PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK- 



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COBB'S BARLY WATBRMBBON. 



RIPENS DELICIOUS MELONS IN NORTHERN STATES, 

 WHERE MELONS NEVER MATURED BEFORE. 



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 



ripening. Moved by the description inyour 



catalogue, but having no hope of success, 



I planted six hills of Cole's Early Water- 

 melon, which produced perfectly 



ripened melons weighing from 



10 to 17 pounds each, and one 



weighing 29 pounds, before 



the frost came, September 26th. 



These melons, in ripeness 



and eating qualities, equalled 



the best Southern melons'. 



You should add these words 



to your catalogue description : 



'Cole's Early W atermelon will 



perfectly ripen full crops of 



delicious melons throughout 



the extreme northern portion 



of the United States before 



early frosts.' Personally I 



am grateful to you for having 



provided this delicacy for 



us Northern people.'' — 



GEORGE LEWIS, Potsdam, 



N. Y., Feb. 19th, 1902. 



"Your Cole's Early Water- 

 melons are better thanyou 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. KEATHLEY, Kenton, 



Tenn. 



JUST AS VALUABLE FOR MIDDLE and SOUTHERN STATES, 

 RIPENING MELONS WEEKS BEFORE ANY OTHER. 



COLE S EARLY WATERMELON. 



COLE'S EARLY is the finest Water- 

 melon for the family garden. 

 People, particularly in our North- 

 ern States, can now enjoy, from the 

 beginning 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 throughout 

 the season. The beautiful bright 

 red flesh is crisp and of delicate 

 texture — granulated, cool and 

 sparkling. In flavor it is lus- 

 ciously sweet and refreshing. 

 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 

 innumberandsolidity. 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 alarger lati- 

 tude 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. (S«?cz/0 10c. pkt., 

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



JL,£Lro;e White French Mushrooms — vn***** 



SPA.WN. 



A NEW VIRGIN SPAWN 



Producing Large White 

 FRENCH MUSHROOMS. 



ITS Sterilized Medium being freed 

 from other types, as well as Bac- 

 terial Enemies, reduces the possibilities 

 of failure and aids in insuring a bounti- 

 ful 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 3ix2ixlJ 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 cut.) Price of tablets, 

 20c. each, $2.00 per doz., delivered in the United States. 



