Archive image from page 101 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1949). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1949asso Year: 1949 98 — WATERMELON (continued) ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. Early Kansas: well adapted to Midwestern conditions Weight pounds Days Georgia Rattlesnake 28 90 Fruits large, elongated, gray-green, with irregular very dark green stripes; rind tough. Flesh light red; seeds dull white with black tip. Golden Honey (Honey Cream: Golden Sweet) 20 85 Fruits chunky, nearly round, medium sized, light green with mot- tled darker green stripes; rind brittle. Fles
Archive image from page 101 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1949). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1949asso Year: 1949 98 — WATERMELON (continued) ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. Early Kansas: well adapted to Midwestern conditions Weight pounds Days Georgia Rattlesnake 28 90 Fruits large, elongated, gray-green, with irregular very dark green stripes; rind tough. Flesh light red; seeds dull white with black tip. Golden Honey (Honey Cream: Golden Sweet) 20 85 Fruits chunky, nearly round, medium sized, light green with mot- tled darker green stripes; rind brittle. Flesh amber-yellow, seeds brown. Long Luscious Golden Honey is of similar type but different shape. Graystone 35 90 Introduced by H. G. Hastings Co. All-America Silver Medal for 1933. Of Stone Mountain type but with thin, tough, mottled gray-green rind. Flesh crisp, red and sweet. Seeds white. Halbert's Honey 30 85 Fruits long, cylindrical, with blunt ends, slightly ridged, dark green, lightly veined; rind tender. Flesh bright red; seeds white with blackish tip. Hawkesbury 35 85 A wilt-resistant shipping variety developed by the Australian Department of Agriculture. Of the Irish Gray type; long and sloping toward either end, light gray with fine veining of green. Flesh dark pink; seeds brownish black. Irish Gray 30 95 Hardy and productive. Fruits large, long, smooth, gray-green; rind tough and hard. Flesh bright red and firm; seeds white. Kleckley's No. 6 30 85 A wilt resistant variety developed by J. J. Wilson at the Iowa Experiment Station; of the same type as Kleckley's Sweet and with as high a sugar content. Rind thin, but tough. Seeds white.
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