Twilley’s 
Wilt Resistant Dixie Queen 
Watermelon 
An excellent crop of Twilley’s Wilt Resistant Dixie Queen grown on land so severely 
infested with wilt that the previous crop was a complete failure. This grower did not 
lose a plant of Wilt Resistant Dixie Queen in the entire field. 
WILT This variety was first offered by us three years ago. Every grower re- 
RESISTANCE ported that he did not lose any plants from wilt when planting Twilley’s 
Wilt Resistant Dixie Queen. The grower whose photo appears here said, 
“I wanted to give your Wilt Resistant Dixie Queen a good test, so I planted a field in which 
I have not been able to grow watermelons for many years. I did not lose a plant in the entire 
field, and the melon buyers said that my crop ran the most uniform in size of any they noticed. 
HIGH YIELD The fact that this is a wilt resistant strain insures a good yield on most 
soils that are adapted to melon growing. Careful selection has been 
made for a high yielding strain, and under good conditions this variety will yield exceptional- 
ly well. It seems to withstand drought better than the ordinary strain of Dixie Queen. 
UNIFORMITY One of the qualities that our growers like about Twilley’s Wilt Resistant 
Dixie Queen is the great uniformity of the melons. All of us know that 
there are many conditions in the same field that make melons vary in size, but under average 
good conditions you will find this variety to produce melons so uniform that they are very easy 
to grade and load. A southern grower reported ‘‘My commission man said the melons I grew 
from Twilley’s Wilt Resistant Dixie Queen were the finest he sold.” 
“We tested your Wilt Resistant Dixie Queen on highly infested land, and secured an excellent stand. 
Yield was good, better than ordinary Dixie Queen. Your strain was less subject to white-heart than the 
non-resistant strain.’—A report from a Midwest Experiment Station. 
“I grew twenty acres of Wilt Resistant Dixie Queen last year on land I knew to be badly infested with 
wilt. A hill died here and there, but the field came through in fine shape, making as fine a crop as,;you 
ever saw. The size and quality were superb.”’—W. H. Lloyd. 
“T want to place my order of Wilt Resistant Dixie Queen for the coming season. It is a very :fine 
melon, cuts good, yields good, and is very sweet. Other round melons, cut very poor this year, but your 
Wilt Resistant Dixie Queen was perfect. Everybody likes your wonderful melon, growers and buyers 
alike.’”—Henry Marx, Iowa. 
© 390. Pkt. 10c: Oz. 30c; 14 lb. 85c; 14 Ib. $1.50: 1 lb. $2.75; 2 lbs. $2.60 per lb.; 5 lbs. 
$2.50 per lb.: 10 lbs. $2.25 per lb. Postpaid. 5 
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