. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS. 97 Weight pounds Days DIXIE QUEEN . 30 85 Sometimes incorrectly described as white-seeded Cuban Queen. A prolific and popular shipping variety. Fruits oval-round, light green with dark green stripes; rind thin but tough. Flesh bright red, crisp, and quite free from fiber; seeds small, white and few. A wilt-resistant strain is also available. Dude Creek 40 90 Fruits large and cylindrical; rind thin but hard,
. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS. 97 Weight pounds Days DIXIE QUEEN . 30 85 Sometimes incorrectly described as white-seeded Cuban Queen. A prolific and popular shipping variety. Fruits oval-round, light green with dark green stripes; rind thin but tough. Flesh bright red, crisp, and quite free from fiber; seeds small, white and few. A wilt-resistant strain is also available. Dude Creek 40 90 Fruits large and cylindrical; rind thin but hard, with longitudinal irregular stripes of dark and pale green; flesh sweet and of fine texture. Seeds white with light brown edging. Early Kansas (Indiana Striped: Kansas Queen) 30 80 Fruits large, nearly round, bright green with broad, wavy stripes of lighter green. Flesh bright red, thick, free from stringy heart; rind thin and tough; seeds maroon when immature, changing to buff when dry. Florida Favorite 40 90 Fruits large, cylindrical; medium green rind with irregular dark green stripes; moderately tough. Flesh bright red and of good quality; seeds white. FLORIDA GIANT (Cannon Ball: Black Diamond) 40 95 Vine vigorous and productive. Fruits very dark green, nearly round; flesh firm and red, somewhat coarse in texture. Ships well, though rather large for some markets, and is one of the best all- purpose varieties. Seeds dark, heavy brown flecking on tan ground. Garrison (Coker: Darlington: Dove) 35 85 A popular variety for Southern local markets. Fruits large, with irregular longitudinal dark green stripes and veining on cream ground. Flesh bright red, sweet. Seeds Florida Giant: a very large variety of Southern adaptation. 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 Associated Seed Growers, Inc;
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