The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
INCOME FROM MELON SEEDS
sOI THERN H0AAIN % no IOI m
HlT TO MtkE HO\Il

Tue FirSI Wear tier FRONTS Ners Onn ,
tenIs Z ndtSrOuraked, she krpt at A.
saved Her Hsme and HAs since Wan.
Coed i.INinE by seed E-nNr-s
The first year ! attempted IL q .,.-
money selling watermelon sees's 7 %. --.,,
over five bushels tn the s~'l-luar IN,
the following autumn he turusSt we.
: cents tn me a. my share Of the pros'.
The speaker was southern 10 a.
who to-day supplies one OF the h.~' Snu~t
wholesale SOD houses in the country s..t
the bulk Of it, watermelon sss~i>
1t Vas before the death OF INV "a, o.
and the watermelon crop IN tha' -.-.rl..,
was about the largest on rr,v-i ts.
cents for a watermelon 81 any -.'.. as
considered a good prIc- after ~, r-.r.
n,nE Of the season MANY Anal rarv
a time I have seen two hors. Ntgou
load Of melons. the smallest u. the ir,
weighing over forty pounds. SCI. 'u- ruo
cents apiece Nv father St"pi'-i "E-n
attempting to sell them IA town avg
il Was cheaper to feed them 10 're .a''.a
They we're such beautiftl mel'r- ns'
| determined 10 save the seeds an -
what could be done with them a. he s~~i
stores
-Direc,et by my father that far-' tA1
for wears been noted for fine melons
selected only the most perfect iru.' rr N.
fields and allowed them Ia get dea1 r.f-
Saving watermelon seeds In by no means
an un pleas SAINT task espeC ially II y'i. al
as fond of the melon a. most S"g'hern.
ers are There IL nothing to " hut wash
ing and driving IN the shade A. ! had
no experience m business that -Ifnms-
while saving those seeds | huIlt all sor's
Of air castles on the amount 81 mouey
| would make and what ! would n" T'th
IL Knowing how few seeds Their" 80
IN a IS cent package felt that husi~.
would bring me "A small fortune Wh~n
at the end OF the summer ] found hat
| had five bushels heaped Up WaS -Ir@
was in for lot 81 money
-Thero arr thr"e large sad -to-as .r
our town. and know that all Of Thorn di
A largo businsss m watprnoloa s"nt
Following tn" advice 81 my father Nr1t
TO all 81 them Al tho first | wa. oHo-oi
a dollar hushol Tor INV ss'"d ih"
SCOTSMAN explained that hs hal sa,'i ~
mary a. ho usually sold hut h""a1'..
had th. saeds and hecau~" of nv tAt1H'.'
reputation for raising t:i" r'lo' ~
would trks Thorn from mo and r!sN ts' .":
Thorn The s"cond man sad h. tid''
wRrt them. hut because my fath"" ~
one Of his oldnst CUSTOMERS II" vJid aka
them. having me a. much "a could -
At other Of the other stores - tas
third store the scotsman offered , t>F,
the sacds. have them made up int'$pArO'.s
and sell them. givirg me hall Of -Eas
/ he mado on them.
-Hc aaid that was the fairrSt Va 10
handle such things. AVID ! agreed Nom
time tn time in the sprirS ard surnup . !
stopped in to SEQ how my s""ds w."
selling The reports ALWAYS w"r" ia''ra-
bic. When the summer came the sN'-i~-
man explained that though all IN" s'-ds
had haNn sold h. couldn't cast ~" .Ir
account until the regular stock taNf
time. which was early In the tall. WIN
such assurances 81 success OF cour~" !
went ahead ard saved seeds oven
bought melons Of my father. Paving only
a little hess than no would hav" rNt~iN"i
in towr had mad" up my mind ~ "a -
lust double RS many s""dS and on"r them
IL tho two other houses f my sH"d-rn y
thought they woro mor'' than n" c!uh
! sall BEFORE the end of August ] hf
accommodated my object. ton hiSh'ls .'
/ BEAUTIFUL watermelon se@ds.
In the first week OF Ociobe- "N'
nss-ing the -s.ed store and tn" uv's-
steoped ont end storred me y" ID .
had iuS' finished trking stock y SO. 4
stey, in Ne would nay rns nv IN: o." ~ =
profits on tho watermelon Ss.''iS ' -" '''f
in rnd hr hF rded ~" : c"'!ts. lu-' ."@
lone nickel | cant Tell Ynu how '-i
/ I STAGED AZ that rrou"v Hod - ".''
that urn. th"n I mrde him GO To n.' ~
~ Pgpiu. EXPLAINING whg' " Co. ''-
! nv th.t time | had reCoye-'6 nv -"r~'''
I rlaced thPt nickel an the count"
elbow nd told hin lac could k~"0 .
/ NV father was trkan with ~" "nr.A
in Decs,mber and died In jan v-~1
time cam" for settling I'll the bill - 'N"
Tarrn there wore AZ mHry bills Uh ~'
little 10 settle with thrt my rotN"-
discouraged ind thoIght "" ~h"r = -'I
the Dlpca md move 20 town '-N"e
/ hea ID ell about my OK e-Ien"" VIih ne
seed nirn she wPs for dumping ~" p"
! bushels IL wPtsy ,elon SCOTS '0'H .
fire. hut persrr ded he :" s' On" r"'N"
another t~iFl
4 went around the house aui ~ ~
all the sead CatalO0ue- thai hid BOW
sent nv father ] wrnte q zach fr'r ~ 20
ing NV seeds. giving each ~ the no
local seedsman with whom nv il''",
had ALWAYS dealt. the poStma~'"' f'i
the president Of our largest '1uk -
references ! had answers f-N'' ,E''@
OF the frr-s All wanted -omul". " ''~
seeds Within two weeks after "'''''
those samples I received ,N" F, -
500 from one OF the fruS tn" fly" n"
not only wanted all had IN h'Hi ~
asked me To contract 10 supply i'"'' I'M"
next year.
1T was that check that saved Wy how"
and gave me nv business ~n'" ~,
following summer ! have mover Hau"1
/ "A melon into town with the obj" 2 ~ NIX
il | have all can do 10 ril~' "'' -
To get the seed contract to supply
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