. Dreer's garden book for 1946 : faithful for over a century. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Watermelons 1 PkK for 8 hills; I oz. for 30 h Treat seeds with Semesan, Spergon, or Arasan. Watermelons require a long warm season to mature. Seed should be planted after the middle of May in hills 6 to 8 ft. apart. Plant 6 to 8 seeds in a circle in each hill and cover 5^ inch deep. Thin to the strongest plant in each hill. 537 Early Canada 80 days. An extra-early quality waterme
. Dreer's garden book for 1946 : faithful for over a century. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Watermelons 1 PkK for 8 hills; I oz. for 30 h Treat seeds with Semesan, Spergon, or Arasan. Watermelons require a long warm season to mature. Seed should be planted after the middle of May in hills 6 to 8 ft. apart. Plant 6 to 8 seeds in a circle in each hill and cover 5^ inch deep. Thin to the strongest plant in each hill. 537 Early Canada 80 days. An extra-early quality watermelon with bright red flesh of luscious flavor. The fruits are round, 11 inches in diameter, and weigh about 10 lbs. each. There is no other early watermelou which can compare with it in quality, Pkt. ISc; oz. 30c; yi lb. 90c; lb. $ 542 Harris Earliest 80 days. An early home garden and local market melon with thin tender rind of dark green with light green stripes. Weighs from 15 to 20 lbs. each. A favorite where the grow- ing season does not permit the growth of late varieties. Has beautiful rich red flesh which is sweet and of excellent qual- ity. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; J4 lb. 7Sc; lb. $ 541 Honey Cream 85 days. A delicious extra-early melon with cream yellow flesh of honey sweetness. Has attractive round light green fruits with darker stripings. The sweetest of all watermelons. Very prolific. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; ^ lb. 65c; lb. $ 548 Imp'd Kleckley Sweets—Wilt Resistant 90 days. Also known as Wonder Melon or Monte Crisfo. It is a quality home garden variety with long cylindrical fruits with rounded ends weighing from 30 to 40 lbs. each. The rind is thin, tender, and of a dark bluish-green color. The flesh is bright scarlet, very sweet, and entirely free from fiber. One of the sweetest watermelons in existence. Pkt. 10c; oz. 2Sc; ^ lb. 70c; lb. $ Melon d'eau, Fr. Cocomero, Ital. ills; four to five pounds per acre. Sandia, Sp. Wasser Melone, Stone Mountain
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