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 wilt-resistant 
melon is rapidly gaining in popular- 
ity, and promises to be one of the 
leading melons for shipping. Black- 
lee is very resistant to Fusarium 
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 20c; . 
65c; Ib. $2.00; 5 Ibs. $9.00. Not 
prepaid: 10 lbs. $16.00; 25 ibs. $38.75. 
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 
not a recent introduction, Florida Giant has be- 
come the leading’: melon in the South. The demand 
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. 
10c; oz. 20c; % Ib. 65c; Ib. $2.00.; & lbs. 
$9.00. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs, $16.00. 
Certified Stock. Lb. $2.40 
Watermelon, Florida Giant 
Vegetable Seeds 
MELONS iipping, 
about. 5 per:cent ammonia, 7 per cent phosphoric 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. 
Earlier crops may be obtained by protecting the young plants 
with Hotkaps (see page 70). One ounce will plant 26 hills: 
1% to 2 pounds per acre. 
Watermelon Wilt-Resistant BLACKLER 
606 85 days. A_sensational Watermelon of out- 
standing merit. The size is not unduly large, yet 
under proper methods of eulture, melons weighing 
50 pounds or more are not unusual. The sparkling 
crisp 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 shipping melon. Produces sturdy, strong 
vines that carry a larger number of melons—it will 
produce earlier and outyield most other varieties. 
It has all the good qualities demanded by commer- 
cial growers, and. is perfectly adapted~ to © the 
smaller home-garden. Genuine small white seeded, 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c3; % Ib. 65c; lb: $2.00; 5 Ibs. 
$9.00. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $16.00. 
WILT-RESISTANT DIXIE QUEEN 
Certified Stock. Lh. $3.15 
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 
being sweeter with more 
quality, : 
luseious and deeper, richer red flesh, 
and more uniform in size. The seeds 
are very irregular in size. Pkt. 1Oc; 
oz. 35¢; % Ib. 90c; lb. $2.75; 
wee $12.75. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. 
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Watermelon, Wilt Resistant Dixie Queen 
2 REUTER SEED CO., Inc., New Orleans 
