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_HERBST BROTHERS 
CABLE ADDRESS: SEEDSMEN, INC. 
HERBST - NEW YORK 
TELEPHONE: 
TREE-SHRUB-FLOWER-VEGETABLE-GRASS SEED f pes ; 
678 Broadway + New York 12, N. Y. | I aes 
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June 15, 195 
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Seedless Watermelon No, 4 
Straight Green 
A valuable new introduction. 
After having been tried for four 
seasons, the production of Seedless Water- 
melons is now an accepted practice. Many 
growers, producing for local markets and 
roadside stands, continue to find it a 
most profitable crop. Consider listing the 
seed in your 1955 catalogue. 
The seed is produced by Te Sakata & Co., 
Oi: Yokohama, Japan. It is actually an 
Fel hybrid, a hybrid between a tetrapil and a deploid. The mature 
melon has only the slightest trace of a seed coat, which is eaten 
just like cucumber. 
demand for Ice Box Melons. 
We offer two fine strains: 
The melon is of attractive size, filling the 
Seedless #1. Plain green rind. 
Average weight 12 lbs. 
Seedless #13. Striped green rind. 
Average weight 13 lbs. 
Offer this melon to your market 
gardener trade as well as home gardeners. 
Prices for 195i crop seed on application. 
Seedless Watermelon No. 13 
Green Striped 
