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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) 
‘The Early One 
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 vary from deep tan to black. It has a very high 
sugar content. Our strain of this melon is an excep- 
“tionally heavy yielder and gives excellent satisfaction 
in the Porth Sweetest of all watermelons. 
Improved Kleckley (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, kender and 
‘deliciously AeRE. and Pong, 
One Oz. for 25 Hills—4 Lbs. per Acre. 
Michigan-Grown seed is best for all 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 diaméter or 
from 4 to 6 lbs. 
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, 
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 lbs., but melons weighing 100 lbs. have been 
firm, crisp grown. The rind is hard and tough and will ship long 
ae glistening, ‘sweet as pene ana) fairly melts Me distances. The deep red flesh is firm, sweet and of the 
a ore or stringiness ruits ; : ish- 
oblong, dark green with’ darker green stripes and Shest ‘quality.2. Seeds jaree,shrowmtsl- black: 
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 
stored in a cool place will keep long into: the late fall 
and early winter and retain their delicious sweetness 
and flavor. 
WATERMELON BARGAIN! 
{ Pkt. Northern Sweet 
Michigan Grown 
DIXIE QUEEN 
The Earliest Strain 
80 days. Our Michigan grown seed of this 
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. 
{ Pkt. Imp. Kleckley’s Wilt Resistant 
{ Pkt. Dixie Queen 
{ Pkt. New Hampshire Midget 
All 4 Pkts. only 55c 
Prepaid 
TOM WATSON 
No White Heart 
88 days. The improved ‘‘Cut-Red’’ or ‘‘Red-Heart’’ 
strain has no white heart. The handsome, dark green 
tind 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 BELLE 
Large, Round and Dark Green 
Dixie Queen is a very prolific second-early va- 
riety used extensively for shipping, and is rapidly 
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 
dium dark green, high quality melon. Flesh highly medium size but often growing to a larger size 
colored, very solid, with fewer seeds than most va- 
and weighing as high as 40 pounds. Rind is thin, 
but tough. The bright red flesh is crisp, sweet and 
practically free from fiber, and the few seeds are 
small and white. 
rieties. The fruits average 35 pounds. The rind is 
tough enough to stand handling for nearby markets, 
but will not stand long distance shipping. Seeds white 
with black tips. It produces an abundant crop and 
can be grown successfully on all types of soil. 
Price per Lb, 
For 3 Lbs, or 
More of a 
Variety 
Prepaid WATERMELON PRICES 
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Golden Honey.... a 
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Northern Sweet......... 
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