. Descriptive catalogue of vegetable, flower, and farm seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Seeds; Bulbs (Plants); Gardening; Equipment and supplies; Bedding plants; Weeber & Don. WEEBER ® DON 21 Vegetable Seeds. WATER MELONS German, Wassermelonen. French, Melon oVEau. Spanish Zandia. One ounce will plant 50 Mils. Water Melons are cultivated in hills, which should be six to eight feet apart each way, and composed of light, moderately rich soil. The hills should be dug about two feet square, :=:::r:r. eighteen inches deep, and half filled with well- rotted manure, which must be t
. Descriptive catalogue of vegetable, flower, and farm seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Seeds; Bulbs (Plants); Gardening; Equipment and supplies; Bedding plants; Weeber & Don. WEEBER ® DON 21 Vegetable Seeds. WATER MELONS German, Wassermelonen. French, Melon oVEau. Spanish Zandia. One ounce will plant 50 Mils. Water Melons are cultivated in hills, which should be six to eight feet apart each way, and composed of light, moderately rich soil. The hills should be dug about two feet square, :=:::r:r. eighteen inches deep, and half filled with well- rotted manure, which must be thoroughly in- corporated with the soil. Plant in May, ten seeds to a hill, and when the plants are well up, thin out to three. Cultivate until the vines cover the ground, and pinch the ends of the growing shoots to induce early fruiting. Black Spanish. A sweet and delicious va- riety ; fruit round, of large size; skin blackish green; scarlet flesh. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % lb. 20c, lb. 60c Citron, for Preserving Handsome round fruit of small size, highly esteemed as a table preserve. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % lb. 20c, lb. 60c. Cole's Early. Delicate in texture ; fruit nearly round and of medium size; rind thin. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % lb. 20c, lb. 60c. Cuban Queen. Beautifully striped, dark and light green; vigorous in growth; flesh bright red, solid, luscious, crisp and sugary. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % lb. 20c, lb. 60c Florida Favorite. Oblong; green and white stripes; flesh light crimson, crisp and deliciously sweet. Very early; one of the finest table Melons grown. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % lb. 20c, lb. 60c isy, or Rattlesnake. A large striped variety of MOUNTAIN SWEET WATER MELON. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Weeber & Don. New York : Weeber & Don
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