Burpee’s WATERMELONS 
Ice cold watermelon is a much welcomed treat during the hot summer 
days. Take your choice of round, oval, or long shaped melons and pink, 
red or golden yellow flesh. If you live in the north, plant the quickest 
maturing varieties. For preserves, sweet pickles and candied fruit, grcw 
Colorado Preserving Citron Melon. 
609 Kleckley’s Sweet Improved© 
88 days. Also known as Wondermelon. A large 
melon that is distinct from Kleckley Sweets in that 
it has a tough rind which makes it ideal for long 
distance shipping. The skin is an attractive, solid, 
bluish-green color. The flesh is dark red, of fine 
texture and delectable flavor. Fruits are 12 in. in 
diameter and 24 in. in length and weigh up to 40 lbs. 
Splendid for home garden as well as for market. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 1% lb. 90¢ 





611 Burpee’s Halbert Honey © 87 days. 
Fruits are 
large, measuring 18 to 20 in. in length, 12 in. in diameter, and 
weigh up to 30 lbs. each. Skin color isa beautiful deep green with 
fine veining, and the flesh is bright crimson, crisp, and of a 
remarkably luscious flavor. Rind is thin, making this melon 
unsuitable for distant shipping, but few varieties can compare 
with it for home gardens, roadside stands or for nearby markets. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 1% Ib. $1.25 
604 Dixie Queen © 
90 days. Fruits are round to slightly oblong, 12 in. 
across, 15 in. long, averaging 30 to 35 lbs. each. Has 
light green skin with irregular stripes of dark green. 
Flesh is brilliant red, of fine texture and excellent 
quality; it is good clear to the rind, which is thin but 
tough, so stands shipping. Seeds are small and white. 
_ A favorite variety in the South, where it is grown for 
shipment to the northern markets. Equally desirable 
for home and market gardens in the North because 
of its many good qualities. Always a ready seller. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 Ib. $1.00 


’ 84 days. Also known as Harris’ 
590 Cole Ss Early Earliest. A very early, high quality 
home-garden variety of medium size and nearly round form. The 
skin is dark green, striped with lighter green; flesh is deep pink. 
Desirable melon for sections having a short growing season. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; % lb. 75¢ 





589 Early Northern Sweet 78 days. Has ma- 
tured fruit in all of 
our Northern States and in the Canadian Provinces. The fruits 
are small, weighing 10 to 12 pounds, round, dark green with a 
suggestion of lighter green striping. The flesh is bright pink. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; % lb. 90¢ 




610 Florida Giant rO) 90 days. Fruits average 35 lbs. 
when well grown, ovalin shape, 
14 in. in length and 12 in. in depth. They have a thick, dark A) 
green rind; the flesh is brilliant pink and of excellent flavor. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; %4Ib. $1.00 641 Early Kansas 30 devs. A pap rote weep aay 
va me Midwest ioe the home Spr foe ange and shipping: Fruits weigh 
H 83 days. Delicious 20 to 30 Ilbs., are round to oval in shape; skin is bright green with 
644 Luscious Golden Sweet golden yellow broad lighter green wavy stripes. Rind is thin but tough; flesh is 
flesh and unusual sugary flavor. It is as good as any of the firm, deep red, free from stringy heart, fine texture and good flavor. 
red-fleshed varieties; many claim it is better. The skin is dark Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 1% lb. $1.25 
green and the ve is very ae pone easy pt jong, 10 ins z 
across and weigh 20 to 25 lbs. For home or local market. A i 90 days. Not 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; % lb. 90¢ 645 Colorado Preserving Citron edible as fresh 
fruit, but the solid white flesh is used for preserves, sweet pickles and 
candied fruit. Melons are round, light green, with heavy, broad, dark 
613 Tom Watson coedaye eee eee green stripes. Flesh is white and solid. They weigh about 10 Ibs. each. 
large—20 in. in length and 12 in. in diameter. Dark green skin; Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 1 Ib. 90¢ 
deep red, firm flesh of luscious sweetness. Often weigh 35 lbs. 

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588 Burpee’s Fordhook Early 83 davs.4 most 619 BACH C Cs ey ke ram Wy resistant variety 
growing watermelon which will mature in sections too cool for Fruits weigh 40 lbs. or more, are long, dark green with a thin but 
most varieties. Fruits are large, slightly ovalinshape,andabout firm rind making suitable for long distance shipment. Flesh is rich 
25 Ibs. in weight. The dark green skin is faintly marked witha red, finely grained, of smooth, crisp texture, free from stringiness, 
darker green mottling. Sugary sweet, rich pink flesh. For home good flavor, and high in sugar content. Vigorous, prolific vines. 
and early market trade; especially valuable in the North because Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 1% Ib. $1.25 
of its early maturity. Pkt. 10¢; 0z.35¢; 1% lb. $1.00 ae Black Kleckley oder New: carly melon, highly a” 
623 Stone Mountain eee pico Rnow se Dee thracnose. Skin so dark as to nee: Bisel gad etnias aoe el 
melon with grayish green smooth skin And enuttiyl deep Grins eave elton oe AO Ns Beaty 0 Age ta 25 “Ibs., 
son flesh without any white or stringiness in the heart. The : Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.25 
average melon weighs about 45 lbs. each. It has a thin rind and 
is fine for home use and local markets where a nearly round, 
; ‘ 85 days. Highly resistant to wilt. Fruits 
very sweet melon is desired. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 1%41b.75¢ 642 Hawkesbury Ae oe: weighing 25 to 40 lbs., oblong, 
sloping toward both ends, light gray-green, tough rind with slight 
veining; glowing in appearance. Flesh is dark red, sweet, and of good 
; lity. Ad dabl d for the h den and rket. 
How to Grow WATERMELONS _. eee ome ok G4,” Pkt. 1S¢;0 oro 467s, 14 Ib, S25 
Plant seed after all danger of frost has passed and the 00 davs. New wilt. resistant. melon 
soil has become thoroughly warm. Place 6 to 8 seeds in 607 Kieckley No. 6 Aevcanee by the Iowa State Agricul- 
groups, allowing 2 to 3 in. between the seeds and space tural Experiment Station. It is of the same type as Kleckley Sweets 
the groups 6 to 8 ft. apart each way. Cover seed with with all its fine qualities and size to which wilt resistance has been 
% in. of fine soil. Thin to 2 or 3 plants in each group added. Especially valuable for market and home gardeners who have 
after plants are well established. Rich, rather sandy not been abie to grow melons previously; it is widely adapted. 
soils produce the finest watermelons, but a well-drained ; Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 1, Ib. $1.25 
loam is also suitable. A pkt. will plant 6 groups or so- 
called “hills”; 1 oz. about 30 groups. 



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