. Catalogue No. 91. Vegetables Seeds Catalog. Fruit Seeds Catalog. ALEXANDER SEED COMPANY, AUGUSTA, GA. 15 ALEXANDER'S WATERMELON SEED Southern Grown, Saved From Crops Planted for Seed Only—No Melons Sold or Shipped From Our Seed Crops Culture.—Prepare hills 8 or 10 feet apart each way by working in thoroughly rotted manure, or poultry droppings—rich ground gives the plants a good start before insects attack them. When the ground is warm plant 6 or 8 seeds to the hill, covering an inch deep, and when well up thin out, leaving 3 strong plants to each hill. Do not grow near pumpkins and gourds.
. Catalogue No. 91. Vegetables Seeds Catalog. Fruit Seeds Catalog. ALEXANDER SEED COMPANY, AUGUSTA, GA. 15 ALEXANDER'S WATERMELON SEED Southern Grown, Saved From Crops Planted for Seed Only—No Melons Sold or Shipped From Our Seed Crops Culture.—Prepare hills 8 or 10 feet apart each way by working in thoroughly rotted manure, or poultry droppings—rich ground gives the plants a good start before insects attack them. When the ground is warm plant 6 or 8 seeds to the hill, covering an inch deep, and when well up thin out, leaving 3 strong plants to each hill. Do not grow near pumpkins and gourds. Use the same insect remedies as recommended for cantaloupes. One ounce will plant 30 hills; 3 pounds one acre. Be Sure to Spray your melons with Bordeaux Mixture. It will both improve the yield and prevent diseases that are becoming prevalent in Southern melon fields. NOTE.—Do not confuse our splendid Southern-grown melon seeds with those grown In the North and West. There is no comparison between them. Southern-grown seeds produce the sweetest and best melons It is possible to Alexander's Selected Watson Melon. Jordan's Grey Monarch ^t^n^i^fei fine keeper, with excellent flavor. Pkt. 5c: oz. 20c: VA lb. 35c; lb. $, postpaid. lVTrmntciin ^ti/oqt —This is an old-time favorite melon, mountain awed Fruits are oblong, rine thin, meat tine flavored, bright red, very sweet and luscious. Pkt. 5c: 08. 20c; yA lb. 45c; lb. $, postpaid. KIppIcIpv Swppt —This is the most popular of the ,iMcy OWCCI eariy meions, and has been a South- ern favorite for a number of years. Flesh is very sweet and flne flavored; melons are oblong, dark green colored with thin rind. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; yt lb. 45c; lb. $, postpaid. Alexander's Augusta Rattlesnake -Thh^s Georgia on the map as a melon-growing State, and no kind co-day is as well known as our particular strain of this va- riety. This melon grows to a very large size and our seed are selected from thirty-pound melo
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