SWEET GERMAN (MACOMBER, SWEET RUSSIAN, WHITE See 
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Roots: 6-9 x 414-6'%”", large, short, thick top shape, white with bronzed 
green shoulder, medium neck, flesh creamy white, solid, sweet. Used 
for winter storage for table use and stock feed. 
Tops: 16-22”, vigorous and hardy, semi-erect, dark blue green, cut leaved, 
based on medium neck. 
WATERMELON 
Citrullus vulgaris 
ALABAMA SWEET (BRADFORD) . . geeEQOdays 
A medium early shipping variety for the South. Fruits weigh 25-30 Ibs., 
are long, large, cylindrical, with a thin, tough rind which is medium green 
with broken stripes of darker green. The flesh is red, fine textured, string- 
less and sweet. The seed is medium size, mottled brown on an ivory white 
background. 
BLACKLEE ... » *  eonars 
An excellent southern shipping variety, highly resistant to fusarium wilt 
and good also for local trucking The fruits are cylindrical and blocky, 
averaging about 30 lbs. It has a tough, thick dark green rind, and deep 
red flesh of the finest quality. The medium sized seeds are black. 
BLUE RIBBON (BLUE RIBBON KLONDIKE) . . 85 days 
A development from STRIPED KLONDIKE by the California Agricultural 
Experiment Station. Resistant to fusarium wilt, but otherwise similar to 
STRIPED KLONDIKE. 
BLUE WATSON : . see Soudeus 
A selection from TOM WATSON, which it resembles except that the rind 
is exceedingly dark green and the flesh a deeper red. 
BURRELL’S GRAY . . 90 days 
Fruits average about 40 Ibs. , oblong shape, with a light oray- green rind 
which is thin but tough enough to make the variety a very good shipper. 
The flesh is of good quality, sweet, bright red, with large brown splotched 
seeds. 
CHILEAN BLACK SEEDED ._. . 85 days 
A smallish, almost round melon of considerable popularity on the West 
Coast. Fruits weigh 15-18 lbs. and are medium green with darker green 
stripes. The rind is thin and tough. The flesh is bright red and the seeds 
black. 
CHILEAN WHITE SEEDED ..... 2 3G Onda 
Same as CHILEAN BLACK SEEDED except for seed color. 
CITRON, COLORADO RED SEEDED... ~ |) 9O29Sidays 
A small, round melon, usually 7-8” in diameter, used for preserving. The 
flesh is white and is unpalatable i in the raw state. Seeds are large and a pale 
red. 
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