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WATERMELONS (Cont.) 



Kleckley’s Sweet Watermelon 
Oz. 
Kleckley’s Sweets. Early. The most popular home garden sort; 
because of the thin brittle rind it is not suitable for ship- 
ping. Fruits large, oblong, very dark green; flesh bright 
rich, red, crisp, exceedingly sweet; seed white............ Alb 
Wonder Melon. A comparatively new variety, and one of the 
finest flavored melons in existence. It is very productive, 
growing a large crop of big, dark glossy green melons. The 
rind is rather thin, but satisfactory for short hauls to near- 
by markets. It will sell to good advantage in any market. 
Grows long and thick, the flesh is deep red, sweet and 
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Northern Sweet (New). A fine new sort of Russian Origin sent 
out by the Minnesota Experiment Station. The melon is 
round with light green skin. Striped with darker green. 
The flesh is bright red, lucious and very sweet. Medium 
size. It is the earliest watermelon on the market today. 
This is the melon we have been looking for, for a long 
time on account of its fine flavor and is extremely early.. .15 
Florida Favorite. Popular in the South with home and market 
gardeners, and for early shipping to nearby markets. Fruits 
long; medium large; medium green skin with irregular dark 
green stripes; rind moderately tough, flesh deep red, of 
excellent flavor; seed white. 80 days...........sscccvrccees $0.15 
King Gold. We believe should be a fine melon for the north, 
the first melon matured in 55 days and in a warm growing 
period this could be hastened another 5 days. The rind is 
light green in color, % inch thick, and very strong. It 
should be a good shipper, flesh is sweet, dark pink. The 
melons are very uniform and about 17 inches long, with a 
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