
TOMATO—GULF STATE MARKET 


TOMATO—MARGLOBE 
WATERMELONS 
DALE is the best melon yet introduced. Of highest quality, it is oblong, the 
skin is deep rich green, slightly mottled a darker green. Seed is white and 
the flesh is bright red. 
CLETEX (Spotted Watson)—Similar in size and shape to Tom Watson but 
with dark green irregular on lighter green background of rind. Flesh red 
and sweet, rind tough enough for shipping. 
KLECKLY SWEET (Monte Cristo) is very desirable for home garden or nearby 
markets. Fruit medium sized, oval and skin dark green; flesh bright red and 
very sweet. Skin is brittle. 
NEW WONDER—Resembles the Watson in shape, but thicker. The color is 
dark solid green, rind thin, but tough. Flesh is red, solid heart and does not 
show a hollow. Exceptionally fine eating melon for home and market use. 
The seed is white. Extremely prolific. 
STONE MOUNTAIN is becoming more popular throughout the South and our 
pure-bred seed is much in demand. Grows round, almost square-shaped, and 
very sweet. It’s a rich dark red, has medium rind and the flesh is an at- 
tractive deep red. Good, rich melon soil will produce crops averaging 40 to 
80 pounds to the melon. 
TOM WATSON (90 days)—Combines the eating qualities of the Kleckly 
and the shipping qualities of the Alabama Sweet. The large mottled green 
melon often weighs 50 pounds, measures 18 to 24 inches in length and 10 to 
12 inches in diameter. Rind is very thin but exceedingly tough. 
ALABAMA SWEET (Improved)—For shipping. Fruit large, oblong with 
rather thin but tough rind. Medium green with deeper green mottled stripes. 
Flesh bright red, fine grained and sweet. 
Ounce 15c; % Ib. 50c. 
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SPINACH 
BLOOMSDALE SAVOY. is the variety most generally used in the East and 
throughout the South for shipping. Leaves large, round and thick, very much 
savoyed and rich deep green. One of the earliest varieties. 
SMOOTH BROADLEAF SPINACH—Decidedly the best of the round seeded 
thick leaved group. Enormous yield, long standing character, and the deep 
green color and smooth character of the leaves makes it a highly recom- 
mended type for canning as well as for home and market use. 
Ounce 10c; % Ib. 25c. 
SQUASH 
EARLY WHITE BUSH SCALLOP is very early, flat, creamy-white and scal- 
loped. 4 to 6 inches in diameter. Vine is bushy in habit and rather dwarf. 
HUBBARD—Fruit is oblong and pointed, heavily warted, dark green in color 
with orange colored flesh. Remarkable for its keeping qualities. 
EARLY YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK is a highly desirable table sort, very 
early and productive. Fruit when matured is small and crook necked and 
covered with wart excrescences. 
Ounce 15¢; 1% Ib. 45c. 
TOMATOES 
RUTGER’S CERTIFIED ore large, smooth, heavily meated and globular in 
shape. Earlier than Marglobe and matures as early as the Earliana. 
JOHN BAER—An extra early scarlet fruited variety of top quality. Hardy 
and exceptionally productive. One of very early varieties to ripen its first 
fruits and it continues to furnish marketable fruits much longer than other 
very early varieties. 
DWARF CHAMPION—Sometimes called Tree Tomato because it stands upright 
without trellising. Fruit medium sized, smooth, uniform and purplish carmine 
color. 
EARLIANA—Most popular Extra Early Red. Southern shippers use Earliana 
for their big planting. Hos sturdy vine and produces fruit in compact 
masses. Its early ripening is hastened by sparse foliage. 
JUNE PINK is extra early, purplish pink and similar to Earliana in growth, 
vine and shape. A valuable variety for market gardeners who want very 
early, purplish pink fruit. 
GULF STATE MARKET (77 days) is valuable for shipping. Fruit purplish- 
pink, large and of uniform size, globe shaped, smooth and firm. 
MARGLOBE—This new main-crop or mid-season tomato is wilt resistant bred 
for use in disease infestal district. Plants are vigorous and prolific and 
yield oversize fruit, averaging 72 ounces in weight. 
McGEE originated in Texas. Claimed to yield splendid crops when others fail. 
Bright crimson in color, solid and of superior flavor. j 
PONDEROSA is a purplish-pink tomato of largest size. The vines are vigorous 
and prolific. Fruit is solid with very few seeds and quite free from acid. 
Ripens about midseason. 
STOCKDALE—A second early scarlet fruited variety maturing about a week 
earlier than Marglobe. Plant rather open in habit with medium heavy 
foliage. Fruits large, globe or sub-globe, smooth and well colored. Recom- 
mended for both canners and shippers particularly where length of growing 
season is less than average. 
GOLDEN QUEEN—The best large yellow fruited tomato. Fruits large; deep 
but flattened; bright golden yellow; firm smooth and attractive. 
All Tomatoes 40¢ Ounce. 
SMALL FRUITED VARIETIES 
YELLOW PEAR—Fruits 2 inches; pear shaped. 
RED CHERRY—Fruits small, round; rich, deep red. 
TURNIPS 
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE—The roots are large, purple or dark red above 
the ground, white below. The flesh is white, fine grained and tender. Roots 
can be used for table when about 3 inches in diameter but can be grown 
larger for stock feeding. Pe 
EARLY PURPLE TOP, STRAP LEAVED are extensively used for table purposes. 
Leaves are few, entire, upright in growth. Roots ar flat, medium size and 
the flesh is white, fine grained and tender. Used for table when 21 inches 
in diameter but can be grown larger for stock feeding. 
EARLY WHITE FLAT DUTCH, STRAP LEAYED—Yery early and a table fay- 
orite in the South. Leaves are entire, toothed on the margin but not divided 
or lobed, upright in growth. 
SHOGOIN TURNIP is specially valuable for turnip greens. Leaves grow 
upright, about 2 feet high when fully developed, a factor which makes it 
practically free from insect attacks. 
Ounce 10c; VY tb. 25c. 
