26 D. H. Gilbert, Monticello, Florida 
Phinney’s Early 
VERY sure cropper; vines vigorous and 
fruiting quite heavy. Fruit oblong and 
striped with two shades of green; rind 
thin, flesh pink and tender; not a good shipper; 
seed white with black tips. 80 days; 20 Ibs. 

Porto Rico 
ORTO RICO is a new yellow fleshed 
watermelon. The flesh is very tender and 
melting of a fine sugary and delicious 
flavor, surpassing many of the red flesh melons; 
the outside skin is dark green mingled with 
stripes of a lighter green, grows oblong in 
shape, with firm, hard rind, and should prove a 
popular watermelon for home gardens. 90 
days; 25 pounds. Seed brown. 
