Archive image from page 103 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1942). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1942asso Year: 1942 100 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. Striped Klondike: Early and sweet WATERMELON-Continued ESS? Schochler 45 Fruits very long, large, dark green, with very faint stripes; rind hard and tough. Flesh rich red, coarse grained, of fairly good quality. Seed brown. STONE MOUNTAIN, IMPROVED 35 Introduced by H. G. Hastings Co. A high quality shipping variety, also for garden planting. Fruits very large, oval-round with blunt ends; medium green with indistin
Archive image from page 103 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1942). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1942asso Year: 1942 100 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. Striped Klondike: Early and sweet WATERMELON-Continued ESS? Schochler 45 Fruits very long, large, dark green, with very faint stripes; rind hard and tough. Flesh rich red, coarse grained, of fairly good quality. Seed brown. STONE MOUNTAIN, IMPROVED 35 Introduced by H. G. Hastings Co. A high quality shipping variety, also for garden planting. Fruits very large, oval-round with blunt ends; medium green with indistinct veining, rind thin but fairly tough. Flesh rich scarlet, fine grained and very sweet; seed white with black edge. Stone Mountain, Improved No. 5 27 A Fusarium wilt resistant strain of this widely used variety developed by the Iowa Experiment Station. Earlier and smaller than the original strain; does not ship so well. Sweet Heart 22 Fruits large, nearly round, gray with fine veining of light green; rind tough and elastic. Flesh pink; seed black. Texas Sweet (Paragon) 32 Fruits large, oblong, medium green, with irrefeular light gray- green stripes; rind thin but strong. Flesh blood-red, uniform, fine in texture, flavor and quality; seed small, dark brown. Thurmond Gray 35 Similar to Irish Gray but darker and having somewhat larger fruits, this variety has made a strong place for itself among shipping sorts. Highly resistant to disease. Fruits large, uni- form, cylindrical, gray-green with faint veining; rind excep- tionally tough. Flesh deep red, of good quality, seed brown. TOM WATSON, IMPROVED 35 A desirable red heart strain of this well-known variety. Fruits very large, uniform, cylindrical; with deep green, veined, WONDERMELON (Improved Kleckley's Sweet) 40 Excellent for home and market garden, but not adapted to shipping long distances. Fruits large, cylindrical, with slight ribbing, dark glossy green; very attractive, with thin rind. Flesh deep red, juicy and very sweet
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