SWEET GERMAN (MACOMBER, SWEET RUSSIAN, WHITE eae 
89- ays 
Roots: 6-9 x 412-642", 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) | I a 
A medium early shipping variety for the South. Fruits weigh 25-30 lbs., 
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 . Be 
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) . |. | | g5 days 
A development from sTRIPED KLONDIKE by the California Agricultural 
Experiment Station. Resistant to fusarium wilt, but otherwise similar to 
STRIPED KLONDIKE. 
BLUE WATSON ‘orentae Te he le gn 
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 Nant lt Logon te ee 
Fruits average about 40 Ibs., oblong shape, with a light gray-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 . _ ., t+ ee 
A smallish, almost round melon of considerable popularity on the West 
Coast. Fruits weigh 15-18 Ibs. 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 _ te 
Same as CHILEAN BLACK SEEDED except for seed color. 
CITRON, COLORADO RED SEEDED .__.. . 90-95 "days 
A small, round melon, usually 7-8” in diameter, used for preserving. The 
flesh is white and is unpalatable in the raw state. Seeds are large and a pale 
red. 
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