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CLARA LEE, FLORIDA GIANT, BLACK DIAMOND OR CANNON BALL 
Variety No. 17 
The Clara Lee, Variety No. 17, is an improved 
strain of the above named varieties. This is a 
large round melon, with a very glossy black green 
rind, showing no indication of a stripe in any 
way. The rind is very thin and tough, making it 
possible to be hauled any distance any other 
watermelon can. The flesh is a deep red, crisp 
and tender; with grayish-black seeds that are 
rather small in size. The Clara Lee will grow al- 
most as large as the Jumbo Triumph, most of them 
weighing upwards of seventy and eighty pounds 
each, while when grown under very favorable 
conditions they will weigh as much as one hun- 
dred pounds. This is a very hardy melon and will 
resist drought exceptionally well, almost equaling 
the Desert King in this respect. It is a mid-season 
melon, ripening along with the Tom Watson and 
Texas Giant. /% lb. 65c; % lb. $1.15; % Ib. $1.65; 
1 Ib. to 5 Ibs. $1.95; 6 to 9 Ibs. $1.90; 10 Ibs. $1.85; 
11 to 24 Ibs. $1.80; over 24 Ibs. $1.75 per lb. All 
plus postage. LIBERAL PACKAGE, ANY VARI- 
EY 20C: NEI SNE 
NUMBER «= - 4-6465 
Weatherford, Texas 
BRANCH OFFICE 
FOR YOUR TELEPHONE ORDERS CALL WILLHITE MELON SEED 
FARMS, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS. 
As previously advised we have a branch office 
at 702 West Josephine Avenue, Weatherford, 
Texas, in order to give you day or night telephone 
service. About Nov. 15, 1953, our telephone num- 
ber will be changed due to installation of dial 
system and we will not know until that time what 
our number will be, however, you will be able to 
reach us by calling for WILLHITE MELON SEED 
FARMS, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS. 
This office is maintained in order to extend you 
better and quicker service. Our mailing address 
for this office is P. O. Box 85, Weatherford, Texas. 
Here we are able to receive your letters several 
30 WILLHITE MELON SEED FARMS, Poolville, Texas 
times each day and from four to twenty-four hours 
earlier than at the Poolville, Texas, office which 
has only one pickup and delivery every twenty- 
four hours. We realize what a few hours may 
mean to a customer when he has had the mis- 
fortune of getting his crop destroyed by freeze, hail 
or flood. 
The main plant will remain at Poolville, which 
includes our warehouses, cleaning and packing 
plants. Your orders will be taken care of in the 
same efficient manner, whether they are received 
there or at the Weatherford office. 
Weatherford, Texas 
