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Wood’s Melon Seeds 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. 
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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. 
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279. Blacklee Wilt-Resistant Watermelon copays) 
Blacklee was developed by Dr. M. N. Walker at the Florida Experiment Station. It 
is a cross of Leesburg and Hawkesbury, both highly resistant to fusarium wilt, a _ 
disease that has made it impossible to grow commercial varieties on land that is wilt 
infested. Blacklee is highly resistant to this disease and can be safely planted on land 
that has previously grown watermelons, and without serious damage by the disease. 
Another important characteristic of Blacklee is its freedom from white hearts. In 
this respect it is like Leesburg, one of its parents, which also has shown almost com- — 
plete freedom from white hearts. ee 
A Florida grower says: Blacklee is the best wilt-resistant melon of them all; prac- 
tically 100 per cent immune to wilt, and in quality ranks with the best. The dark green ~ 
rind is about half an inch thick; the flesh deep rich red; seeds black. 
tough, making it excellent for shipping; after pulling it keeps in fine condition longer 
than other melons; attains a weight up to 50 lbs. 
The rind is very 
To have extra large melons, it is 
sometimes necessary to remove some young fruits as the vines areso vigorous and prolific they have a tendency to produce so many 
the average size is reduced. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; %4 Ib. 70c; 1b. $2.50; 2-lb. lots $2.35 per lb.; 5-lb. lots $2.25 per lb.; 10-lb. lots $2.15 per lb., postpaid. 
276. Florida Giant or Cannonball (90 pays) 
If you grow them on good land, feed 
them well and leave only one or two 
melons to the vine, melons 
weighing nearly a hundred 
pounds may be grown under fa- 
vorable growing conditions. The 
size of the melons depends on 
the land and the supply of prop- 
er plant food, but melons averag- 
ing 35 pounds should be produced | 
under usual cultural methods. ; 
The melons are oval shaped with , 
blunt ends, dark green skin, firm, | 
erisp, bright red flesh that is in 
clined to be coarse grained. It is 
the largest of the newly intro- 
duced varieties. To produce ex- 
tra big melons prune the vines 
to one or two fruits. The seeds 
are black. Pkt. 10cC; oz. 20c; 
4 1b. 50c; 1b. $1.75; 2-1b. lots $1.65 
per lb.; 5-lb. lots $1.55 per I1hb.; 
10-lb. lots $1.50 per lb.,; postpaid. 
Kleckley’s Sweet or Wondermelon 
“WONDER- 
269. Kleckley’s Sweet or Monte Christo 7 "y2LoN” 
(85 Days)—All of the sparkling, crisp, bright crimson meat is 
deliciously sweet right up to the thin rind. For the home garden 
we recommend it without reserve; it carries well for long dis- 
tances, for the rind, though thin, is very tough. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 
4 lb. 40c; lb. $1.25; 2-lb. lots $1.15 per lb.; 5-lb. lots $1.05 per 1b.; 
10-lb. lots 95c per 1b., postpaid. 
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Florida Giant or Cannonball Watermelon 
272. Carolina Bradford (90 Days) 
Bradford is not an early melon, but is 
and where best known it is pre- 
ferred to all others. The color is 
stripe; the flesh is deep red, is 
free from strings, fine grained, 
crisp, Sweet and tender. The rind 
is thin but tough. The size of 
_-- Bradford insures plenty of heart. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15¢; %4 Ib. 40c; 
Th. $1.25; 2-lb. lots $1.15 per Ib.; 
95c per Ib., postpaid. 
284. Preserving Citron 
(95 Days) — Used for making 
preserves and sweetmeats and 
for stock feeding. HEnormously 
productive; 
Grow them just as you do water- 
melons, but not near your melon 
patch. Pkt. 10c; 0z. 15c; 4% 1b. 40¢; 
5-lb. lots $1.05 per lb.; 10-lb. lots 
275. Stone 
1 (90 Days) 
Mountain (9° Days) 
the largest of the 
round or nearly 
round melons, for 
they frequently 
weigh 50 pounds or 
more. The outside 
color is dark green; 
the flesh is deep red, f 
firm and solid, al- 
most all heart with 
no white hearts or 
stringiness. Teli 
especially recom- 
mended for the home 
garden and nearby 
markets; the rind is 
tough enough to 
stand considerable 
handling, and on ar- Stone Mountain Watermelon 
rival usually outsells other melons. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 1% lb. 35c; 
lb. $1.10; 2-lb. lots $1.00 per 1b.; 5-lb. lots 90c per Ib.; 10-1b. lots 
80c per lb., postpaid. ae 
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