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ant ing in the Northern States we recommend Harris’ Earliest, Phinney’s Early and Fordhook Early Watermelons 5 : 
« «7 Harris’ Earliest Watermelon 
60 days. Sweetest Early Melon. Largest Early Melon. Best Early Melon for the Home Garden 
The general shape and appearance of the 
_ Harris are shown in the illustration. The 
skin is mottled with green and white. The 
flesh is red, sweet, juicy and crisp. The seeds 
are black. The weight varies all the way 
from 12 to 40 pounds, the average being 15 
to 20 pounds. They average about 20 inches 
long and 12 inches thick, which is exception- 
ally large for so early a variety, maturing in 
60 days. Its table quality is first class. 
Owing to its extreme earliness, and adapt- 
ability to growing in heavy soils, it is exten- 
sively planted in the Northern States, where 
it is the undisputed favorite. We have 
known this melon to mature in latitudes as 
far north as Canada, and in places where 
watermelons never grew before. 
The Harris is the earliest watermelon on 
the market; the sweetest early melon, the 
largest early melon and the best early melon 
for the home garden. These are sweeping 
statements, but they are true. Moreover, the 
Harris will out-yield any other early melon. 
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397 HARRIS’ EARLIEST WATERMELON 
Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; quarter pound, 45 cts.; pound, $1.25; 5 pounds, $5.50, postpaid 
80 days. The Melon for Everybody 
se 398 Maule’s National Always Sweet and Delicious 
_ Maule’s National is a watermelon of medium to large size and of 
high table quality. In shape it is oblong. The outside color is pale 
preen, with darker green markings. The flesh is brilliant red in 
color, and remarkably solid. The flavor is delicious, and the flesh 
entirely stringless. The rind, though thin, is tough, insuring good 
shipping qualities. National produces large melons, often weighing 
40 pounds and over in 80 days. Its handsome appearance makes 
it a rapid seller, and for the home garden it has no equal. 
E Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 15 cis.; quarter pound, 35 cts.; a = 
4 : pound, $1.00; 5 pounds, $4.50, postpaid 398 MAULE’S NATIONAL WATERMELON 
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: — | 410 Shaker Blue 
ZA = ~~ 99 days. One of the Best Large Round Melons for Home and Market 
Z Z = This is a large melon of handsome appearance. The rind is 
gy dark green striped with narrow bands of lighter green, but 
when ready for shipping has a solid dark green appearance. 
It grows to huge size, averaging when well grown from 40 to 
50 pounds each. In addition to this it is a melon of delicious 
flavor, and frequently produces melons in 90 days as large as 
60 pounds each, its bright red flesh being of tempting appear- 
ance. Excellent home or market sort. 
Packet, 8 ects.; ounce, 12 ects.; 1%, pound, 35 cts.; 
pound, $1.00; 5 pounds, $4.50, postpaid 
418 Mixed Watermelons 
60 to 95 days. A Great Assortment for the Home Garden 
All different sorts in a grand mixture, producing melons of 
different shapes maturing in 60 to 95 days, and all of a de- 
licious flavor. Everyone is sure to get a melon to suit their 
taste. 
Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 ects.; %4 pound, 30 ects.; 
pound, $1.00, postpaid 
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ee 3 LE Fait 420 Colorado Preserving Citron 
3 391 Fordhoo ar y 100 days. For Preserving or Sweet Pickles 
60 days. An Extra Early Large Melon; Does Well Anywhere A productive citron melon producing medium sized round 
Re ‘ly varieties, maturing in fruit, with white flesh, which is very solid; used exclusively 
Ehoue 86 aheilargest of the extre e tvior @ medium shade of | for preserving or pickling. The rind is dark green, distinctly 
: Flesh ‘right red, and of deliciously sweet flavor. The striped with light green. Seed ae matures in 100 days. The 
Bind is sufficiently hard to make it a good shipper. Does fruit will keep in good condition for some time after picking 
well if grown in heavy soils. A sure cropper on light solls. | and can be used when wanted. 
Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; % pound, 40 cts.; Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; %4 pound, 35 cts.; 
pound, $1.15; 5 pounds, $5.00, postpaid pound, $1.00; 5 pounds, $4.50, postpaid 
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