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The 



"PAUL ROSE" 



Hr. PAUL ROSE writes: Dec. 4, 1897. 



" I have found in my experience of nearly twenty 

 years in melon growing, that there is an increased de- 

 mand in most or the large cities of the Northern states 

 for salmon-fleshed melons, and further that the trade 

 prefer their melons in the half-bushel Climax basket. 

 For this reason I have labored to bring this melon to per- 

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 been introduced yon can judge whether I have succeeded 

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 stand transportation or warm weather, besides it grows 

 ail sized melons on the same vine; The Paul Rose cor- 

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 longer, and give r-etter satisfaction than any salmon- 

 fleshed melon I have ever grown. It is tie* best melon I 

 hav«* found for the North. My experience with it in 

 Southern Indiana the past season was highly satisfac- 

 \ tory. except that it grows a little larger. I shall discard 

 the Osage and plant the Paul Rose melon instead. This 

 melon 1 shipped this season to Pittsburgh. Cleveland, 

 Toledo, Indianapolis, rhirago. and other distant points, 

 and in every instance it arrived in good condition and 

 sold for top prices." 



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