. Burpee's 1902 farm annual : vegetable, flower and farm seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. WATERMELONS,—Main=Crop Varieties. In the large oval-fruited varie- ties best suited for marketing, we should recommend the Cuban Queen, a fine striped fruit of ex- cellent quality, and Kolfs Gem, a short thick fruit of large size and a good shipper, but of only fair quality, extensively grown in the South for early markets. Sweet Heart is a rather' short, thick, oval melon, with a light mottled-green skin,
. Burpee's 1902 farm annual : vegetable, flower and farm seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. WATERMELONS,—Main=Crop Varieties. In the large oval-fruited varie- ties best suited for marketing, we should recommend the Cuban Queen, a fine striped fruit of ex- cellent quality, and Kolfs Gem, a short thick fruit of large size and a good shipper, but of only fair quality, extensively grown in the South for early markets. Sweet Heart is a rather' short, thick, oval melon, with a light mottled-green skin, bright-pink tlesh, and fair flavor. The Dai k /ring, or fee Rind, is of medium e, a good shipper and highly i teemed for its superior quality. The Jones and its improved type the Duke Jones are large, chunk), dark-green fruits, with bright-red flesh ; both are popular in the South. White Gem is a small, round, rather late sort, with creamy-white skin, which is ex- edingly tough, making a good shipper and excellent keeper; the Hesh is a rich deep red, and ' 'i the finest quality. Aside from the early markets, u is the large oblong fruits which are the most popular, both for shipping and the nearby markets, and among these the finest of all in quality is the Kleckley Sweets, the sweetest large melon in cultivation, but unfortunately the skin is too brittle to stand shipment. Chief among the large-fruited sorts grown for mar- ket at present are The Dixie, a dark-striped melon, and the Jordan's Gray Monarch, an oblong form of the sweet Light Icing. Florida Favorite, in its selected type, produces long deep-green fruits, with bright-red Hesh of excellent quality. McIver Sugar and Burpee's Mammoth Ironclad are both large, well-formed, striped melons of hue quality ; the Sugar being superior in the delicious sweetness of its crisp, melting flesh ; and the Ironclad, while of fine quality, is noted not only for its large size, but also for the extreme toughness of the thin rind, makin
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