. Spring catalogue : 1902. Nursery stock Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. WATERMELON NEW MAMMOTH SANTIAGO This plant grows uniformly large and long, being distinctly barrel shaped, retaining the same thickness throughout the eotlre length with blunt rounded ends. This melon will grow in a favor- able location 2 feet long by 12 to 14 Inches in diameter, weighing 40 to 50 pounds. The flesh is a deep blood red color, very sweet fl
. Spring catalogue : 1902. Nursery stock Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. WATERMELON NEW MAMMOTH SANTIAGO This plant grows uniformly large and long, being distinctly barrel shaped, retaining the same thickness throughout the eotlre length with blunt rounded ends. This melon will grow in a favor- able location 2 feet long by 12 to 14 Inches in diameter, weighing 40 to 50 pounds. The flesh is a deep blood red color, very sweet flavor and entirely melting in character, free from stringlness. Per pkt., lOcjoz., 20c; >i lb., 40c; lb., $ WATERWELON-MciVER's sugar This melon is oblong in shape and large in size, quite hand- some In appearance and ttie quality Is superior. The flesh Is a soft, pale pink and free from any stringlness. It is quite juicy. Per pkt., 5c; oz., aOc; lb., 20c; lb., 60c. WATERWELON—KLECKLEY'S SWEET This, no doubt, is one of the Si stof all watermelons for home use, the rind being so brittle and thin that it is too tender for ship- ping. The vines are strong and vigorous in growth, and the fruit grows uniformly to quite a large size; oblong in form, 18 to 20 inches long and 10 to 12 inches in diameter. The skin is a dark green, and flesh bright scarlet, ripening close to the skin. This is, without a doubt, one of the finest table melons in cultivation (see cu£1. Per pkt., 5c; oz., lOc; lb., 20c; lb., 85e. WATERWELON-TRIUMPH Anew southern variety; the fruit is uniformly large, nearly round, dark §;reen. indistinctly striped with a lighter shade; rind thin and firm, making it an excellent shipper; fiesh bright red and of good quality (seecut). Per pkt., 5c; oz., lOc; H lb., 20c; lb., Watermelon—KlecUley's Sweet Watermelon—Triumph For Grass and Field Seeds see pages 19 and 20. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been di
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