. Trumbull & Beebe's catalogue, 1902. Nursery stock, California, San Francisco, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs. TRUM3ULL & BEEBE'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS WATER MELONS—Continued. Kolb's Gem—This new variety, introduced in 1SS4. originated in Alabama. It is a hybrid of the Scaly Bark and Ratdesnake, and is an excel- lent shipping variety. It has a very tough rind, and carries in good condition without breakage. They g-ow uniformly round, of about equal diame- ter each way. The stripes of light gree
. Trumbull & Beebe's catalogue, 1902. Nursery stock, California, San Francisco, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs. TRUM3ULL & BEEBE'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS WATER MELONS—Continued. Kolb's Gem—This new variety, introduced in 1SS4. originated in Alabama. It is a hybrid of the Scaly Bark and Ratdesnake, and is an excel- lent shipping variety. It has a very tough rind, and carries in good condition without breakage. They g-ow uniformly round, of about equal diame- ter each way. The stripes of light green are generally narrow and of a dull color. The flesh is bright red and of a good flavor. The melons grow to a fa:r market size, from 30 to 50 pounds each in we:ght. Pkt, 5c; oz., 15c; 50c. Kolb's Gem Georgia Rattlesnake, or Gypsy—Very large, long and smooth, distinctlv striped, flesh bright scarlet and very sugary; a favorite snipping melon in the South. Pkt., 5c; oz', 15c; lb., 60c. Dixie—This new Water Melon has excellrnt merits and we can recomend it to our customers as the oest shipping melon grown, beiug even larger, earlier and far more productive than the Kolb's Gem. which has heretofore been considered the oest melon for shipment. It is of a very fine appearance., being much darker than Kolb's Gem, and more beautifully striped; it is longer and extremely hardy, while its eating quality is unexcelled, being sweet, iuicy and tender. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; lb , 60c. Mammoth Iron-Clad—This melon grows to a larger uniform size than any other variety. It :r r natei vhtr. ar. extensive naeio:: grower in _eia'.vare. and resenahies ir. i:s marking the popular Cuban Queen. It is an enormous yielder, flesh very red and much more solid than in any other melon. Rind is very tou~h and hard,, thus rendering it valuable as a shipping variety. Pkt., 5c; oz., T50; lb., 60c. Sweet Heart—A magnificent new shipping melon, of uni:ormly large size and fine quality. Vine vigorou
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