“ Watermelons — ROBERT BUISTCO. 
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 lbs. 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 ease 
veining; rind hard as a rock. Flesh WATERMELON 
deep red, crisp and sweet. Seeds brown. : Pkt. Oz %%4Lb 
- SCHOCHLER | sole Oneeny 5. Satara 25 $0.10 $0.35 $1.00 | 
90 Days—A very large melon used ex- Tom Watson ............... 10 
-ensively in the South, haying outstand- Thurmond Gray ............ 10 
ing shipping requisites for size, tough Schochler 10 
rind and quality. Fruits very long, 40 HomdeiGient eee Pe en ee Me ca 
to 50 Ibs., rich dark green with faint Oe es ee hae os 
stripes. Flesh bright crimson, fine Trish Gray 9055 2 ace are ar 10 
grained and very sugary. 



Early Kansas 
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 
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 
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 lbs., light green with wavy stripes. Flesh 
red, sweet and tender. Seeds reddish brown. 

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