WATERMELON 
NORTHERN SWEET 
Early Icebox Melon 
68 days. This Early Ice-Box-Size Watermelon weighs 
only 15 lbs., and is one of the earliest watermelons. 
Fruits are nearly round, medium green with dark 
green stripes; rind very thin. 
erisp, sweet, and delicious; seeds light brown. 
for home garden and local truckers. 
Flesh very deep red, 
Ideal 
TOM WATSON 
No White Heart 
88 days. ‘The improved ‘‘Cut-Red”’ or ‘‘Red-Heart’’ 
strain has no white heart. The handsome, dark green 
rind is thin, but hard and tough, so is unsurpassed as 
a market sort. The melons are usually 20 to 24” in 
length and 10 to 12” through, averaging 40 Ibs. each. 
A good yielder and a great money maker in all markets. 
Flesh dark red, firm and of excellent quality. 
KLONDIKE—Sweetest of All 
‘Early Long One 
One of the best early melons. They are 
of an even dark green color, and usually 
Flesh is deep red, exceptionally crisp 
78 days. 
oblong, 
weigh 25 lbs. 
and tender, as well as most delicious in flavor. The 
seeds are small, black, with brown markings, Our 
strain of this melon is an exceptionally heavy yielder 
and gives excellent satisfaction in the North. 
Improved Kleckley (Wilt-Resistant) 
85 days. A wilt-resistant strain of Kleckley’s Sweet 
that will grow and thrive on wilt-sick soil. It retains 
all the superb qualities of the old reliable Kleckley’s 
Sweet or Monte Cristo. The attractive, oblong melons 
will average 30 Ibs. The rich, glossy, dark green rind 
is tougher than Kleckley’s Sweet, making it a better 
shipper. The flesh is bright red, crisp, tender and 
deliciously sweet and melting. 
One Oz. for 25 Hills—4 Lbs. per Acre. Michigan- 
Grown Burgess Watermelon is best for all climates. 
New Hampshire 
Midget p> 
Smallest of All 
65. days. An ‘‘ice-box” 
type, with small 2 to 6 lb. 
fruit, and brown. seeds. 
Thin rind and strawberry- 
red flesh... Very prolific 
light green. melon with 
dark green stripes. De- 
licious flavor. 
GOLDEN HONEY 
A Delicious Yellow-Fleshed Watermelon 
85 days. Flesh of rich golden color, firm, crisp 
and glistening, sweet as honey, and fairly melts in 
your mouth. No hard core or stringiness. Fruits 
oblong, dark green with darker green stripes and 
average 20 lbs. 
WINTER WATERMELON 
The Long-Keeper 
90 days. A home grown melon for your Thanks- 
giving dinner. It is not a citron or a freak, but a 
very prolific long-keeping true Watermelon. Flesh red, 
extremely firm, very brittle and deliciously sweet. 
Fruits taken from the field before killing frost and 
stored in a cool place will keep long into the late fall 
and early winter and retain their delicious sweetness 
and flavor. a: 
New USDA Melon 
90 days. A new outstanding melon developed by 
the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
green stripes. 
weather. 
seeds with brown smears. 
home garden, 
STONE MOUNTAIN 
Large, Round and Dark Green 
88 days. Stone Mountain is a large, 
dium dark green, high quality melon. 
colored, very solid, with fewer seeds than most va- 
rieties. The fruits average 35 pounds. 
tough enough to stand handling for nearby markets, 
Anthracnose resistant, 
but will not stand long distance shipping. Seeds white 
with black tips. It produces an abundant crop and 
can be grown successfully on all types of soil. 
CITRON 
For Preserves 
90 days. Preserving Melon—Flesh white and solid. 
Used exclusively for making preserves and candied 
fruit. 
TRIAL-GROUNDS MIXTURE 
Some of All Kinds 
Just right for those who want some of all the differ- 
ent Watermelons. A fine mixture of the varieties listed 
in this catalog and a few others- from our trial 
grounds, which we haven’t placed on the market. 
WATERMELON BARGAIN! 
Pkt. Northern Sweet 
Pkt. Imp. Kiéckley’s Wilt Resistant 
Pkt. Dixie Queen 
Pkt. New Hampshire Midget 
All 4 Pkts. only 50c 
Prepaid 
It is a long, medium 
thick melon with slick green appearance and darker 
even in wet 
Beautiful red deep heart, medium size, white 
Excellent shipper, good for 
round, me- 
Flesh highly 
The rind is 
Watermelon Seeds Delivered Prepaid at the Following Prices 
Jumbo Watermelon 
100 LB. JUMBO 
State Fair Melon 
This mammoth variety was introduced by us 
in 1941. Grow some of these giant Watermelons and 
win some prizes at your State or County Fair. More 
prizes for large melons have no doubt been won with 
Jumbo than with all other varieties of Watermelons 
combined. With rich soil and good care, mammoth size 
melons can be produced wherever ordinary melons can 
be successfully grown. The dark green oval fruits will 
average 50 lbs., but melons weighing 100 lbs. have been 
grown. The rind is hard and tough and will ship long 
distances. The deep red flesh is firm, sweet and of the 
finest quality. Seeds large, dark brown. 
90 days. 
Michigan Grown 
DIXIE QUEEN 
80 days. Our Michigan grown seed of this 
melon, like all other varieties, is better than 
Southern grown seed for planting either in the 
North or the South, for it produces EARLIER 
MELONS of the very best quality. 
Dixie Queen is a very prolific second-early va- 
riety used extensively for shipping, and is rapidly 
gaining popularity for the home garden, Fruits are 
-oval-round, light green with dark green stripes, of 
medium size but often growing to a larger size 
and weighing as high as 40 pounds. Rind is thin, 
put tough. The bright red flesh is crisp, sweet and 
practically free from fiber, and the few seeds are 
small and white. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co., Galesburg, Michigan 
Packet Oz. l¢ Lb. Lb. 5 Lbs. 
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