
CLARA LEE, FLORIDA GIANT, BLACK DIAMOND OR CANNON BALL 
Variety No. 17 
Variety No. 17 is an improved strain of the 
above varieties. It is a large round melon with 
a black shiny glossy rind and has no kind of 
stripe, just solid smooth, black green. It has 
grayish black seeds that are rather small. They 
grow almost as large as the Jumbo Triumph. 
Most of them as large as seventy and eighty 
pounds and under very favorable conditions, 
will grow to one hundred pounds. The rind is 
very thin and tough and they can be hauled or 
shipped any distance any watermelon can. They 
are hardy and resist drouth better than any except 
the Desert King, and are nearly equal to it. They 
ripen along with the Tom Watson and other mid- 
season melons. They are the leading shipping 
variety. See price sheet for prices. 
LIBERAL PACKAGE, ANY VARIETY, 25c. 

CERTIFIED BLACK DIAMOND 
Variety No. 17 
WILLHITE'S CERTIFIED BLACK 
DIAMOND—VARIETY NO. 17 
These seed run 100% pure in the field as to 
purity as well as watermelon diseases of any 
kind. They were inspected by the State inspectors 
to conform with the State inspection laws in which 
they were grown, as well as by us and our in- 
spectors, which gives you double the protection 
you usually get in Certified seed. They were well 
isolated and even farther from any other variety 
of watermelons than the Certification program 
calls for, and as an added precaution, surrounded 
by timber, which in our opinion serves better than 
distance to halt and stop the insects which are the 
cause of mixture. 
These seed come to you in one- and five-pound 
sealed bags and are already treated with Seed 
Treatment. We cannot break a bag to ship you a 
smaller amount, so please do not order less than 
a pound. They should be ready for shipment short- 
ly after December 15, 1949. We will be pleased to 
Sena your early booking and ship seed after that 
ate. 
See price sheet for prices. Remember no order less 
than one pound, on the certified seed. 

4 WILLHITE MELON SEED FARMS, Poolville, Texas 
Branch office—Weatherford, Texas 
