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. 
IMPROVED GARRISON 
(Days to Maturity, 95) 
Uses: Excellent shipper, also for home and 
market garden. 
Fruit: Large and elongated, blunt ends with 
pale and dark green stripes. Flesh red and sweet, 
of excellent quality. 
STONE MOUNTAIN 
(Days to Maturity, 90) 
Uses: Good shipper for long distances. Also a 
good home-garden variety. 
Fruit: Very large, broad and oval to almost 
round with blocky ends, rind hard, tough, dark 
green. Bright scarlet flesh and white seeds with 
black tips. Weighs about 50 pounds. 
FLORIDA FAVORITE 
(Days to Maturity, 85) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. 
Fruit: Large, oblong, rind dark green with 
mottled stripe of light green. Flesh deep red in 
color and seeds white. Weighs about 30 pounds. 
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NEW HAMPSHIRE MIDGET 
(Ice Box Size) 
ANEW VARIETY FOR 1954 
(Days to Maturity, 82) 
All-America winner developed by Dr. A. F. 
Yeager, New Hampshire. 
Uses: Home gardens. Ideal for two individual 
servings. 
Fruit: 7-8 inches long, 5 inches in diameter, 
oval shaped, light mottled green in color. Thin 
rind, orange-red flesh with black seeds. Flesh is 
solid and sweet. 
Watermelon, New Hampshire Midget 
SOUTHERN STATES COOPERATIVE 
