
THE HAWKSBURY 
(or Gray Shipper) (Wilt Resistant) 
Variety No. 8 
Our sales on this melon have doubled each 
year since we first listed it, mostly due to its 
drought and wilt resistance. It rates among the 
best when it comes to resisting wilt. It is an 
early melon, its flesh is a deep blood red with 
small black seeds. Its rind is grey-green and 
KEEP MICE AWAY 
Get a small box of snuff and ground red pepper, 
dampen seed and roll them in the snuff and red 
pepper after it has been mixed together before 
planting. We have found this to be the best way 
we know of yet to keep the mice from eating the 
seed. 
very thin, hard and tough. Its cutting qualities 
are of the very finest. They grow up to sixty- 
five pounds and are very hardy. See price sheet 
for price. LIBERAL PACKAGE, ANY VARIETY, 
29¢. 
CUTWORMS 
Fat, colored worms | to 1% inches long cut off 
young plants near ground at night, hide in soil 
nearby during day. Put enough water in 5 pounds 
coarse bran to moisten, add 2 pint molasses 
and % pound white arsenic or paris green. Scatter 
mash thinly around plants in late afternoon. 


THE EARLY KANSAS—Variety No. 39 
hard and firm. Flesh is a deep rich red and very 
fine flavored. Ours is the brown seeded strain. 
See price sheet for prices. LIBERAL PACKAGE, 
The Early Kansas (Hutchinson Stripe or Russian 
Red.) This variety has gained wide popularity all 
over the middle west in the last few years. The 
outside is dark green with alternate stripes of a 
lighter shade. The rind is medium thickness and 
ANY VARIETY, 25c. 


10 WILLHITE MELON SEED FARMS, Poolville, Texas 

Branch office—Weatherford, Texas 
