SEED GROWERS 
WATERMELON (Cont.) 
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A desirable all-purpose melon which is being used extensively for shipping in some 
sections. Vines vigorous and prolific. Fruits very large, dark green, nearly round. 
Flesh bright red, crisp and sweet. Seeds brownish black. 
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The best extremely early variety; very popular in Northern sections. Fruits medium 
size; broad oval; dark green stripes alternate with lighter; rind brittle; flesh bright 
red; of good quality; seeds blackish. 
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A wilt resistant strain producing large oblong shaped melons of the Irish Grey type. 
Fruits about 18 inches long and 8 to 10 inches in diameter. Color light grey with 
veining of deeper green. Flesh deep pink, of good quality. Rind thin but tough. 
Recommended for shipping. Seeds brownish black. 
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Especially valuable for distant shipping. Fruits large; oblong; uniform light grayish 
green; rind extremely hard and tough; flesh bright red; of good quality. Seeds white. 
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Similar to brown seeded strain but a trifle smaller and earlier and has small 
black seeds. 
Particularly adapted for use on the Pacific Coast. 
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A recent release from the University of California. In all respects is like Striped 
Klondike but is resistant to fusarium wilt. 
Particularly adapted for use on the Pacific Coast. 
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Standard market and shipping variety in California but comparatively unknown in 
other sections. Melons medium size, blocky, length 1144 to 134 times the diameter. 
Slightly flattened ends, slightly furrowed lengthwise. Exterior color dark green, very 
thin rind. Flesh very dark pink, crisp, sweet, and of very fine quality. Seeds small, 
brown with black tips and margins. 
Particularly adapted for use on the Pacific Coast. 
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Developed by Dr. D. R. Porter of the University of California, resistant to 
fusarium wilt. Quite similar to Morse’s Brown Seeded strain, but when young the 
melons show a distinct bloom and at maturity they are smoother and show less 
furrowing. 
Particularly adapted for use on the Pacific Coast. 
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Extensively used in California for market and in certain sections displacing Klondike. 
Melons large, thick oblong, light green with dark rattlesnake striping. Rind 
medium thin, tough. Flesh and seeds like Klondike. 
Particularly adapted for use on the Pacific Coast. 
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Similar in many respects to Black Seeded Klondike, but with a much tougher rind— 
making long distance shipping possible. Vines vigorous and prolific. Fruits of similar 
size and shape to Klondike—oblong, blocky ends, many slightly furrowed length- 
wise—skin dark green. Flesh bright, deep red, good quality—seed small—nearly 
black. 
Particularly adapted for use on the Pacific Coast. 
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Recently introduced melon of outstanding merit; ideal for home and market garden; 
shipped North in enormous quantities. Fruits very large; broad oval, almost round, 
with blocky ends; dark green with indistinct veining; rind hard and tough; flesh 
bright red, crisp and sweet. Seeds white with brown tips. 
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