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HE story of the growth and development of a new and 
better table melon than those in common use makes a 
horticultural record cf unusual interest. All of the 
Garden Magazine readers may not know or realize the years of 
careful selection and hybridizing necessary to secure and fix a 
new fruit of value. 
Mr. Paul Rose, in whose Michigan fields this new variety, 
the HOODOO, originated, has spent a lifetime in growing 
Cantelopes. His shipments have brought the best prices in the 
~pig markets of the Central States, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Chicago, 
Columbus and other cities. His specialties have been Osage, 
Osage Gem, Paul Rose (Petoskey) Netted Gem and this his 
latest, the HOODOO. Four of these have been intro- 
duced to the public by Vaughan’s Seed Store and not one of 
them has been a failure,—all are grown largely to-day. 
It need not be said that Mr. Rose has been constantly 
watching for a better melon and ready to notice, save and im- 
prove any variation in Cantelopes that comes nearer to the per- 
fect market sort. Mr. Rose now has Cantelope plantations in 
Michigan, Illinois, Texas, Alabama, Indiana and ‘Tennessee. 
WHAT OTHERS SAY 
Pronounces the HOODOO the Best 
Melon 
“We have grown HOODOO 
four seasons, both in field and 
under glass. Far from bringing 
us bad luck it has given us our 
best melons every year, holding 
off blight ten days longer than 
Emerald Gem, Paul Rose (Petos- 
key) or Rocky Ford Netted Gem. 
It would seem Mr. Rose has 
achieved complete success and we 
feel certain this new variety will 
not HOODOO its growers.”’ 
The ‘Rural New Yorker. 
In A Class By Itself 
‘*The HOODOO Melon is in a 
class by itself, totally unlike any 
other Cantelope in flavor and has 
a very deep color.’’ 
Trotwood’s Monthly, 
Nashville, Tenn. 
Real Hybridizing 
Mr. Paul Rosewrote as follows March 8, 1906: 
Mr. J. C. VAUGHAN, Ptes., 
Vaughan’s Seed Store, 
Chicago and New York. 
Dear Sir: 
The HOODOO is an out-growth of the 
Petoskey. I have been working for some 
time to get a melon of more uniform size, 
solid netting, of a rounder form, tough 
netted rind and a much more hardy foliage. 
I have found the HOODOO to be more 
blight resisting than any other variety that 
I have ever grown. I think that it will 
prove the best shipper of them all; retaining the high quality of the Petoskey (Paul Rose). It 
is really some later than the Gem varieties, but more prolific. No seeds have been sold to any- 
VAUGHAN’S OSAGE GEM. 
in its time. 
one, I am not looking for anyone to buy seed. Ionly want to perfect this Cantelope and give the 
public something that is a little better than the best. Yours truly, 
PAUL ROSE. 
VAUGHAN’S SEED 
Ford’ strain of Netted Gem.’’ 
STORE 
This new melon, which has been given by Mr. Rose the 
peculiar and distinct name HOODOO, he has placed with 
us for distribution. We promise that it willbeno HOODOO 
in the garden, but rather the most perfect Cantelope for gen- 
eral use. 
Its Description 
The HOODOO is the ideal basket and crate melon, 
the fruits average 11-2 lbs., are thickly netted, as hard 
as a bullet, extra strong at the blossom end, of a very hand- 
some appearance. The flesh is very thick, of fine firm texture, 
not stringy, rich orange in color, and of the sweetest flavor. 
The seed cavity is very small; it is a scant seed producer—30 
melons yielded but one pound of seed. The well netted rind 
is very tough and rubber-like. The vines are vigorous, healthy, 
and the most blight resisting of any we have seen. The Rural 
New Yorker says: ‘It holds off blight from a week to ten days 
longer than Vaughan’s Paul Rose or Petoskey (the most blight 
resisting up to date), the ‘Emerald Gem’ or the ‘Rocky 
The Best Ever 
“T think the HOODOO the best 
melon I ever ate.’’ 
C. B. Compton, L. GN. Ry. 
Never Tasted a Finer Melon Than 
the HOODOO 
““We have never tasted a finer 
melon, no matter where grown, 
than your HOODOO, received to- 
day from Michigan. If the prod- 
uct duplicates the melon, we 
should haye no fear of handling 
on this market all that could be 
grown. The melons you shipped 
us on the 18th and used on the 
24th, were of a superior quality. 
The party who purchased your 
Tennessee stock was so_ well 
pleased that he called again and 
again for that variety. They were 
at that time being used jointly 
with the Rocky Ford product.’’ 
Phillips & Sons, 
Commission House. 
Advises Growers to Try the 
HOODOO 
“*T cannot say too much in favor 
of this melon and will advise all 
growers to try the HOODOO.” 
F. M. Welch, Buffalo. 
(HOODOO sold by Mr. Welch at $4.50 per 
case, while Rocky Ford Netted Gem sold at 
$3.00 and $2.25.) 
The 1907 Catalogue 
of Vaughan’s Seed Store will be 
mailed free with every order for 
— HOODOO Seed. Our 30th Annual 
Edition, more complete than ever, A Mirror of Horticulture, Four Com- 
piete Departments in Gardening. The Best Flower Seeds in America. 160 
pages. Price for HOODOO Melon Seed, one packet 20 cts.; 3 pkts. for 50 cts. 
prepaid with catalogue. For market gardeners 1-4 Ib. sealed packet prepaid 
for $5.00. While the supply is limited, we hope to see a few seeds sown if 
every good garden for 1907. 
84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO 
14 Barclay St., NEW YORK 
A grand successor to, and from the same breeding as those three 
splendid melons—The OSAGE, the PAUL ROSE (Petoskey), and 
Each in succession a market leader 
Greenhouses, Trial Grounds and Nurseries, Western Springs, III. 
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