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TOMATOES — Continued 
Ponderosa is a purplish-pink tomato 
of largest size. The vines are vigorous 
and prolific. Fruit is solid with very 
few seeds and quite free from acid. 
Ripens about midseason. 
Yellow Pear—Rich yellow color, pear 
shaped and very tasty. 


TOMATO AND PEPPER 
PLANTS 
READY IN MARCH— 
One Dozen, Postpaid—25c 
No plants sent C.O.D. 
Special quotation to market growers 

TURNIPS 
Purple Top White Globe—The roots 
are large, purple or dark red above 
the ground, white below. The flesh 
is white, fine grained and tender. Roots 
can be used for table when about 3 
inches in diameter but can be grown 
larger for stock feeding. 
Early Purple Top, Strap Leaved are 
extensively used for table purposes. 
Leaves are few, entire, upright in 
growth. Roots are flat, medium size 
and the flesh is white, fine grained and 
tender. Used for table when 2% inches 
in diameter but can be grown larger 
for stock feeding. 
Early White Flat Dutch, Strap Leaved 
—Very early and a table favorite in 
the South. Leaves are entire, toothed 
on the margin but not divided or lobed, 
upright in growth. 
Shogoin Turnip is specially valuable 
for turnip greens. Leaves grow upright, 
about 2 feet high when fully devel- 
oped, a factor which makes it practically 
free from insect attacks. 
ALL OUR 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
5c PER PACKET 
Unless otherwise specified 
For economical bulk prices see our 
price list on Pages 20 and 21 

WATERMELONS 
Dale is the best melon yet introduced. 
Of highest quality, it is oblong, the 
skin is deep rich green, slightly mot- 
tled a darker green. Seed is white and 
the flesh is bright red. 
Cletex (Spotted Watson) —Similar in 
size and shape to Tom Watson but with 
dark green irregular on lighter green 
background of rind. Flesh red and 
sweet, rind tough enough for shipping. 
Kleckly Sweet (Monte Cristo) is very 
desirable for home garden or nearby 

Seeding Watermelons 
markets. Fruit medium sized, oval and 
skin dark green; flesh bright red and 
very sweet. Skin is brittle. 
New Wonder—Resembles the Watson 
in shape, but thicker. The color is 
dark solid green, rind thin, but tough. 
Flesh is red, solid heart and does not 
show a hollow: Exceptionally fine eat- 
ing melon for home and market use. 
The seed is white. Extremely prolific. 
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Stone Mountain is becoming more pop- 
ular thruout the South and our pure-bred 
seed is much in demand. Grows round, 
almost square-shaped, and very sweet. 
It's a rich dark red, has medium rind 
and the flesh is an attractive deep red. 
Good, rich melon soil will produce 
crops averaging 40 to 80 pounds to the 
melon, 
Tom Watson (90 days)—Combines the 
eating qualities of the Kleckly and the 
shipping qualities of the Alabama 
Sweet. The large mottled green melon 
often weighs 50 pounds, measures 18 
to 24 inches in length and 10 to 12 
inches in diameter. Rind is very thin 
but exceedingly tough. 
Florida Giant (Cannonball)—Vines vig- 
orous and prolific; fruit large, oblong; 
flesh firm and red, of excellent quality. 
Ships well, tho rather large for some 
markets. 
Alabama Sweet (Improved)—For ship- 
ping. Fruit large, oblong with rather 
thin but tough rind. Medium green 
with deeper green mottled stripes. 
Flesh bright red, fine grained and 
sweet. 

THE OLD GARDENER reminds you 
TOMATOES are the Number One crop of the home garden: give 
them the attention they're worth. Use good husky plants, dark 
green with a fresh, bright look, or seeds of the newer wilt- 
resistant varieties listed in our catalog. 
Watering is particularly important with tomatoes because 
blossom end-rot (the blossom end of the fruit turns black and 
spoils the fruit) is not a bacterial or fungus disease, but is due 
to “ups and downs” in the water supply. 
Once you start watering, keep it up con- 
sistently—at the same level. A heavy 
mulch to hold the soil moisture at a 
uniform level is helpful. 


Don't use poultry manure in growing 
tomatoes: It forces long, sappy growth 
with practically no fruit. If you do use 
animal fertilizers on tomatoes, be sure 
to balance them by adding superphos- 
phate and muriate of potash: otherwise 
fruit may be poor. The best plan of 
feeding is to use balanced plant food 
for a side dressing, applying it regularly 
as the plants grow. 
To continue growth to the main shoot, 
trim lower leaves as plant grows (see 
Illustration 1 at left), Don’t let the plants 
develop like the second one at the left. 
And it’s well worthwhile to stake and 
tie the plants, as in Illustration 2. 
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