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GOLDEN RUSSIAN #WM190<br />
A new introduction we received from our Ukrainian connection. It has a dark<br />
green skin with bright yellow flesh that is extremely flavorful and juicy. The size<br />
ranges from about 3 lb. to 12 lb. The smaller ones make great lunch-time melons<br />
for two people, with no leftovers. Pkt $4.00<br />
HAMBY #WM175 New!<br />
A true Ozark heirloom watermelon! This strain was reportedly perfected and<br />
grown by a Mr. Hamby, Cedar County, Missouri as a market crop in the 1930’s.<br />
Seed comes to us via Mr. John Lower of Bolivar, Missouri, who received seed<br />
from a Hamby descendant about 1995. Thin, striped green rinds, red-fleshed,<br />
nearly round fruits weighing 12 to 20 lb on average, and occasionally larger; our<br />
grower reported that everyone who tried this variety felt it was the best they<br />
had ever tasted! We loved it as well. Pkt $3.00<br />
HOPI YELLOW #WM176 New!<br />
This variety from the Hopi people has bright, golden-yellow flesh that is very<br />
sweet, crisp and flavorful; medium to large size. We received this variety from<br />
Native Seeds Search. Pkt (15 seeds) $2.50<br />
JAPANESE CREAM FLESHED SUIKA #WM168<br />
85 days. A small Japanese type watermelon. 6-12 lb ice-box-sized fruit have<br />
crisp, cream-colored flesh, and an excellent refreshing taste with mild flavor.<br />
Best tasting cream-fleshed watermelon at Washington State University trials.<br />
Enjoyed by some with lime and salt, but I like them plain, straight from the patch!<br />
Productive and fairly early. Pkt (20 seeds) $3.00 or 1 oz $8.50<br />
JUBILEE #WM130<br />
90 days. Long, oval-shaped fruit with very sweet flesh that is deep red and very crisp.<br />
A popular old favorite. Large size. One of all-time best tasting melons! Pkt $2.50<br />
JUBILEE BUSH #WM194 New!<br />
90 days. Bush-type plant spreads 3-5 feet. 10- to 13-pound oblong fruit<br />
containing crisp and juicy red flesh, with very high sugar content for a bush<br />
type. Some tolerance to anthracnose and fusarium wilt. Outstanding choice for<br />
gardeners who have limited space but who refuse to forego one of summer’s<br />
most sublime delicacies! Pkt $2.50<br />
KLECKLEY’S SWEET #WM106<br />
85 days. Bright red, with a high sugar content, this heirloom has been a favorite<br />
ever since being introduced by W. Atlee Burpee in 1897. Fruit are large and<br />
somewhat oblong; rind is dark green. Not for shipping, but perfect for the kitchen<br />
garden. Pkt $2.50<br />
KLONDIKE BLUE RIBBON STRIPED #WM125<br />
85 days. Delicious red flesh that is very sweet and crisp; has been a family<br />
favorite of ours for many years. Medium-large size and a good shipper. A very<br />
good melon. Rare. Pkt $2.25<br />
KOLB’S GEM or AMERICAN CHAMPION #WM102<br />
100 days. Huge melons that have grown as large as 130 lbs! This variety dates back<br />
to at least the 1880’s. The fruit are nearly round and have sweet, red flesh. Excellent<br />
choice if giant watermelons are desired. Pkt $2.50<br />
LEDMON #WM177<br />
85 days. Renowned watermelon developed in S.C. by J.E. Lednum in the early<br />
20th Century. Mr. Lednum obtained this variety by crossing Stone Mountain with<br />
Kleckley’s Sweet. Ledmun’s name was misspelled by a county Board of Agriculture<br />
employee in a 1938 pamphlet, and the name has stuck. Slightly oblong fruits have<br />
a thin rind which makes shipping this fabulous melon nearly impossible, and so has<br />
been grown exclusively as a “family melon” for generations. The pink-to-red fleshed<br />
melons sometimes reach 40 lbs., and are claimed by some to be “the sweetest melon<br />
grown.” A treasure! Pkt $3.00<br />
MALALI #WM172<br />
A sugary-sweet watermelon from Israel; this variety is great for warm climates. Small<br />
fruit weigh about 10 lbs. Green-striped rind and delicious light-red flesh is really<br />
refreshing. A good little melon for small families and market growers. Pkt $2.00<br />
MELITOPOLSKI WM134<br />
An early variety from the Volga river region of Russia. Round, 10” fruit with green<br />
striped skin and bright red, sweet flesh. These are piled into pyramids in Moscow<br />
street markets. Pkt $3.00<br />
MISSISSIPPI COBB GEM WM181 New!<br />
85-90 days. Local selection of Cobb’s Gem, reputed to be even bigger and<br />
sweeter! Our foundation seed was a gift from Edsel Cliburn of Union, Mississippi,<br />
and is particularly recommended to our customers in the Deep South. Pkt $3.00<br />
David Leroy Kaiser with<br />
a barrel of watermelons<br />
“The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart,<br />
and not to be mentioned with commoner things.<br />
It is chief of this world’s luxuries, king by the grace of God<br />
over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it,<br />
he knows what the angels eat. It was not a Southern<br />
watermelon that Eve took; we know it because she repented.”<br />
—mark tWain<br />
164 www.rareseeds.com
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