QUALITY « PURITY « SELECTION 

Weaver Special 
> 4 BEING THE INTRODUCERS of the Weaver Special, we can offer you some splendid stock of this 
variety. Since its introduction it has become noted for its fine quality and smoothness of flesh. 
The Weaver Special is a white-skinned melon with a thin, tough rind. When ripe it has 
a golden color tinted with the rich orange of the flesh. Slightly netted, the melons run to 
jumbo thirty-six size. The cavity is small and compact, giving a solid, firm melon. The Weaver 
Special can be vine-ripened and still hold up for several days after picking, as it goes through 
a ripening process of three or four days after picking on a full slip. 
The Weaver Special has a tendency to crack in extremely wet weather, because of its 
solidity and high sugar content. By selection, we have partly eliminated this tendency, and 
you will not find this fault as noticeable as when the melon was first introduced. 
Ounce, 20c; 4 pound, 60c; 2 pound, $1.10; 1 pound, $1.85; 
Prices postpaid: 2 pounds, $3.50; 5 pounds, $8.15; 10 pounds, $14.80. 
Old Drousides 
4 THE OLD IRONSIDES is all that its name implies—a solid, firm melon that holds its firmness 
and quality over a long period after being picked on a full slip. It is a white-skinned, orange- 
fleshed cantaloupe, oblong in shape and with a heavy, distinctive netting. Old Ironsides is a 
melon with a smooth, sweet flesh of exceptional quality. 
For several years the white-skinned, orange-fleshed melons have been gaining in popu- 
larity and have practically displaced the white-skinned, green-fleshed melons on the markets. 
There has been one feature, however, that has prevented their full success in some districts. 
This is the tendency to crack in wet weather that has characterized most white-skinned melons. 
Because of the high sugar content of this type, this cracking is difficult to overcome, but in 
Old Ironsides we have made considerable progress in this direction. The high sugar content 
has been retained, but with the tough rind and heavy net we have eliminated the tendency to 
crack in wet weather. The Old Ironsides is a new introduction that is worthy of a trial in 
your gardens. 
. Ounce, 15¢; 1% pound, 60c; 2 pound, $1.05; 1 pound, $1.75; 
Prices postpaid: 2 pounds, $3.35; 5 pounds, $7.70; 10 pounds, $14.00. 

Old lIronsides is aptly named. 
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