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RMELONS Culture same as for 
WATE + Muskmelons except 
that vines need more room. Fertilize each hill li- 
berally and cultivate thoroughly. 
DALE. Best watermelon yet introduced. Of high- 
est quality, it is oblong, the skin is deep rich 
green, slightly mottled a darker green. Seed is 
white and the flesh is bright red. 
CLETEX (SPOTTED WATSON). Similiar in size 
anl shape to Tom Watson but with dark green, 
irregulars on lighter green background of rind. 
Flesh red and sweet, rind tough enough for ship- 
ping. 
KLECKLY SWEET (MONTE CRISTO). A very de- 
sircble type for home garden or nearby markets. 
Fruit medium sized. oval and skin dark green; 
flesh bright red and very sweet. Skin is brittle. 
NEW WONDER. Resembles the Watson in shape, 
but thicker. The color is dark, solid green, rind 
thin, but tough. Flesh is red, solid heart and 
does not show a hollow. Exceptionally fine eating 
melon for home and market use. The seed is 
white. Extremely prolific. 
ALABAMA SWEET. Improved. Very desirable for 
shipping. Fruit large, oblong with rather thin 
but tough rind. Medium green mottled stripes. 
Flesh bright red, fine grained and sweet. 
All Watermelons 5c Pkt.; 15¢ Oz.; $2.00 Lb. 
SQUASH 
STAFFEL’S SPECIAL STRAINS 
CULTURE: Plant when danger of frost is past, 
sowing in “hills’’ or groups 4 feet apart; trailing 
sorts 6 to 8 feet apart. Sow six or more seeds. 
Thin later to 3 plants in a hill. One ounce plants 
about 25 hills and each hill should yield 6 to 8 
good squashes. 
EARLY WHITE BUSH SCALLOP is very early, flat, 
creamy-white and scalloped. 4 to 6 inches in 
diameter. Vine is bushy in habit and rather 
dwarf. 
HUBBARD—Fruit is oblong and pointed, heavily 
warted, dark green in color with orange colored 
flesh. Remarkable for its keeping qualities. 
EARLY YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK is a high- 
ly desirable table sort, very early and productive. 
Fruit when matured is small and crook necked and 
covered with wart excrescences. 
15¢ Oz.; $1.25 Lb. 

UCONN SQUASH! 
GOLD MEDAL WINNER! 
THE NEWEST SQUASH OF ’EM 
ALL! A BUSH FORM OF THE DE- 
LECTABLE AND POPULAR ACORN 
OR TABLE QUEEN, A VINING 
TYPE WHICH TAKES UP CONSID- 
ERABLE SPACE IN GARDEN OR 
FIELD. HEAVY BEARER. NEEDS 
6x3 FEET OF SPACE. USE IM- 
MATURE FRUITS AS DELICIOUS 
VEGETABLE AND MATURE FRUIT 
AS WINTER SQUASH. 
Pkt. 5c; Lb. $1.25 



TOMATO—GULF STATE MARKET 
SQUASH—Summer Crookneck 

ER ONS Race Ne SS chnatete 
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CUCUMBER—Straight Eight TOMATO—MARGLOBE 
THREE TOP-FLIGHT —TOMATOES: 
GERS CERTIFIED A vigorous plant; large, globular, deep red fruits in quantity. Resistant 
RUT * to disease and especially valuable on hillside, light or poor land. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 50c; Lb. $5.50 
GC LF STATE MARKET A southern shipping variety. Plant vigorous, rather open, medium 
U * height. Fruits medium large, globular, smooth, purplish pink, thick- 
skinned, very solid and relatively free from cracking. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 50c; Lb. $5.50 
ARGLOBE Plant vigorous, with heayy foliage, partially resistant to Fusarium Wilt and nail- 
M . head rust; moderately productive. Fruits medium large, nearly globular, deep red, 
smocth, solid, with thick walls and strong core. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 50c; Lb. $5.50 
THREE TOP-FLIGHT-WATERMELEONS®: 
Fruits very large, oval-round with blunt ends; medium green with 
STONE MOUNTAIN. indistinct veining, rind thin but fairly tough. Flesh rich scarlet, 
let, fine grained and very sweet; seeds white with black edge. 
Long a standard variety in Texas. Fruits very large, uniform, cylindrical 
TOM WATSON with deep green, veined, tough rind. Flesh deep red, of good quality, 
though somewhat coarse; seeds brown. 
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