ANDREWS-BURRI SEED ANNUAL AND PRICE LIST 

WATERMELON 
CERTIFIED SEED 
The following are a few of the rules a grower 
must comply with in order to qualify a field of 
watermelons for CERTIFICATION. A violation 
of any of these will disqualify a field regardless 
of acreage. 
Prior to planting we have to advise the Depart- 
ment just how many acres of each variety we are 
going to grow. Give location and history of pre- 
vious crops. Isolation must be % mile distant. 
We must send a sample of the seed we are going 
to plant and its pedigree or history for their 
approval. 
A state inspector can and does inspect these 
fields any time he chooses. He must inspect them 
at least three times after they have set a crop 
of melons. The crop itself has to meet certain 
stringent requirements for qualification, such as 
general excellency and vigor, purity, and cutting 
qualities. Any melons removed from the field 
for any purpose automatically disqualifies a field. 
Promptly after harvest the seeds are recleaned 
and samples are taken and state seals placed on 
each bag by the State Inspector. Later if seeds 
pass the required germination tests, etc., the 
seals are broken by the State Inspector and 
packaged under his supervision and state seals 
put on each package by him. 
It would indeed be difficult to set up a more 
stringent set of rules to insure the quality of a 
product by a concern as unassailable as a State 
Department of Agriculture. 

BLACKLEE-CERTIFIED 
WILT RESISTANT 
SIZE AND QUALITY 
FINE SHIPPER 
THIS MELON IS TRULY 
WILT RESISTANT 
BLACKLEE CERTIFIED is 
oblong in shape, rind dark 
green, flesh rich red, seeds 
black. A very solid melon, free 
from hollow centers, heavier 
than any other in proportion 
to size than any melon of our 
acquaintance, average weight 
35 to 40 pounds. 
Flesh of fine texture, free from stringiness, 
crisp, melting and sweet. Our trials have shown 
it to be nearly 100% free from wilt. 

Has a tough, thin rind, making it one of the 
best of all the quality shippers. 
DARLINGTON is a long-type melon weighing 
up to 75 pounds, gray-green with irregular dark 
strips, very similar to Georgia Rattlesnake, 
rind very thin, flesh very tender, luscious, 
melting with a distinct and pronounced flavor 
and aroma, very high in sugar content. Seeds 
white or ivory with brown smears. 
Darlington is in our opinion the best of all the 
melons for home and local markets, rind too 
thin for shipping. 
FLORIDA GIANT, OKLAHOMA CHIEF 
OR CLARA LEE CERTIFIED — A large, 
round melon with a black-green, shiny, glossy 
rind. Has no stripe, just solid, smooth black- 
green. Its flesh is blood red, tender and very 
sweet. Grayish black seeds that are rather 
large. Melons almost as large as Jumbo Tri- 
umph, many as large as 70 and 80 pounds, and 
under very favorable conditions they will grow 
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BLACKLEE CERTIFIED 
to 100 pounds. The rind is very thin and tough 
and they can be hauled without damage any 
distance that any melon can be hauled. They 
are hardy and resist drought better than any 
except Kansas King. They ripen along ‘with 
Tom Watson and other mid-season melons. 
SMOKY JOE—90 days—There are many 
long varieties of melons but only one Smoky 
Joe. A watermelon of enormous size and of the 
finest shipping quality. The giant melons often 
measure 28 inches long and 18 inches in diam- 
eter and weigh 60 to 80 pounds each. The color 
is an attractive dark green. The rind is me- 
dium thick, enough to insure long keeping, and 
the withstanding of rough handling during 
shipping. The meat is an appealing rich red 
and is delicious and sweet. It is entirely free 
from hard centers and stringy flesh, and when 
fully ripe will slice half an inch thick and not 
break. The Smoky Joe is our own development 
and introduction, a crossing of the famous 
quality melons, Kleckley Sweet and Tom Wat- 
son. Smoky Joe has blunt ends and more free 
from necks than any other melon we know of. 

