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. NORTHERN SWEET 
- Early Icebox Melon 
68 days. This Early Ice-Box-Size Watermelon weighs 
only 15 lbs., and is one of the earliest watermelons. 
/ Fruits are nearly round, medium green with dark 
green stripes; rind very thin. Flesh very deep red, 
crisp, sweet, and delicious; seeds light brown. Ideal 
for home garden and local truckers. 
CONGO 
New USDA Melon 
A new outstanding melon developed by 
90 days. 
the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. It is a long, medium 
thick melon with slick green appearance and darker 
green stripes. Anthracnose resistant, even in wet 
weather. Beautiful red deep heart, medium size, white 
seeds with brown smears. Excellent shipper, good for 
home garden. 
KLONDIKE (Wilt-Resistant) 
Early Long One 
— 78 days. One of the best early melons. They are 
oblong, of an even dark green color, and usually 
weigh 25 Ibs. Flesh is deep red, exceptionally crisp 
and tender, as well as most delicious in flavor. The 
seeds are brownish-black. It has a very high sugar 
content. Our strain of this melon is an exceptionally 
heavy yielder and gives excellent satisfaction in the 
North. Sweetest of all watermelons. 
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Improved Kieckley (Wilt-Resistant) 
85 days. A wilt-resistant strain of Kleckley’s Sweet 
that will grow and thrive on wilt-sick soil. It retains 
all the superb qualities of the old reliable Kleckley’s 
Sweet or Monte Cristo. The attractive, oblong melons 
will average 30 lbs. The rich, glossy, dark green rind 
‘is tougher than Kleckley’s Sweet, making it a better 
shipper. The flesh is bright red, crisp, tender and 
deliciously sweet and melting. 
One Oz. for 25 Hillsk—4 Lbs. per Acre. 
Michigan-Grown seed is best for alli climates. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 
MIDGET 
Smallest of Them All 
65 days... This 
relatively new 
Watermelon has 
had phenomenal 
acceptance by al- 
most all garden- 
ers. Being ‘“Ice- 
Box” size, only 7” 
in diameter or 
from 4 to 6 Ibs. 
in weight, -it is 
ideal for every 
day use, evenasa 
breakfast melon. 
Fruit has thin rind, with deliciously sweet, 
strawberry-red flesh. A very prolific, light 
green melon with dark green stripes and 
brown seeds. If you plant only one melon, 
this should be it. - 
GOLDEN HONEY 
A Delicious Yellow-Fleshed Watermelon 
85 days. Flesh of rich golden color, firm, crisp 
and glistening, sweet as honey, and fairly melts in 
your mouth. No hard core or stringiness. Fruits 
oblong, dark green with darker green stripes and 
average 20 lbs. 
WINTER WATERMELON 
The Long-Keeper 
90 days. A home grown melon for your Thanks- 
giving dinner. It is not a citron or a’ freak, but a 
very prolific long-keeping true Watermelon. Flesh red, 
extremely firm, very brittle and deliciously sweet. 
Fruits taken from the field before killing frost and 
Jumbo Watermelon 
100 LB. JUMBO 
State Fair Melon 
90 days. This mammoth variety was introduced by us 
in 1941. -Grow some of these giant Watermelons and 
win some prizes at your State or County Fair. More 
prizes for large melons have no doubt been won with 
Jumbo than with all other varieties of Watermelons 
combined. With rich soil and good care, mammoth size 
melons can be produced wherever ordinary melons can 
be successfully grown. The dark green oval fruits will 
average 50 Ibs., but melons weighing 100 lbs. have been 
grown. The rind is hard and tough and will ship long 
distances. The deep red flesh is firm, sweet and of the 
finest quality. Seeds large, brownish-black. 
Michigan Grown 
DIXIE QUEEN 
The Earliest Strain 
stored in a cool place will keep long into the late fall 80 days. Our Michigan grown seed of this 
pad he ho al and retain their delicious, sweetness melon, like all other varieties, is better than 
Southern grown seed for planting either in the 
North or the South, for it produces EARLIER 
MELONS of the very best quality. 
WATERMELON BARGAIN! 
{ Pkt. Northern Sweet 
f Pkt. Imp. Kleckley’s Wilt Resistant 
{ Pkt. Dixie Queen 
{ Pkt. New Hampshire Midget 
All 4 Pkts. only 55¢ 
Prepaid 
_ TOM WATSON 
Ne White Heart 
88 days. The improved ‘‘Cut-Red’’ or ‘‘Red-Heart’’ 
strain has no white heart. The handsome, dark green 
rind is thin, but hard and tough, so is unsurpassed as 
a market sort. The melons are usually 20 to 24” in 
length and 10 to 12” through, averaging 40 Ibs. each. 
A good yielder and a great money maker in all markets. 
Flesh dark red, firm and of excellent quality. 
STONE MOUNTAIN Dixie Queen is a very prolific second-early va- 
Z riety used extensively for shipping, and is rapidly 
Large, Round and Dark Green ‘| gaining popularity for the home garden. Fruits are 
_88 days. Stone Mountain is a large, round, me- oval-round, light green with dark green stripes, of 
pak pia crepe rich patty melon. Flesh highly medium size but often growing to a larger size 
Matis , The. fruits pees lente ane es Ae and weighing as high as 40 pounds. Rind is thin, 
tough enough to stand handling for nearby markets, but tough. The bright red flesh is crisp, sweet and 
but will not stand long distance shipping. Seeds white practically free:from fiber, and the few seeds are 
with black tips: It produces an abundant crop and small and white. 
can be grown successfully on all types of soil. 
| Price per Lb. 
For 3 Lbs. or 
Prepaid WATERMELON PRICES 
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