. The Maule seed book for 1922. 395 Xom ^VatSOn The Most Popular of All Melons for Shipping This melon was an instantaneous success in some of the very best watermelon growing sections of the country. The above illustration wastaken from a melon sent into our office. It is an average specimen of the stock from which our seed is saved: it weighed -36 pounds. Tom Watsonis a long, dark, mottled green melon, which at times grows exceptionally large, often weighing from tiO to 70 pounds, but at the same time oneof the most prolific melons in cultivation. Although the rind is tliin it is very toiigb
. The Maule seed book for 1922. 395 Xom ^VatSOn The Most Popular of All Melons for Shipping This melon was an instantaneous success in some of the very best watermelon growing sections of the country. The above illustration wastaken from a melon sent into our office. It is an average specimen of the stock from which our seed is saved: it weighed -36 pounds. Tom Watsonis a long, dark, mottled green melon, which at times grows exceptionally large, often weighing from tiO to 70 pounds, but at the same time oneof the most prolific melons in cultivation. Although the rind is tliin it is very toiigb, making it a most excellent shipper for long flesh is of most superb quality and intense red in color; matures in 90 days. A desirable melon for roth market and home use. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $; 5 pounds, $, 59^ Gray Monarch or Long White Icing Knoivn for its Fine Shape, Large Size and Sweetness The exterior color of this fine melon is a light green, though its mottledmarkings make it appear gray. The flesh Is deep red in color, and offine quality. Matures in 80 days. Specimens of Gray Monarch weigh-ing 60 to 70 pounds have been produced. It has become widely popularIn the home garden and nearby market. Packet, 8 cents; otiiice, 12 cents;quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, ; 5 pounds, ,postpaid. 405 Peerless or Ice Cream Always Good; Excellent for the Home Garden A watermelon which westrongly recommend forhome market or gardenculture. Of good size. Colormottled green. Flesh richscarlet and sweet; rind is very in 85 days. Beingthin In the rind, it is not sowell adapted for shipping. Packet, 8 cents; ounce, 12 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, S1>00, postpaid.
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