WATERMELONS : 



Tom Watson 
Pounds Days 
TOM WATSON 35-40 90-95 
An excellent shipping melon. 
Fruits: Very large, long cylindrical. 
Rind: Thin, tough, elastic, dark green with fine veining of 
darker green. 
Flesh: Dark red, firm, moderately coarse grained. 
Seeds: Large, brown. 
U.S.D.A. 46-40 32-40 90 
The only shipping variety known today which is resistant to 
anthracnose. Developed in 1947 by U. S. D. A. Vegetable 
Breeding Laboratory, Charlestown, S. C., and yet to be 
finally named, it promises to be of exceptional importance. 
Fruits: Similar in size and shape to Garrison. 
Rind: Dark green with darker green stripes; very tough. 
Flesh: Very bright red, medium grain, sweet, ripens well out 
to the rind. 
Seeds: White, with black tip and side markings. 

46-40 
[22] SIMPSON NURSERY CO. 
