WATERMELON 
Plant 1 pound per acre. 
In the garden plant 1 packet to 75 feet of row for a family of 3 or 4 people. 
Our Bred-Rite watermelon seeds come only from melons spe- 
cially grown for seed, in isolated fields to prevent cross pol- 
lination by other varieties. Not a single melon is sold or 
shipped from our Bred-Rite seed growing fields. Our Bred-Rite 
melon seed is the finest and best that can be secured anywhere. 
In selecting our stock seed, we save true-to-type melons from 
only the most vigorous growing, prolific vines, which produce 
melons of uniform color, shape and size, and of uniform high 
edible quality. 
CuLture. Watermelons may be grown on nearly all kinds 
of Florida soils that have good drainage, but rolling, sandy 
pine land is preferred. In general, new land is best for this 
crop in order to avoid diseases. The field should be checked 
off, planting the seed in lulls 8 feet apart each way or 7 by 9 
feet. Seed should be planted % to 1 inch deep, and plants 
should be thinned to 2 or 3 plants per hill when they are still 
small and when all danger of frost is past, later thinning to 1 
plant per hill for best results. The most successful growers apply 
a 4-7-5 fertilizer mixture about a week before planting the seed. 
A second application may be made if necessary when the vines 
begin to run. The fertilizer should be worked into the hills be- 
fore planting at the rate of two pounds per hill, or 800 pounds 
per acre. The first planting of watermelons for an early crop in 
Florida should be made about January Ist and successive plant- 
ings may be made up to about the middle of February in Central 
and South Florida. Plantings in North Florida are made 2 or 3 
weeks later. For earlier melons use Hotkaps. (See page 65.) 
The leaf, stem and fruit disease of watermelons, anthracnose, 
as well as gummy stem blight, the spores of which disease are 
frequently present on melon seed, are killed by treating the 
seed with Spergon. It weather conditions are favorable for 
blight and anthracnose, spray or dust with Copper Compound A, 
Fermate, Spergon or Dithane. (See pages 50, 51 and 59.) 
For pollination of watermelons, see second paragraph under 
cucumber culture—page 16. 
The number of days after each variety named indicates the 
time from seed planting to ripe fruit. 
Prices quoted are postpaid. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
DIXIE QUEEN (White Seeded). (90 days.) This variety 
possesses all the good qualities demanded by commercial 
growers, namely, size, color, flavor, shipping quality and high 
yield. The almost round fruits average 32 pounds. The flesh js 
of a most attractive, rich, bright-red color. It is solid, with very 
few small white seeds. The outer skin is light green, striped and 
blotched with dark green. The rind, although thin, is tough and 
does not bruise easily, making it an ideal shipping melon. It is 
one of the sweetest-flavored and highest quality melons grown. 
This variety is sometimes, but quite erroneously called “White 
Seeded Cuban Queen.” Because of its many desirable features, 
Dixie Queen has become one of the leading, standard com- 
mercial varieties of Florida, and because of its high edible 
quality it is also grown extensively for home use. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 4 Ib. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75 
5 to 25 Ibs. $1.65 per Ib. 
STONE MOUNTAIN (Improved Light Green Rind 
Strain). (92 days.) This is an early melon and has become 
very popular in many large watermelon growing districts. It 
is a large, round melon with deep red tlesh that has a very 
delicious flavor. The medium hard, green rind makes it an 
excellent shipper. Vines are very prolific and the fruit has 
very few seeds, being almost all good, crisp, red meat clear te 
the rind, of delicious flavor and sweetness. Ours is the genu: 
ine, true to type, mingled light green color Stone Mountain. 
This strain has been developed and selected for uniformity and 
for high yields of true light green rind melons, free of white 
heart and solid meated throughout with few pure white seeds 
having a dark ring around the edge. There is a strain of large 
dark green rind Stone Mountain which has not been satisfac- 
tory. We have bred away from this type. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15e; 4% Ib. 45e; 1 Ib. $1.50 
5 to 25 Ibs. $1.40 per Ib. 
BLACKLEE (Wilt-Resistant).(100 days.) This wilt-resistant 
variety was originated, developed and released by thie Florida 
Agricultural Experiment Station. Blacklee was developed by 
Dr. M. N. Walker from a cross of Leesburg and Hawkesbury. 
This variety grows vigorously, is very resistant to Fusarium 
Wilt disease, and produces a very abundant crop of uniform, 
medium size, elongated, blocky, very symmetrical and smooth, 
attractive appearing melons with a dark rich green colored 
rind, which rind is very thin but hard, tough and of good carry- 
ing quality, making it a good long distance shipper and good 
keeper. The flesh, which runs within one-half inch of the out- 
side of the melon, is an attractive bright red with medium size 
black seed, of excellent flavor and fine texture and delicious, 
crisp, sweet eating quality. The melons cut solid, are free from 
stringiness, and have a delicate, distinctive flavor. The melons 
will, under good growing conditions, average 34 pounds, an 
ideal size for shipping. They run very uniform and are excep- 
tionally heavy for their size. By pruning to two melons per 
vine, the size can he somewhat increased, and the melons will 
ripen several days earlier. In addition to disease resistance, 
this variety possesses about all the desirable characteristics one 
could wish for in an ideal shipping, local market and home 
garden variety. Sometimes, but wrongfully so, called Improved 
Wilt-Resistant Watson. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25; 14 Ib. 60c} Iba eae 
5 to 25 Ibs. $1.90 per Ib: 

Blacklee (wilt-resistant) watermelon 
For Best Results Plant Kilgore’s ““Bred-Rite’? Seeds 
