GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 
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Selected Varieties of Watermelon 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce to 30 
hills, about four pounds per acre. Watermelons 
want rich, sandy soil. Cultural directions the 
same as for Muskmelons, except the hills should 
be eight feet apart. 
9 75 days. One of the earliest 
Cole’s Early Melons; small, seldom more 
than 12 inches long. Flesh red and sweet; 
rind thin and brittle. Not a good shipper, 
but good for home garden and early mar- 
ket. Oz., 20c; % lb., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, 
postpaid. 
92 days. Produces Melons 18 
Tom Watson to 24 inches long by 10 to 12 
inches in diameter. Flesh deep red and 
very crisp; melting and of exquisite fla- 
vor. Good shipper. Oz., 20c; %4 Ib., 50c; 
1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. ‘ 
* Kleckley’s Sweet or Monte Cristo 
85 days. One of the sweetest melons on the 
market; medium early, long, averaging 18 to 
20 inches, slightly tapering to the stem end. 
Rind very dark green, flesh very bright red 
and ripens nearly to the rind. Too tender for 
a shipping melon, but excellent for market 
and home garden. Oz., 20c; 14 Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., 
$1.50, postpaid. 
85 days. An old 
Peerless or Ice Cream standby. Medium 
early; fruit oblong, large size; rind light 
green, mottled and veined; flesh scarlet, 
solid to center, sweet, melting and delicious. 
Not a good shipper. Oz., 20c; %4 Ilb., 50c; 
1 Ib. $1.50, postpaid. 
85 days. A medium early variety growing 
Sweetheart to a large size; a heavy, round to oblong 
form with rather thick, tough rind and a good shipper. 
Color very: light green, flesh bright red, with black 
seeds. Oz., 20c; 14 Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
s 90 days. The old well known red- 
Citron, Red Seeded seeded preserving Melon. Oz., 
20c; 1%4 Ib., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50, postpaid. 
90 days. This variety combines extra 
large size with earliness. It is nearly 

Stone Mountain 
round in shape, pleasingly green in color and unex- - 
celled for sweetness and juiciness. Fruits weigh from 
60 to 80 pounds in the South, and the 95 days re- 
quired for maturity make it easily possible to grow 
correspondingly large fruits in the North. Oz., 20c; 
% Ib., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50, postpaid. 
° 95 days. Especially valuable for distant 
Irish Grey shiccing’ Bruits large oblong; uniform 
light grayish green, rind extremely hard and rough; 
flesh bright red, of good quality. Oz., 20c; %4 Ib., 50c; 
1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
Kleckley’s Sweet or Monte Cristo 







Stone 
Mountain 
Watermelon 
oe 85 days. A new variety, for the market 
Dixie Queen and the home garden. Excellent quality, 
fruit nearly round, with light and dark green stripes, 
growing to a good size. Rind thin, but tough—fiesh 
bright scarlet, solid, of fine texture. Oz., 20c; %4 Ib., 
50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
Mustard 
° 30 days. Plant vigorous and 
Southern Giant Curled hardy, upright spreading 
growth, leaves large, green tinged yellow, much 
crumpled and frilled at the edges. 
40c; 1 Ib., $1.25, postpaid. 
Oz., 15c; %4 Ib., 
Okra or 
Gumbo 
* 60 days. Plants 
White Velvet $2, days. high, 
pods white, long, smooth and 
tender; early and productive. 
Oz., 10c; %4 lb., 30c; 1 Ib., $1.00, 
postpaid. 
Perkins Mammoth Long Pod 
56 days. For home and mar- 
ket garden. Plants 4 to 5 feet 
tall, pods dark green, fleshy, 
tender, becoming 7 to 8 inches 
long. Distinctly ribbed and 
tapered. Oz., 10c; %4 Ib., 30c; 
1 Ib., $1.00, postpaid. 
% This variety recommended by the Michigan State College. 
