Archive image from page 103 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1949). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1949asso Year: 1949 100 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. WATERMELON (continued) Weight pounds Days Striped Klondike 25 85 Fruits oblong, of medium size, with irregular dark green stripes on lighter ground; rind medium hard. Flesh deep red; sweet and crisp; seeds small, varying in color from white to black. Blue Ribbon is a development of Striped Klondike type from the California Agricultural Experiment Station. Resistant to Fusarium wilt. Sweet Heart 20 85 Fruits medium si
Archive image from page 103 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1949). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1949asso Year: 1949 100 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. WATERMELON (continued) Weight pounds Days Striped Klondike 25 85 Fruits oblong, of medium size, with irregular dark green stripes on lighter ground; rind medium hard. Flesh deep red; sweet and crisp; seeds small, varying in color from white to black. Blue Ribbon is a development of Striped Klondike type from the California Agricultural Experiment Station. Resistant to Fusarium wilt. Sweet Heart 20 85 Fruits medium sized, nearly round, gray-green with fine vein- ing of darker green; rind tough and elastic. Flesh pink; seeds black. Thurmond Gray 35 95 Similar to Irish Gray but darker, somewhat larger and more resistant to disease. Fruits large, cylindrical, gray-green with darker veining; rind tough. Flesh deep red; seeds brown. TOM WATSON 35 95 Long a standard shipping variety of the Southeast. Fruits very large, uniform, cylindrical, with deep green, veined, tough rind. Flesh deep red, somewhat coarse; seeds brown. White Mountain (Midget) 5 65 A small, early, ice-box type, 7' long x 6' diameter, introduced by the New Hampshire Experiment Station. Rind rather thin, light green with darker, irregular stripes, flesh red and sweet. Seeds black. Winona 40 95 Resembles a long type of Florida Giant. Fruits large, short cylindrical, blunt-ended, with tough, dark green rind. Flesh bright red, solid and sweet. Seeds black. Tom Watson: the old favorite
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