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, (This picture by courtesy of Look Magazine, copyrighted) 
Midget Watermelon being served in halves in the fashionable Stork 
Club, New York City. 
Improved Kleckley Sweets is considered “‘the sweetest 
of all melons.”’ 
Improved Kleckley Sweets. A823 cron ior market, 
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the most profitable, and for the home-garden too. True oblong 
shape, dark green rind, and rich red flesh, which is sweet and 
luscious. Ready in about 87 days from planting. Plant an acre 
this year—four pounds of seed will do it and costs but $9. Pkt. 
15 ets.; oz. 40 cts.; lb. $1.10; lb. $2.50; 4 Ibs. $9. 
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New Watermelon “Congo.” 7.7” oF sia merica 
Award. Here is an extra-fine melon you will want to grow. The 
vines are very vigorous, highly resistant to anthracnose, yield- 
ing a big crop of very uniform oblong melons averaging 35 
pounds. The rind is strong enough to stand up well under 
shipping, and the flesh is excellent both in sweet delicious 
flavor and fiery red color. 90 days. An ounce wil] plant 25 hills, 
3 pounds per acre. Pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. 25 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; 
2 ozs. 75 cts.; 4lb. $1.25; lb. $4; 3 Ibs. $11.50. 
Striped Klondike No. 11. ° ,,4°¥%,,,2e's, new 
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high content of sugar and thus has a most delicious flavor. The 
rind is thin but strong, the flesh solid bright red. Averages 30 
pounds. Long-oval, heavily mottled and striped. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
oz. 40 cts.; 14Ib. $1.10; lb. $2.50. 
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Tom Watson. 90 days. The melons are oblong, 18 to 
24 inches long and 10 to 14 inches in 
diameter, averaging 40 to 60 pounds each. The flesh is a 
deep red, of the most delicious quality and extends close to 
the rind. Rind dark green and very strong. Very popular on all 
markets. Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; lb. $1.10° Ib. $2.50. 
ivy 85 days. A splendid quality melon. 
Dixie Queen. Medium large, almost round. Weight 
25 to 40 lbs., few seeds. The flesh is very richly colored, very 
sweet, juicy and of delicious flavor. It ripens right close up 
to the strong rind which doesn’t break in shipping. Our Dixie 
Queen yields a big crop. Every gardener and farmer can grow 
them successfully on any good soil, and very profitably too. 
1 ounce for 50 hills; 3 Ibs. per acre. Plant anacre. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
oz. 40 cts.; 2 ozs. 75 cts.; 14lb. $1.25; lb. $3.50; 5 Ibs. $15. 
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Dixie Queen 
Watermelons 
3 to 4 lbs. per acre. 1 oz. for 25 hills. How to Grow 
Watermelons. (See under Cantaloupes.) 
Every home-garden should have a row or two of 
Watermelons. Start the seed early. 
The New Hampshire 
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Midget Watermelon. 
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Awarded Gold Medal by All-America Selections. Now, for 
every home-garden, a little midget melon the size of a canta- 
loupe. Weighs 3 to 4 lbs.; bright red flesh, sweet and good. 
Ripe melons in 65 days. Very prolific, as many as 200 melons were 
taken from one row 88 feet long. You can put 2, 3, or 4in your re- 
frigerator for cooling. Be sure to have a row or two of Midgets in 
your garden. See it on the front cover of this Catalog. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
2 pkts. 25 cts.; oz. 50 cts.; 2 ozs. 90 cts.; 4lb. $1.50; lb. $2.75; 
Ib. $5. 
Stone Mountain or Dixie Belle. 90 days. Round smooth, 
WEITERE PEM TEEME! 6egreen skin, flesh beautiful deep crimson. 
Averages about 45 pounds. One of the finest melons of the home- 
garden and for market. Pkt. 10 ets.; oz. 35 ets.; 14lb. 90 cts.; 
Ib. $2.25; 5 Ibs. $10. 
85 days. The fruits are long, blunt at 
Halbert Honey. both ends; skin a rich, glossy green; the 
flesh a beautiful crimson. Pkt. 10 ets.; oz. 35 cts.; W4lb. 85 cts.; 
Ib. $2.25. 
i? ; 80 days. One of the best extra-early 
Harris’ Earliest. melons; oval, dark green; flesh sweet, 
delicious. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 35 ets.; 14]b. 90 cts.; Ib. $2.25. 
A wilt-resistant melon, allowing them to 
Hawkesbury. be grown on land previously planted to 
melons. Shape long, tapers slightly, skin light gray with fine green 
veining. Flesh bright red, very sweet. Averages 35 pounds. 85 days. 
Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 35 cts.; 14Ib. 90 cts.; lb. $2.25. 
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New Watermelon Hybrid Dixie Queen. I, © 
very 
important value is that it is fusarium wilt-resistant. The stripes 
are a little darker green; has darker brownish seed. This is the first 
Hybrid Watermelon. Pkt. 75 cts.; 20z. $2.75; oz. $5; 2 ozs. $9; 
1Alb. $15; Ib. $50. 
