neOMELONS Eonipain) 
HOW TO GROW ’'EM 
Rich sand loam soils are considered best for Watermelons, 
but good crops are grown on any well-drained, fertile soil. 
Adding well-rotted manure to soil gives the plants a good 
start and to commercial growers we recommend an applica- 
tion of 600 to 800 pounds of commercial fertilizer (analyzing 
600 90 days. This new wilt-resist- 
ant melon is rapidly gaining in pop- 
ularity, and promises to be one of 
the leading melons for shipping. 
Blacklee is very resistant to Fusa- 
rium Wilt, and where this disease 
has appeared we cannot recommend 
Blacklee too highly. The melons are 
long, oval, very symmetrical, smooth 
and of a dark green color. The 
slightly crisp and very sweet flesh 
is brilliant red with few black seeds. 
Melons average about 35 lbs. but 
specimens weighing 50 to 60 lbs. are 
not unusual. It cuts solid, is free 
from stringiness and of fine texture. 
A fine shipping melon and excellent 
keeper. Pkt. 10c¢; oz. 30¢; % Ih. 
85c;3 Ib. $2.50; 5 Ibs. $11.25. Not 
prepaid: 10 lbs. $21.00; 25 lbs. $51.25. 
Fiorion 
627 90 days. Also called Cannonball or Black Dia- 
mond—Without a doubt the most popular and best 
selling Watermelon on the market today. Although 
introduced only a few years ago, Florida Giant has 
become the leading melon*in the South. The de- 
mand for these seeds has been so great that for the 
last two to three years, our- large selected stock has 
been depleted early in the season. The melon is 
oval-round with blunt ends, has thick, tough rind 
and dark green skin which gives it a fresh appear- 
ance. Flesh is firm, deep red, sweet and of excel- 
lent quality. The melons average 35 to 40 pounds but 
monster melons weighing up to 100 pounds have 
been produced under ideal conditions. Vines are 
vigorous and productive, and should be pruned to 
one or two melons to develop the largest size. Pkt. 
§Oc; oz 25c; % Ib. 75c; lb. $2.25; 5 Ibs. 
$10.00. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $18.50. 
Certified Stock. Lb. $2.65. 

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about 5 per cent ammonia, 7 per cent phosphorie acid, and 3 
per cent potash) to the acre. Space hills at least 10 feet apart. 
This method will give about 360 hills to the acre. When the 
soil has become warm, drop 6 to 8 seeds in each hill and 
cover about 1 inch. Later thin to 2 to 3 of the largest 
plants. Karlier crops may be obtained by protecting the young 
plants with Hotkaps (see page 70). 
25 hills; 1% to 2 pounds per acre. 
One ounee will plant 



Watermelen Wilt-Resistant BLACKLEE 



606 85 days. A sensational new Watermelon of 
outstanding merit. The size is not unduly large, yet 
under proper methods of cuiture, melons weighing 
50 pounds or more are not unusual. The sparkling 
erisp red flesh is deliciously sweet clear to the rind. 
It is solid, with very few small white seeds. The 
outer skin is light green, striped and blotched with 
dark green, rather tough, and does not bruise easily. 
A good shippimg melon because of the texture of 
the skin and the strength of the rind, and it will 
travel to distant markets and arrive in perfect con- 
dition. Produces sturdy, strong vines that earry 2 
larger number of melons—it will produce earlier 
and outyield most other varieties. It has all the 
good qualities demanded by commercial growers. 
and is perfectly adapted to the smaller home-garden. 
Genuine small white seeded. Pkt. 10c; 0z. 30c; 
% |b. 85c; Ib. $2.50; 5 Ibs. $11.25. Not pre- 
paid: 10 Ibs. $21.00. 
Certified Stock. Lb. $2.90. 
608 This new wilt-resistant strain 
has proven to be as high as 80% 
resistant on very highly infested 
soils. Melons are very superior in 
quality, being sweeter with more 
luscious and deeper, richer red fiesh, 
and more uniform in size. The seeds 
are very irregular in size. Pkt. 1Oc; 
oz. 35c; %4 Ib. $1.00; lb. $3.00; 
5 Ibs. $14.00. : 

Watermelon, Wilt Resistant Dixie Queen 
REUTER SEED CO., Inc., New Orleans’ 

