& Co: spring 1907 catalogue . is our natiTe Georgia varietyand is unsurpassed for good qualitwhen grown under our sunny skie .It is an extra large variety, one spec!men grown near Marietta, Ga., weigh-ing lb% pounds. It has a rough skinand is densely netted; the richest offlavors and very sweet and spicy. Weknow of no better eating variety in ex-istence. Its average weight is about 6pounds, but a twelve pounder is noth-ing unusual. It is thoroughly adaptedto all parts of the South and will give entire satisfaction to all for home use or nearby of the varieties originat
& Co: spring 1907 catalogue . is our natiTe Georgia varietyand is unsurpassed for good qualitwhen grown under our sunny skie .It is an extra large variety, one spec!men grown near Marietta, Ga., weigh-ing lb% pounds. It has a rough skinand is densely netted; the richest offlavors and very sweet and spicy. Weknow of no better eating variety in ex-istence. Its average weight is about 6pounds, but a twelve pounder is noth-ing unusual. It is thoroughly adaptedto all parts of the South and will give entire satisfaction to all for home use or nearby of the varieties originating in the North equal it. Seed crop very short. Packet, 10cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pouud, 50 cents. The Banquet Cantaloupe. I--,5^ t\g< An entirely distinct variety growing 18 to 24 inches in A favorite with many for home gardens. Packet, 10 cents;ounce, 20 cents. B FLOWER SEED FREE With every order we will give one packet of flower seed absolutely page S for particulars and list of flowers to select SOUTHERN GROWN WATERMELONS THE ONLY KIND THATS RIT TO F*L,AiNT FACTS ABOUT WATERMELON SEED Outside of our specially grown watermelon seed there are three generalsources of supply of watermelon seed for the seed trade of the UnitedStates. First is seed from Kansas and Nebraska. This seed is grown on richprairie soils forcing a rank growth of vines and rapid growing, inferiortasteless melons. The growing season is short, a large part of the melonsnever mature. The seed is saved from everything, big, little, perfect andimperfect, matured melons and half ripe ones with hard centers. Like pro-duces like, and almost in every instance where we have investigated casesof water melon crops having what we know as -hard centers the seedhas come from seedsmen who obtain their supply from these Western prai-rie states. A second source of supply is from the Southern States where crops aregrown for seed purposes, but seed saved from everything, large and smal
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