. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS 107 Weight pounds Days Cole's Early (Harris' Early) An early variety grown in the North. Fruits medium sized, short, oval, with alternate dark and light green stripes; tender rind. Flesh pink-red; seeds black. DIXIE QUEEN A prolific, popular shipping type. Fruits oval-round, light green with dark green stripes; rind thin but tough. Flesh bright red, crisp, and quite free from fibre; seeds small, white and fe
. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS 107 Weight pounds Days Cole's Early (Harris' Early) An early variety grown in the North. Fruits medium sized, short, oval, with alternate dark and light green stripes; tender rind. Flesh pink-red; seeds black. DIXIE QUEEN A prolific, popular shipping type. Fruits oval-round, light green with dark green stripes; rind thin but tough. Flesh bright red, crisp, and quite free from fibre; seeds small, white and few. Sometimes incorrectly described as white-seeded Cuban Queen. Dove (Dude Creek : Coker) Popular in the South for local use. Fruits large and cylindri- cal; rind thin and tender, with longitudinal irregular stripes of dark and pale green; flesh sweet and of good eating quality. Seeds white with brown Dixie Queen: A shipping variety of high quality Early Kansas (Indiana Striped : Russian Red-seeded : Kansas Queen) 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 brownish red when immature, changing to buff when dry. Florida Favorite Fruits long, medium large; medium green rind with irregular dark green stripes; moderately tough. Flesh dep red; seeds white. FLORIDA GIANT (Black Diamond) Vine vigorous and very productive. Fruits dark green, nearly round; flesh firm and red. Ships well, though rather large for some markets, and is one of the best all-purpose varieties. Seeds with heavy dark brown flecking on tan ground. 20 75 30 85 40 95. 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; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. New Haven, Conn.
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