. Descriptive catalogue of vegetable, flower, and farm seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Seeds; Bulbs (Plants); Gardening; Equipment and supplies; Bedding plants; Weeber & Don. WEEBER & DON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 21 WATER MELONS. Cterman, Wassermelonen.âFrench, Melon c^'fiaw.âSpanish, Zandia. One ounce will plant 50 Iillls. Water Melons are cultivated in hills, which should be six to eight feet apart each way, and composed of light, moderately rich soil. The hills should be dug about two feet square, eighteeu inches deep, and half filled with well- rotted manure, which must be
. Descriptive catalogue of vegetable, flower, and farm seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Seeds; Bulbs (Plants); Gardening; Equipment and supplies; Bedding plants; Weeber & Don. WEEBER & DON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 21 WATER MELONS. Cterman, Wassermelonen.âFrench, Melon c^'fiaw.âSpanish, Zandia. One ounce will plant 50 Iillls. Water Melons are cultivated in hills, which should be six to eight feet apart each way, and composed of light, moderately rich soil. The hills should be dug about two feet square, eighteeu inches deep, and half filled with well- rotted manure, which must be thoroughly incorporated with the soil. Plant in May, ten seeds to a hill, and when the plants are well up, thin out to three. Cultivate until the vines cover the ground, and pinch the ends of the growing ehopts to induce early fruiting. UIOVNTAIN SWEET. The most popular variety grown; fruit of oblong shape ; flesh red, firm and sweet. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 14 lb., 20 cts. ; lb., 60 cts, KOI/B'S GEM. Largely grown, particularly in the South, for shipment to Northern markets. Asa shipping melon it has hardly an equal. The fruit is nearly round; rind dark green, somewhat marbled with lighter shades. Per pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 10 cts.; }4 lb., 20 cts. ; )b., 60 cts. PBIIIVNEY'S EAR-IjY. "Very early and sweet; flesh, deep red. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts. ; J4 lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. jPIaORlDA FAVORITE. Oblong, green and white stripes ; flesh light crimson, crisp and deliciously sweet. Very early; one of the finest table nielons grown; not a good shipper, owing to its thinness of rind. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., lOcts. ; ^ lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. pitlDS: OF GEORGIA. It is dark green in color, almost oval in shape. It is an excellent shipping variety, of large size. Flesh crisp and sweet. Per pkt., 5 cts, ; oz., 10 cts.; M lt>., 20 cts. ; lb., 60 cts. SIiAâ¬K SFANISH. A sweet and delicious variety ; fruit round, of large size ; skin blackish green ; scarlet fl
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