LAWRENCE ROBINSON & SONS, MAIN OFFICES 3 CALIFORNIA — U.S.A. 
S SPECIALISTS IN WATERMELON SEEDS, we offer to you more accumulated years of water— 
melon Seed experience than does any other seed growing company in America. Particu— 
larly, we are proud of the wide use our strains have gained abroad. 
While we annually grow over fifty Watermelon varieties, yet we have tried to list in wthis 
descriptive sheet only those varieties that are of interest to our it} 
in the case of GARRISON and CONGO — varieties that we feel wil gal 
; e wa 
important Watermelon producing area. | 7 ee eee TE 
iPledee Wr i¢e las 2 WE Fouted 
5 A = _ 
——A— mame or 
ayy 
Further information on any variety is available on request. 
like to hear from you. 
CHILEAN BLACK SEED: A very popular variety, it has 
been the subject of considerable breeding work with 
us. Popular in the United States, our strain is 
also widely used in the Mediterranean and Persian 
Gulf areas. Nearly round, black seeded with bril— 
liant red flesh averageing more than 12%sugar, it 
is a fine flavored meton. Rind is medium green with 
distinct, darker green stripes. Matures in 82 days 
to 10 X 9 inches. Weight 16 to 18 pounds. 
U. S. Bepar salons pgriculture 
COLES EARLY (HARRIS EARLIEST): Dark green rind ir— 
regularly striped with a lighter shade, this early 
maturing 77-day melon is used principally by home 
gardeners. Its red flesh is firm and deliciously 
flavored. Black seeds. We recommend it for areas 
having short growing seasons. Uniform and a nice— 
appearing melon. Tender rind prohibits its use as 
a shipping melon. Size 11 X 9 inches; weight 18 to 
20 lbs. Similar Variety; CUBAN QUEEN. 
CONGO is one of the newest USA developments and we 
believe is destined to become one of the more im- 
portant. Bred for a high degree of resistance to 
Anthracnose, we highly recommend it to you if you 
are serving any area where this disease presents a 
problem. Mottled green and dark green exterior, 
bright red flesh with whitish seeds. Rind is un— 
usually thick and resistant to breakage. Matures 
in 90 days to a weight of 35 to 40 pounds. 
DIXIE QUEEN: Used generally in many areas of the | 
world, we are now. growing a strain resistant to Fu- 
sarium Wilt, which we designate as DIXIE QUEEN, WR. 
Both strains are practically identical with the ex— 
ception of resistance. Rind is tough, permitting 
rougher handling; color is light green striped with 
dark green. Flesh is sweet, dark pink with a mini- 
mum of small, white seeds. Matures in 85 days to 
a weight of 30 pounds. Size 16 X 13 inches. 
WATERMELON SEED SPECIALISTS 
