark green 
striped irregularly with a lighter shade; rind 
tender. Flesh light red, sweet and delicious. 
Seeds black. 
ALL HEART 
85 Days—A distinct variety, well worth 
‘Tom Watson Watermelon 
DIXIE QUEEN OR WHITE-SEEDED 
CUBAN QUEEN 7, 
90 Days—This new melon is becoming quite 
popular with home gardeners, roadside mar- 
kets, truckers and shippers. Fruits oblong or 
nearly round, fair size averaging 35 lbs. or 
~more, light green, striped and blotched with © 
dark green; rind thin but tough. Flesh rich 
scarlet, crisp and extremely sweet with very 
few seeds. Seeds white and small. 
HALBERT HONEY 
85 Days—A fine, large prolific melon second 
in popularity to the Kleckley’s Sweet and just 
as luscious and sweet in flavor. Splendid for 
home use and nearby markets. Fruits 30 to 
35 Ibs., cylindrical with blunt ends, dark glossy 
green with fine veins. Rind tender; flesh rich 
red, extending clear to the rind. Seeds white 
with black tips. . . 
IRISH GRAY 
90 Days—One of the finest melons to grow 
anywhere. It is quite productive, very sweet 
and tender, a trifle earlier than Tom Watson 
and compares equally with that variety in 
shipping quality. Fruits large, 25 to 30 lbs., 
oblong, smooth, a distinct mottled greenish 
gray; rind tough and hard. Flesh bright red, 
firm and sweet. Seeds white. : 

trying. The seed is about the size of WATERMELON 
an apple seed. Fruit medium size, 20 | Plt. Oz.) 1, thee 
Ibs., long, dark green. Luscious, sweet, Tom Watson ........-. $0.10 $0.15 $0.50 $1.50 
red flesh without any white hearts. Seed Kleckley’s:Sweet or Monte 
brown. Cristo elev ore bere w erase, ere) p 10 Ps Be) 20 1.50 
SCHOCHLER _ Cole’s Early or Harris 
90 Days—A very large melon used ex- Bachest: 2c? ae 10 L5 20 1,50 
tensively in the South, having outstand- All Heart ............. 4 A cn 
ing shipping requisites for size, tough Schochler ............. 1032515 eae 
rind and quality. Fruits very long, 40 Dixie Queen .......... 3104 2-20." : SS Snaeee 
to 50 lbs., rich dark green with faint Halbert Honey ........ .10° ~ »155> SOs sie 
stripes. Flesh bright crimson, fine Irish Gray ............. 10 >. 42023453. 
grained and very sugary. 
Item without price not obtainable this year. 
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