. Dreer's garden book for 1944 : six luscious vegetables for every garden. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Dreer's Reliable VEGETABLE SEEDS Watermelons Melon d'eau, Fr. Sandia, Sp. Cocomero, Ital. Wasser Melone, Ger. 1 Pkt. for 8 hills; 1 oz. for 30 hills; four to five pounds per acre. Treat seeds with Honey Cream Watermelon 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. apa
. Dreer's garden book for 1944 : six luscious vegetables for every garden. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Dreer's Reliable VEGETABLE SEEDS Watermelons Melon d'eau, Fr. Sandia, Sp. Cocomero, Ital. Wasser Melone, Ger. 1 Pkt. for 8 hills; 1 oz. for 30 hills; four to five pounds per acre. Treat seeds with Honey Cream Watermelon 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 Y> inch deep. Thin to the strongest plant in each hill. 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; Ya lb. 65c; lb. $ 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 watermelon which can compare with it in quality. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; X lb. 65c; lb. $ 548 Improved Kleckley Sweets— Wilt Resistant 85 days. Also known as Wonder Melon or Monte Cristo. 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. 20c; r4 lb. 65c; lb. $ 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 Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection.
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