PREFACE 
IN response to repeated requests from customers and friends 
we have compiled this list of watermelon varieties from the 
records and experiences we have gained in nearly twenty 
years concentrated on the growing and producing of watermelon 
seed exclusively. 
Throughout that time we have always aimed at standards of the 
highest quality, regardless of the cost of production or any 
other factor. We have developed our own techniques, machines 
and facilities, some of which are illustrated in the following 
pages. In our breeding program, we work in friendly coopera- 
tion with the U.S.D.A. and with our State Watermelon In- 
vestigation Laboratory, receiving their newer strains and varie- 
ties for testing and giving them ours for the same purpose. 
Year after year we strive to improve our seed stocks, and our 
field men carefully inspect all crops, removing any plants that 
may be found not fully true to type. Our machinery for harvest- 
ing, washing, drying and cleaning has largely been designed 
and built to our own specifications. In all our warehouse 
Operations we exercise great care so as to make sure that the 
good seed we have grown in the field may be shipped to our 
customers in perfect condition. 
We are very grateful for the support that has been given our 
efforts to produce fine watermelon seed, as shown by the fact that 
though we have made many new customers, we have never 
lost an old one through any dissatisfaction. We look forward 
to still greater progress and continued happy relations with 
the trade. 
SIMPSON NURSERY CO. 
December 15, 1948 Monticello, Florida 
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