WATERMELON, continued 
@ STONE MOUNTAIN 
(Days to Maturity, 90) 
Uses: Good shipper for long distances. Also 
a good home-garden variety. 
Fruit: Very large, broad and oval to almost 
round with blocky ends, rind hard, 
tough, dark green. Bright scarlet flesh 
and white seeds with black tips. Weighs 
about 50 pounds. 
@ FLORIDA FAVORITE 
(Days to Maturity, 85) 
Usres: Home and market gardens. 
Fruit: Large, oblong, rind dark green with 
mottled stripe of light green. Flesh deep 
red in color and seeds white. Weighs 
about 30 pounds. 
e IRISH GRAY 
(Days to Maturity, 90) 
Uses: Good for shipping to distant markets. 
Fruit: Large, oblong, rind light grayish green in 
color, hard and tough.’ Flesh firm, 
brilliant red. Weighs about 35 pounds. 
Seeds white. 
® HAWKESBURY (Wilt-Resistant) 
(Days to Maturity, 87) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Excellent for 
shipping. 
Fruit: Light green rind, uniform shape. Red 
flesh and black seed. 
@ LEESBURG (Wilt Resistant) 
(Days to Maturity, 90) 
Uses: The same as Improved Kleckley Sweet. 
This is a wilt-resistant strain of Kleckley 
Sweet. 
Fruir: Rind dark green. Red flesh and white 
seed. 
@ SSC 606 STONE MOUNTAIN 
(Days to Maturity, 98) 
Uses: Excellent all-purpose melon. 
Fruit: Large, oval, rind dark green. Bright red 
flesh. Weighs about 50 pounds. Seed 
dark mottled brownish black. 
Richmond, Virginia 


Mustard, Tendergreen 
Mustard 
CULTURE: Sow seed thinly as early in the spring 
as weather permits, in rows about 1 foot apart. For 
late fall use, sow during August. One ounce sows 
200 feet of drill; 4 pounds per acre. 
e GIANT SOUTHERN CURLED 
(Long Standing) 
(Days to Maturity, 60-70) 
Piant: Large and upright in growth. 
Leaves: Large, long-oval, curled and fringed on 
margins, bright medium light green in 
color. 
Sreeps: Reddish brown. 
e TENDERGREEN OR MUSTARD 
SPINACH 
(Days to Maturity, 55) 
UsE: Mild Mustard with spinach flavor. 
Leaves: Large, oblong, very dark green in color, 
very smooth, with slender whitish 
center ribs. 
Watermelon, Stone Mountain 
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