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cannon ball, land will 

 keep well five to seven 

 days after picking. They 

 are a very heavy cropper, 

 and are extra' early in 

 ripening. I offer seed 

 grown from stock ob- 

 tained direct from introducer, and can recommend it 

 to all. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 10 cents ; 34 pound, 



30 cents; pound, 

 90 cents. 



NETTED GEM A small melon, weighing 



from 134 to l 1 ^ pounds each. They are thick- 

 meated, the flesh is light green in color, and 

 uniformly of fine, luscious flavor ; skin green, 

 regularly ribbed and thickly netted. They are 

 almost as solid 



Netted Gem 



BALTIMORE. Packet, 5 cents. 



No one is better aware than I that during the last few years any number of 

 new Muskmelons have been offered the American public ; consequently I have 

 been unusually careful iu growing and examining into the merits of this new 

 variety before offering it to my customers. I now do so, however, with 

 the full confidence that Maule's Superior Muskmelon will prove 

 the most profitable market variety in cultivation, for the Superior 

 unquestionably leads all other Muskmelons in quality, product- 

 iveness and quick market sales. Ripening about the same time as the 

 Jenny Lind, they are wonderfully strong and vigorous growers, producing 

 frequently 5, 6 and 7 melons to the vine that in quality will equal, if not surpass, 

 every known variety, and that for transportation purposes cannot be excelled. 

 They have never been known to crack or rot at the blossom end, and they are so 

 attractive in appearance that they will always command from 10 to 25 cents per 

 basket more than any other variety. I do not think a better name could have 

 been chosen than Superior for this excellent Muskmelon, and my customers can 

 rest assured that if they want the most profitahle variety for market 

 they should select this one, and if they desire the most desirable Musk- 

 melon for the home garden they cannot do better than plant Superior the 

 coming season. Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; 34 pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.25. 



MAULE'S PRIZE JENNY LIND.— 

 It is astonishing that this, the most delicious 

 small melon, is so little known outside of the 

 State of New Jersey. There it is more largely 

 grown than any other variety, and thousands 



upon thousands of 



baskets are annually 



shipped to New York 



and Philadelphia 



markets, where they 



always meet with 



ready sale. My strain 



of this popular variety Maule's Prize Jenny Lind. 



has been carefully 



selected for vears. It is the earliest of all the green 



fleshed sorts. Pkt, 



5 cts.; oz., 10 



cts.; % lb, 



25c; " 



70 cts 



STARN'S FAVORITE. Packet, 5 cents. 



MAULE'S BAY VIEW. Packet, 5 cents 



STARN'S FAVORITE — This variety, which I introduced in 1887, was also 

 catalogued the same year under the name of "Champion Market." It origi- 

 nated with one of my customers, Mr. E. N. Starn, of New Jersey, about 11 years 

 ago. Mr. Starn has grown it to the exclusion of all other varieties ever since, 

 annually planting from 10 to 20 acres, the products of which have alwaVs sold 

 at good prices the entire season, and many times at two to three times the 

 price of other sorts. They are nearly round, just a little oblong, thickly 

 netted, with thick, green flesh. Rich and spicy and one of the very best flavored 



in cultivation. They are shy seeders ; the cavity for seed in many of them is so B 



small that if they were all seed inside the flesh they could not contain many. 

 They are very attractive in appearance and a good shipper. Mr Starn has never 

 had a grower to see or taste them but wanted some of the seed. In addition to 

 their attractive appearance and most excellent shipping qualities, they are also 

 an enormous cropper and will be 'pronounced by all who plant them as most 

 certainly a favorite and most profitahle market variety. Pkt.. 5 cts. ; 

 ounce, 10 cents ; 34 pound, 30 cents ; 1 pound, $1.00. 



EARLY IMPROVED CHRISTIANA.— This is a most popular early 

 In New York State, being 10 days earlier than than the Nutmeg. Many market 

 growers, having once planted it, always continue to do so, pronouncing it just the 

 sort for early market on account of its extreme earliness. Try it. Pkt., o cents ; 

 ounce, 10 cents ; 34 pound, 25 cents ; pound 70 cents. 



CASABA.— ft has thick green flesh, of delicate and delicious flavor. 

 Weight from 10 to 12 lbs. Pkt., 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 34 lb.. 25 cts.; lb., 70 cts. 

 HACKENSACK.— Large size, well known in N. Y. market. Round shape, 

 flattened ends;deeply netted, MONTREAL Often weigh- 



very productive, excel- ^jgcaSggg^eg s*^ ing from 20 to 25 lbs. In 1883, 

 lent quality. Liked .iiJgffj^Ti; " « ™'r* L iiJT L jV, ■ three melons were raised, 

 by market gar- _^ggg§g|§|||^^||igi|g§gg^|^ weighing respectively 39%, 



38J4 and 38)4 lbs - eacn > 

 In addition to their 

 large size, the flesh is 

 remarkably thick, of 

 i delicious melting 

 vor, regular shape, 

 nearlv round flat- 

 tened ends, skin 

 green, densely 

 netted, and very 

 productive. At 

 \ considerable ex- 

 I pense, I pro- 

 I cured a few lbs. 

 I of Montreal di- 

 rect from orig- 

 inal source in 

 Canada. Pkt.lOc 

 oz., 15c; 34 lb., 

 30c; lb., $1.00. 



BALTIMORE Quite 



early and very large and showy. 

 A tine netted, green fleshed 

 variety, for either market or 

 private gardeners. Pkt., 5c; 

 oz., 10c; 34 lb., 25c; lb., 70c 



MAULE'S BAY VIEW. 

 —Under ordinary cultivation 

 will reach 12 to 15 lbs. Very 



Jiroductive, and most excel- 

 ent in many other ways ; they 

 are firm when ripe; excellent 

 for shipping. Packet, 5 cents ; 

 ounce, 10 cents ; ^ pound, 25 

 cents ; pound, 70 cents. 



NUTMEG.— Skin deep 

 green, finely netted ; flesh of 

 rich and delicious flavor. Pkt., 

 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; V. pound, 

 25 cents ; pound, 70 cents. NUTMEG. Packet, 5 cents. 



HARDY RIDGE.— This is a great favorite in France. Flesh is wonder- 

 fully thick, 4 to 5 in. through; juicy and sugary, with few seeds. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c 

 BANANA.— At first Banana Melon was cultivated more as a curiosity than 

 anything else, but the last few seasons have seen them bring such high prices, 

 50 cents to $1.00 a piece in Philadelphia, New York and Boston markets, that 

 they prove a most profitable market crop. They must not be confounded 

 with the old Log of Wood, as they are entirely distinct and resemble no other 

 melon. They attain a length of from eighteen inches to two feet six inches, and 

 are from two to four inches thick. Flesh, very thick, of a salmon color; in flavor 

 remarkably delicious, and equal to almost any melon you have ever eaten. It 

 looks almost like an overgrown banana, and, moreover, smells like one. 

 It is not only a curiosity, but in flavor is unquestionably fine. Packet, 10 cents ; 

 ounce, 20 cents ; % pound, 50 cents; 



