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MELONS (Continued) 
Hales Best No. 36 (80 days)—Quality and flavor much the same as Hales Best. 
Shape is nearly round and ribbing almost eliminated. Fruits are smaller and more 
uniform than Hales Best with small seed cavity. 
Hales Best, Jumbo Strain (83 days)—A large fruited strain of this leading variety 
for local markets. Fruits oval, 5-6 lbs., ribbing somewhat prominent, heavily netted. 
Seed pocket rather large. Orange flesh is sweet and of good quality. 
Rockyford (92 days)—A small green fleshed melon. Spicy, juicy and of excellent 
flavor. Still used widely for home gardens. A few years ago, this was a standard, 
now supplanted by larger, orange fleshed melons. 
Banana (98 days)—Resembles a huge banana in shape, 14-20 inches long. Flesh is 
pronounced salmon with somewhat of a banana-like flavor. 
Honey Dew, Green Fleshed (112 days)—A winter melon, 7-8 inches long, and 6 inches 
in diameter, nearly white, becoming creamy yellow, almost smooth. Flesh is thick, 
pale emerald green with honey-like flavor. Keeps well in storage. 
WATERMELONS 
Plant after danger of frost in hills 8 by 8 feet. About 2 lbs. of seed to each acre. 
The earliest melons can be produced by planting under HOTKAPS. 
Texas Black Diamond (Florida Giant) (95 days)—A nearly round dark green melon 
with firm red flesh. Ships well, will weigh about 40 lbs. Specimens have been known 
to reach 120 lbs. This melon has gained popularity in the Southwest during the past 
five years. In this we offer seed adapted to the Pecos Valley. 
Kleckley Sweet, sometimes called Monte Cristo (85 days)—The best seller of the 
cylindrical shape. Good for local market. Flesh bright red, crisp and extremely 
sweet. Dark green with thin tender rind. 
Improved Kleckley Sweet or Wondermelon (88 days)—An improved strain of Kleck- 
ley Sweet, being more full at either end. It is large, heavy, oblong has a dark green 
skin and a thin rind. Scarlet meat and solid heart. 
Stone Mountain, sometimes called Dixie Belle (90 days)—One of the most popular 
for main crop in the Pecos Valley. Oval, almost round with blocky ends. Large, 
dark green with indistinct veining. Flesh bright red, crisp and sweet. Good ship- 
per and seller. 
Dixie Queen (85 days)—An oval-round melon that will average 30 lbs. Light green 
with dark green stripes. Very prolific and a good shipper of excellent quality. A good 
seller and dependable in the Pecos Valley. 
Halbert Honey (85 days)—Similar to Kleckley Sweet but somewhat larger. Fruits 
are cylindrical with blunt ends, slightly ridged, dark green, lightly veined, rind very 
tender. Flesh bright red and exceptionally sweet. 
Irish Grey (95 days)—Tough rind makes it a good shipper. Productive, oblong, 
light grey tinged with green. Flesh bright red and firm. A favorite with many. 
Golden Honey (85 days)—Flesh is an amber-yellow, seed are brown. Medium size, 
nearly round, light green with dark green stripes. Flesh chunky. 
ONIONS 
May be planted in three ways: Sow seed in September, transplant in February or 
March. Sow seed in hotbeds in January, transplant in March and April. Drill Seed 
in open field in February then thin to stand when about the size of a pencil. 
Denia (105 days)—An old standby in the Pecos Valley. One of the largest, globe 
shapped yellow skinned, white fleshed. Very mild and sweet. 
