
‘Michigan Watermelon Seed Produces Earlier Melons 
Plant Burgess’ Watermelon Seed for Early Maturity. Be First on 
the Market. Our seed is adapted to all climates and is the best for both 

Kleckley Wilt-Resistant 
This is a wilt-resistant strain of Kleckley’s Sweet that 
will grow and thrive on wilt sick soil. It retains all the 
superb qualities of the old reliable Kleckley’s Sweet or 
Monte Cristo. In fact, it is superior to that variety. The 
attractive, oblong melons will average 30 pounds. The 
rich, glossy, dark green rind is tougher than Kleckley’s 
Sweet, making it a better shipper. The flesh is bright 
red, crisp, tender and deliciously sweet and melting. 

Klondike 
KLONDIKE 
The Sweetest of All 
Early Melons 
















78 days. This is one of the best early 
watermelons from a quality standpoint, 
ripening a few days later than the first 
early varieties. The melons are oblong, 
of an even dark green color, and usually 
weigh 25 lbs. Flesh is deep red, excep- 
tionally crisp and tender, as well as 
most delicious in flavor. The seeds are 
small, black, with brown markings. Klon- 
dike has for years been the leading early 
variety in melon gtowing districts along 
the Pacific Coast. Our strain of this 
melon is an exceptionally heavy yielder 
and gives excellent satisfaction in the 
North. You will be pleased with it either 
for the market or home use. Give it a 
trial this year, 
Winter 
of brown. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF Hawkesbury, or Gray Shipper 
OTHER VARIETIES 

Winter Watermelon 
90 days. A home grown melon for your Thanksgiving dinner. 
It is not a citron or a freak, but a very prolific long-keeping 
true Watermelon. Flesh red, extremely firm, very brittle and 
deliciously sweet. Fruits taken from the field before killing 
frost and stored in a cool place will keep long into the late fall 
and early winter and retain their delicious sweetness and flavor, 
Kleckley's Sweet 
or Monte Cristo 
80 days. One of the most popular melons for the home gar- 
den and nearby markets, because of its superb flavor and sur- 
NOTICE passing crispness. .Fruits cylindrical, very dark green and will 
average 30 pounds, Flesh bright red. Seeds white’ with traces 




the Northern and the Southern planter. We sell thousands of pounds 
of Watermelon seed to Southern planters who grow early melons to ship 
North. The fact they continue planting our seed each year should be 
proof that our seed is worth more. A few days earlier maturity means | 
considerable to both the Northern and the Southern market grower. 
One ounce of seed for 25 hills; 4 pounds per acre, 
Northern Sweet 
Earliest Melon 
68 days. This Early Ice-Box- 
Size Watermelon weighs only 15 
Ibs., and is the earliest water- 
melon. Fruits are nearly round, 
medium green with dark green 
stripes; rind very thin. Flesh 
very deep red, crisp, sweet, and 
delicious ; seeds light brown. If 
you want an extra early melon 
you will not be disappointed 
with Northern Sweet. Ideal for 
home garden and local truckers. 
white. Few, if 
any, surpass 
it for quality 
or productive- 
ness. 
$5 days. A wilt-resistant variety developed by the Australian 
1 Department of Agriculture. The long fruits weigh 35 lbs. and 
OF WATERMELON are light gray with a fine veining of green. The rind is tough, 
making it excellent for market and shipping purposes. Flesh 
ON PAGE 17 dark pink, sweet, crisp, of excellent quality. Seed brownish 
black. 



Packet Oz. Y% Lb. 
Watermelon Seeds Delivered Prepaid at the Following Prices 

Lb. 5 Lbs. | 10 Lbs. 






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$1.90 
3.00 bf ee $28.00 
2.40 11.50 | 22.00 
3.00 14.50 | 28.00 
1.90 
1.90 
1.90 
1.80 
1.90 
2.40 




Northern Sweet 
Peerless, or Ice Cream 
Succeeds on All Kinds of Soil 
80 days. Peerless is one of the finest early long melons, and 
is especially recommended for the home garden, as it will suc- 
eeed on all kinds 
of soil, The fruits 
are medium green 
with fine veining 
and will average 
20 pounds. Flesh 
bright red, solid to 
the center, tender, 
sweet, melting and 
delicious. Seeds 

Peerless 
Sere 

Stone Mountain 
Stone Mountain 
88 days. Stone Mountain is a large, round, me- 
dium dark green, high quality melon, TFlesh highly 
colored, very solid, with fewer seeds than most va- 
rieties. The fruits average 35 pounds. The rind is 
tough enough to stand handling for nearby markets, 
but will not stand long distance shipping. Seeds white 
with black tips. It produces an abundant crop and 
can be grown successfully on all types of soil. 
WATERMELON 
A Good Source of 
Vitamin C 
Plant Burgess’ Blizzard-Belt Brand Seed 
