Watermelons 
1 Oz. to 30 Hills; 4 Lbs. per Acre 
Culture—In every respect as to soil, 
planting time, cultivation and destruc- 
tion of pests, the watermelon is 
treated the same as muskmelon. The 
vines, however, are more spreading 
and the seed should be dropped in hills 
5 ft. apart and 8 ft. between the rows. 
DIXTE QUEEN OR WHITE-SEEDED 
CUBAN QUEEN 
90 Days—An outstanding melon un- 
beatable for the home gardener, road- 
side market, trucker and_ shipper. 
Fruits oblong or nearly round, fair 
size averaging 35 lbs, or more, light 
green, striped and blotched with dark 
green; rind thin but tough, Flesh rich 
scarlet, crisp and extremely sweet 
with very few seeds. Seeds white and 
small, 
FLORIDA GIANT, BLACK DIAMOND OR 
CANNONBALL 
90 Days—The largest of all the newer watermelons 
averaging 50 to 60 Ibs. It is now the top-notch fa- 
vorite in the South, a good shipper and one of the 
best all purpose melons. Vines vigorous and prolific. 
Fruits oval or nearly round with blunt ends, very 
dark green with tough, hard rind. Flesh bright red, 
firm textured, crisp and sweet. Seeds mottled dark 
brown. 
TOM WATSON 
90 Days—The ideal shipping melon. Fruits very 
large, 30 to 40 lbs. measuring 20 ins, long, 10 ins. 
in diameter with round ends; rich, deep green, in- 
distinctively veined; rind elastic and tough. Flesh 
rich red, firm sweet and luscious, ripening close to 
the rind, Seeds brown, spotted with white. 
GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE 
90 Days—An excellent shipping melon popular in 
the South for its size, productiveness and eating 
qualities. Fruits very long, fairly large, 25 to 30 
lbs., light green, irregularly mottled with dark 
green stripes. Rind very tough. Flesh bright scarlet, 
crisp and sweet. Seeds dull white with black tips. 




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Dixie Queen or 
White-Seeded Cuban Queen 
Watermelon 
STONE MOUNTAIN 
popular home garden and shipping 
90 Days—The 
melon, The rind is tender but this is not a handicap 
with present day quick transportation facilities. 
Fruits very large, 30 to 50 lbs. when grown in the 
south, but smaller in northerly climate; oval or 
nearly round with blunt ends, medium dark green 
with ribs shading to a darker green. Flesh brilliant 
rich scarlet throughout, fine grain, firm, deliciously 
Sweet to the rind and very few seeds. Seeds white 
with black tips, 
DUDE CREEK 
90 Days—A fine flavored melon popular in the South 
for home use and local markets. Fruits large, 40 
pounds, long, cylindrical, blunt ended, hard, thin 
rind, white with dark green stripes. Flesh bright 
seus solid and sweet. Seeds white with touch of 
rown. 
HAWKESBURY WILT-RESISTANT 
85 Days—An excellent shipping variety of the Irish 
Gray type. Fruits 35 Ibs., long, light gray with fine 
veining of green. Flesh dark pink of good quality. 
Seeds brownish black. 
GRAYSTONE 
90 Days—Stone Mountain type but with thin, tough, 
mottled gray-green rind. Flesh red, crisp and sweet. 
Seeds white. 



GARRISON 
90 Days—A _ splendid large meson 
popular for local market in the 
South. Fruits 40 to 50 lbs., long, cyl- 
indrical, white with green irregular 
stripes. Flesh bright red and sweet. 
Seeds white, 
IRISH GRAY 
90 Days—One of the finest melons 
to grow anywhere. It is quite produc- 
tive, very sweet and tender, a trifle 
earlier than Tom Watson and com- 
pares equally with that variety in 
shipping quality, Fruits large, 25 to 
30 Ibs., oblong, smooth, a distinct 
mottled greenish gray; rind tough 
and hard, Flesh bright red, firm and 
sweet. Seeds white. 

Stone 
Mountain 
Watermelon 
