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Plantin 
May and June Rae 
WOOD'S aroun 
Wood’s Melon Seeds are saved from melons grown ex- 
pressly for seeds. Do not be mis- 
led by offers of cheap seeds that are saved from culls and 
runts, melons left after the best have been sold. Such seeds 
are expensive if they cost you nothing. Plant the best—plant 
Wood’s. Do not plant Northern and Western-grown seeds if 
you want the finest watermelons. 
WATERMELON SEEDS 237m 
No. 275. Stone 
in (90 Days 
Mountain ee Ona 
the largest of the 
round or nearly 
round melons, for — 
they frequently ee 
weigh 50 pounds or © 
more. The outside © 
color is dark green ve 
the flesh is deep red, — 
firm and_ solid, al- 
most all heart with © 
no white hearts or > 
Stringiness. It is 
especially recom- 
Prepare hills 8 or 10 feet apart each way by working in thor- 
oughly rotted manure, or poultry droppings—rich ground 
gives the plants a good start before insects attack them. 
When the ground is warm plant 6 or 8 seeds to the hill, cov- 
ering an inch deep and, when well up, thin out, leaving three 
strong plants to each hill. Do not grow near pumpkins and 
gourds. One ounce will plant 30 hills; 3 pounds one acre. 

mended for the home 
garden and nearby 
markets; the rind is’ 
tough enough to 
stand considerable 
handling, and on ar- 
rival usually outsells other melons. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 15c; 1% lb. 30c; | 
Stone Mountain Melon 
lb. 90c; 2-1b. lots 80c per I1b.; 5-Ib. lots 70c per lb.; 10-lb. lots 60c 
per lb., postpaid. j 
Wilt is the greatest menace to watermelon production in the South and varieties resistant to fusarian wilt have 
become a real necessity. It is a soil-borne disease and lives in the land for ten to fifteen years. 
The only remedy is to plant wilt-resistant varieties. 
286. Black Gypsy Watermelon pate ideal shape is long 
ut it produces oblong mel- 
ons as well as intermediate Shapes. But you forget the shape 
when you eat it, for we think it the sweetest of all, and it has 
such a thin rind—nearly all meat. At a distance the dark green 
melons appear to be black. On the Richmond market the grow- 
ers sell the round melons as readily and at as good a price as the 
long ones. We recommend it for home gardens and nearby mar- 
kets; not for shipping, for the rind is only about half an inch 
thick. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15¢; Y% Ih. 45c; lb. $1.50, postpaid. 
No. 274. Extra Early Dark Icing [80 Days]—Dark Icing is 
. There is no better extra 
early melon. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 4 lb. 30c; 1b. $1.00; 2-lb. lots 90c 
per 1lb.; 5-lb. lots s0c per lb.; 10-lb. lots 70c per Ik., postpaid. 
(90 Days)—Our opinion of Jackson is 
No. 278. Jackson shared by practically every one who has 
been privileged to taste One of its delicious slices, for no other 
melon can surpass it in delightful sweetness. The melons are 
long with a mottled green skin; the meat is a rich red, firm, 
there are no white hearts, and it ripens close to a thin rind. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15¢; 44 Ib. 40c; 1b. $1.25; 2-lb. lots $1.10 per Ib.; 
5-Ib. lots $1.00 per Ib. 3 10-1b. lots 90c per 1b., postpaid. 
(90 Days)—There is a marked ab- 
No. 273. Alabama Sweet sence of the stringiness so often 
the bright red flesh is firm and 
very Sweet and luscious. The melons are long, dark green with 
dark irregular stripes. A fine melon for the home garden and 
for nearby market. Pkt. 10c; 02. 15c; 14 Ib. 30c; lb. $1.00; 2-lb. lots 
90c per 1b.; 5-lb. lots 80c per Ib.; 10-1b. lots 70c per Ihb., postpaid. 
No. 282. Dixie Queen 
(85 Days)—Sometimes 
called Cuban Queen 
Not the biggest mel- 
ons (they average 35 
to 40 pounds), but 
the quality is such 
that it has created 
quite a_ sensation. 
The sparkling, crisp, 
rich scarlet flesh is 
firm, sweet and juicy 
right up to the rind, 
which is thin and 
tough. It has been 
described as “un- 
beatable for the 
home garden.’ 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15¢; 
% Ib. 40c; lb. $1.25; 
2-1b. lots $1.10 per 
Ib.; 5-lb. lots $1.00 
per lb.; 10-lb. lots 
90c per 1b., postpaid. 
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Hawkesbury Wilt-Resistant Watermelon 
90 Days). Brought from Australia by the 
283. Hawkesbury Se Veliee Experiment Station and 
srown on a Severely wilt infested farm where our planting stock 
was obtained. It makes an oblong melon of good size, averaging 
about 35 Ibs.; light grayish green color; tough rind; medium to 
deep red flesh; tender, sweet and juicy. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 
4% Ih. 40c; 1b. $1.25; 2-lb. lots $1.10 per 1b.; 5-1b. lots $1.00 per Ib.; 
10-Ib. lots 90c per 1b., postpaid. 
found in extra large melons; 


Leesburg Wilt-Resistant Watermelon 
r Wilt-Resistant Kleckley’s Sweet. (90 Days). 
285. Leesburg in he erlaacs fully equal to our standard strain 
of Kleckley’s Sweet in quality and size, with the distinct ad- 
vantage of being wilt resistant. It marks a conspicuous advance 
in the development of this universally popular melon for grow- 
ing on wilt-sick soils. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; %4 Ib. 40c; Ib. $1.25; 
2-lb. lots $1.10 per 1b.; 5-1b. lots $1.00 per 1b.; 10-lb. lots 90c per 
Dixie or Cuban Oneen Watermelon oa 
Ib., postpaid. 
