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COLE'S EARLY WATERMELON. 



RIPENS DELICIOUS MELONS IN NORTHERN STATES, 

 WHERE MELONS NEVER MATURED BEFORE. 



JUST AS VALUABLE FOR MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN STATES, 

 RIPENING MELONS WEEKS BEFORE ANY OTHER. 



WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS THINK OF IT: 



"The seasons in this portion of 

 northern New York State are as late and 

 unfavorable for growing watermelons as 

 anywhere in our land, as early frosts 

 usually prevent them from Dinning 



■ i ;* ,.' i ■ ilescr <n:3n:;'.your :■::, 

 but having no hope of success, I planted 

 six hills of Cole' s Early Watermelon . 



■id melons 

 mg from 10 to 17 pounds each, and one 

 weighing 29 pounds, before the frost came, 



■her 26th. These melo) 

 ness and eating qualU ■•! the 



southern melons. You should add 

 these words to your catalogue descry 

 'Cole's Early Watermelon u 

 riper! full crops of delicious melons 

 throughout the extreme northt 

 of the United States before early frosts.' 

 Personally I am grateful to you for • 



ied this delicacy for us Northern 

 people" — GEORGE LEWIS, Potsdam, 

 N Y.. Feb. 19th, 1902. 



"Your Cole's Early Watermelons are 

 better than you said they were. I raised 

 several that weighed over 20 pounds, and 

 they were two weeks earlier than any 

 other kind I had/'—E. B. KEA THLEY, 

 Kenton, Tenn. 



COLE'S EARLY WATERMELON. 



COLE'S EARLY is the finest 

 Watermelon for the family 

 garden. People, particu- 

 larly in our Northern States, 

 can now enjoy, from the begin- 

 ning to the close of the season, 

 most delicious Watermelons, 

 for COLE'S EARLY is not only 

 the earliest variety in cultivation, 

 but it continues to bear through- 

 out the season. The beautiful 

 bright red flesh is crisp and of 

 delicate textiire — granulated, 

 cool and sparkling. In flavor 

 it is lusciously sweet and re- 

 freshing The Melons are not 

 large, seldom over 12 inches in 

 length by 9 inches in diameter, 

 but what they lack in size is 

 more than made up in number 

 and solidity. The heart is large : 

 there is little or no cavity, and 

 very few seeds — all solid flesh, 

 the quality of which is sustained 

 clear to the rind. It can be 

 grown successfully over a larger 

 latitude than any other Water- 

 melon, and it will mature large 

 crops in Northern States when 

 the season is as long as that of 

 New York. {See cut!) 10c. pkt., 

 15c. oz., 35c. \ lb., $1.00 lb. 



LARGE WHITE FRENCH nUSHROOHS— VIRGIN SPAWN. 



A NEW VIRGIN SPAWN 



Producing Large White 

 FRENCH MUSHROOMS. 



ITS Sterilized Medium being 

 freed from other types, as 

 well as Bacterial Enemies, reduces 

 the possibilities of failure and aids 

 in insuring a bountiful yield of the 

 Largest, Handsomest and Most 

 Luscious Mushrooms known. 



MUSHROOM SPAWN propagated continuously by the ordinary method usually degenerates, 

 giving decreasing yields of inferior Mushrooms. Some growers, in their efforts to 

 overcome this deterioration, procure spores from chance-grown Mushrooms in field 

 or farmyard, but these, on account of the diversity of varieties, their consequent 

 varied merits and values, seldom prove satisfactory. This new spawn is produced by a new 

 method direct from virgin spores secured from the finest type of healthy, large, white French 

 Mushrooms. These being propagated in a sterilized medium insures freedom from inferior 

 types as well as the bacterial enemies so often prevalent in ordinary spawn. Virgin Mushroom 

 Spawn is sold in compressed tablets measuring 3ix2Jxl£ inches, to be split into four portions, 

 each portion to be planted ten to twelve inches apart. Full cultural instructions for Virgin 

 Spawn to every purchaser, which should be carefully followed. (See cat.) Price of tablets, 

 30c. each, $3.25 per doz., delivered in the L T nited States. 



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