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DIXIE QUEEN OR WHITE-SEEDED 
CUBAN QUEEN ; 
90 Days—An outstanding melon unbeatable 
for the home gardener, roadside market, 
trucker and shipper. Fruits oblong or nearly 
round, fair size averaging 35 Ibs. or more,- 
light green, striped and blotched with dark 
_ green; rind thin but tough. Flesh rich scarlet, 
crisp and extremely sweet with very few seeds. 
Seeds white and small. 
TOM WATSON 
90 Days—The ideal shipping melon and the 
most popular of the long varieties possessing 
quality, productiveness and stability for safe 
transportation to distant markets. Fruits very 
large, 30 to 40 lbs. measuring 20 ins. long, 
10 ins. in diameter with round ends; rich, 
deep green, indistinctively veined; rind elastic 
and tough. Flesh rich red, firm sweet and 
luscious, ripening close to the rind. Seeds 
brown, spotted with white. 
THURMOND GRAY 
90 Days—A splendid shipping variety 
similar to Irish Gray, but having fruits . 
much larger. Fruits 30 to 40 Ibs., 
cylindrical, grayish-green with faint 
veining; rind hard as a rock. Flesh 
deep red, crisp and sweet. Seeds brown. - 
SCHOCHLER 
90 Days—A very large melon used ex- 



Dixie Queen or 
White-Seeded Cuban Queen 
FLORIDA GIANT BLACK DIAMOND. 
OR CANNONBALL . 
90 Days—The largest of all the newer water- 
melons averaging 50 to 60 lbs. It is now the 
top-notch favorite in the South, a good 
shipper and one of the best all purpose melons. 
Vines vigorous-and prolific. Fruits oval or 
nearly round with blunt ends, very dark green 
with tough, hard rind. Flesh bright red, firm 
textured, crisp and sweet. Seeds mottled dark 
brown. 
IRISH GRAY ~~ 3 
90 Days—One of the finest melons to grow 
anywhere. It is quite productive, very. sweet _ 
and tender, a trifle earlier‘than Tom Watson 
and compares equally with that variety in 
shipping quality. Fruits large, 25 to 30 Ibs., 
oblong, smooth, a distinct mottled greenish 
gray; rind tough and hard. Flesh bright red, 
firm and sweet. Seeds white. ¢ 
EARLY KANSAS 
80 Days—A fine shipper. Fruits nearly.round,- 
40 Ibs., light green with wavy stripes. Flesh 
red, sweet and tender. Seeds reddish brown. 
WATERMELON ; 
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ing shipping requisites for size, tough Schischlor \ 10°. 415 — 30 
rind and quality. Fruits very long, 40 Hien, Gas SiS eee ees Bh eae 
to 50 Ibs., rich dark green with faint See te a cae Boa ah, Te eee 
stripes. Flesh bright crimson, - fine ~ Irish Gray -....:..>......... lO 4420 -2.60 
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