e HALE'S BEST NO. 936 
(Days to Maturity, 87) 
Uses: Truckers, market gardens, and roadside 
markets. Slightly larger than Hale's Best No. 36. 
Fruit: Approximately 6!/> inches long and 5% 
inches in diameter, heavily netted. Deep salmon 
flesh. 
Muskmelon, Hearts cf Gold 
e HEARTS OF GOLD (Improved) 
(Days to Maturity, 92) 
Uses: Popular with market growers; a good 
shipper. 
Fruit: Approximately 6 inches long, 5!/ inches 
in diameter. Almost round, well netted, greenish 
rind, very small seed cavity. Flesh thick, firm, deep 
golden brown. 
WATERMELON 
CULTURE: Plant seed when weather is quite warm, 
6 to 8 seeds in a hill, 6 to 8 feet apart each way. 
Cover !/> inch deep. One ounce will plant 25 to 
30 hills; 4 to 5 pounds per acre. 
Watermelon, Congo 
e CONGO 
(Anthracnose Resistant) 
(Days to Maturity, 95) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Excellent for 
shipping. 
Fruit: Prolific, large, very tough rind. Oblong in 
shape. Sweet flesh, red heart. 
e DIXIE QUEEN 
(Days to Maturity, 85) 
Uses: Shippers and home gardeners. 
Fruit: Almost round, with squarish ends, rind thin 
and tough, light green with dark green stripes. 
Scarlet flesh of good texture. Weighs about 30 
pounds. Seeds very small and white. 
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Watermelon, Dixie Queen 
e TOM WATSON, IMPROVED 
(Days to Maturity, 90) 
Uses: An old favorite among the shipping sorts. 
This improved strain with its big, full red heart, is 
exceptionally fine. It is very prolific and the fruits 
are unusually uniform in shape and quality. 
Fruit: Very large, cylindrical in shape, rind very 
tough and elastic, darker green than old strain, 
slightly veined. Flesh firm, rather coarse, free from 
core, delicious, deep bright red color. Weighs 
about 40 pounds. Seeds brown with white mottling. 
Watermelon, Improved Kleckley Sweet 
e IMPROVED KLECKLEY SWEET 
(Days to Maturity, 85) 
Uses: Widely used for home gardens and local 
markets. 
Fruit: Large, cylindrical in shape, rind thin, deep 
dark green. Fine-textured flesh, sparkling red in 
color. Weighs about 35 pounds. Seeds white. 
e LEESBURG (Wilt Resistant) 
(Days to Maturity, 90) 
Uses: The same as Improved Kleckley Sweet. This 
is a wilt-resistant strain of Kleckley Sweet. 
Fruit: Rind dark green. Red flesh and white seed. 
e IRISH GRAY 
(Days to Maturity, 90) 
Uses: Good for shipping to distant markets. 
Fruit: Large, oblong, rind light grayish green in 
color, hard and tough. Flesh firm, brilliant red. 
Weighs about 35 pounds. Seeds white. 
© HAWKESBURY (Wilt Resistant) 
(Days to Maturity, 87) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Excellent for 
shipping. 
* Fruit: Light green rind, uniform shape. Red flesh 
and black seed. 
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