

Don’t be Humbugged 
Into thinking there is a famine in the seed trade, as some dealers 
may endeavor to convince you. A few things are short, among which 
may be mentioned Onion, Beans, some yarieties of Cabbage, Salsify 
and a few other things. The shortage in everything else is caused 
almost entirely by reduced acreage. During the last ten years there 
have been hundreds of irresponsible growers springing up in all parts 
of the country, who know nothing about growing seeds, and who have 
been flocding the market the last few years with worthless trash, at 
prices at which it would be utterly impossible to grow good seeds. 
After a number of years experience in the seed growing business, these 
irresponsible growers haveefinally in the last year or two dropped it, 
and gone into something else, with the result that a lot of seedsmen 
who have been depending op this class of growers for their supply, 
have suddenly been confronted with the fact that they must go into 
the open market, and purch#se reliable goods grown by reliable grow- 
ers at live and let live prices. This is largely the cause of the so-called 
shortage, and which I consider on many things is entirely fictitious. 
All reputable houses who bve not been led astray by purchasing their 
supplies from irresponsible growers at ridiculously low prices, have in 
store their usual complement of first class seeds, with the few excep- 
tions named above, so I see no reason for talk of a seed famine. I 
admit that Onions, Beans and some varieties of Cabbage are short, 
and I have had to advance some of my prices over those of last 
year. To even up these advanced prices, however, and put Maule’s 
Seeds before the American public at figures that will not exceed 
those of last season, I have determined to allow this year on general 
orders of $25.00 and upwards a discount of 20 per cent., 
so that every one whose order amounts to $25.00 or more, will Sse- 
curea discount of 20 cents on every dollar. This makes Maule’s Seeds, 
if anything, lower this year than last season, provided your order 
amounts to $25.00 or over. I haye made preparations for a larger trade 
during 1900 than ever before; I am fully equipped with a full supply 
of Valentine Beans, Wakefield Cabbage, Prosperity Peas, all varie- 
ties of Onion, etc., etc. In fact of many of the so-called short varieties 
1 have a % per cent. larger supply than my entire sales of these varie- 
ties last year, so that I can assure all my friends who favor me with 

their orders during 1900 I am prepared to execute them with prompt- 
ness and dispatch. 
In my catalogue for 1899 I made the following statement: “lam nota 
prophet, but with such a large and yaried correspondence as comes to 
my desk, I have special and almost unequaled facilities for feeling the 
pulse of the American Public, and 1am confident the present times 
will be succeeded by even better; and predict for 1899 a brisk and 
prosperous business for this great nation.” This was written in 
December, 1898, and now in December, 1899, I find my prediction has 
been more than fulfilled. Never has this great country been in such 
a prosperous condition. Agricultural, manufacturing and commercial 
interests are all in a state of remarkable activity, and I am determined 
that Maule’s Seeds shall keep right up with the procession; and am 
prepared for the largest business I have’ ever known. 
Wishing one and all of my friends a happy and prosperous New 
Year, I remain, 
Yours to command, 
FLOW ERING PLANTS. 
As my customers well know, Maule’s plants are just as reliable 
as Maule’s Seeds; further comment is unnecessary. It will be 
noticed I have omitted Flowering Plants entirely from this Cata- 
logue. I did this in order to give Flowering Plants a more ex- 
tended notice and have published this year 
Maule’s Supplementary Flowering Plant List for 1900. 
It is a neat little catalogue, that will please all my friends and 
customers. A copy will be mailed Feb. 1, 1900, to everyone who 
ordered plants from me last year, and I will also send a copy free 
to everyone sending mea postal card request. It containsevery- 
thing good, old or new, at right prices, and if you want only a 
single rose bush you should look through its pages before 
ordering. Remember it is sent free to all who request it, and to 
plant customers of last year, without asking for it. 


$2,500 IN CASH PRIZES. 
During the last twenty years I haye offered and awarded over $24,600 
in cash premiums for prize vegetables and club orders, more than 
double the amount offered by any other house in America, and it has | 
been an unique feature of my business for many years. I start the ball | 
rolling for 1900 with $2,500 in Cash Prizes, of which amount $1,500 will be | 
awarded November 1, 1900, as follows: 
$600—Maule’s 1900”? Tomato—6 prizes, $100 each. 
150—Prizetaker Onion—Three prizes—$75, $50, $25. 
100—Klondike Corn—Ear shelling the most grains. 
100—Harris’ Earliest Watermelon—Finest Specimen. 
100—Commercial Potato—Finest six specimens. 
50—Blood Turnip Beet—Largest and finest. 
50—Ruby King Pepper—Largest and finest. 
50—Earliest of All Peas—Dozen pods containing most peas. 
50—Emerald Cucumber—Largest and finest. 
50—Marguerite Carnation—Best 6 blooms. 
50—Prize Mixed Pansy—Largest and finest 6 blooms, pressed. 
50—Briar Crest Mammoth Verbena—largest 12 florets, pressed. 
50—Canna, New Large Flowering—Best new seedling. 
50—Sweet Peas, Up-to-Date Collection-Best 20 flowering sprays, | 
For $1 50 I will send by mail, postpaid, one pound Commercial | 
e 
peers and one packet each of the above Prize Vegeta- 
In addition to the above prizes I will distribute on July 1, 1900, 


all sections of the country, and with this bright, new catalogue filled to 
overflowing with so many good things you and your neighbors want, 
will you not try to make up a club order? Somebody is going to secure 
that $1,000 July Ist. Why should you not secure part of it? I will 
supply you with fresh catalogues as frequently as may beneeded. Try 
for the $200 Prize. Last year you will notice the order securing the $200 
prize amounted to $161.10, or $38.90 less than the prize itself. In 1898a 
club order of only $136.30 secured the $200 prize ; consequently in two 
years for two orders, aggregating $297.40, I paid out $400 in cash prizes. 
In other words, this club agent received all the seeds for nothing and 
$102.60 in cash in addition. You can do as well if you only try. 
All packet and ounce orders for vegetable and flower seeds sent me 
in competition for these prizes will be counted July Ist, 1900, and the 
prizes awarded in accordance with the following: 

For the largest club order of packets and ounces......... ..... $200.00 
For the second largest club........................2cseeeseeee ees .- 150.00 
For the third largest club.... -. 100.00 
For the fourth largest club.. 75.00 
For the fifth largest club.......... pees 50.00 
| For the next five largest cilnbs, each. 25.00 
For the next ten largest clubs, each. 15.00 
For the next ten largest clubs, each. 10.00 
For the next ten largest clubs, each 5.00 

In 1899 the prize winners made their money easily as shown below, 
and I presume the same thing will happen this year. Some people 
think they have no chance in an open contest, but 1sometimes hear of 
instances where a Single afternoon’s work has won a prize of $ to $25. 

les and Flower Seeds, 22 packets in all. 
$1,000 in Gash Prizes for Club Orders of Maule’s Seeds. 
With the reputation Maule’s Seeds have for reliability and purity in! 
All orders you send, big or little, for packets and ounces will be 
counted July Ist, 1900, and the prizes then awarded. The prizes were 
secured in 1899 as follows: 
——— 

ist Prize of $200 for a Club of $161.10—J. N. BROWN, Custer City, Pa. 
2nd Prize of $150 for a Club of $131.85—JOHN J. L. SANDERS, Schaefferstown, Pa. 
3rd Prize of $100 for a Club of $98.70—-SMITH BOYD, Millersport, Ohio. 
4th Prize of $75.00 for a club of $71.80— 
H. J. MrrcHELL, Winsboro, Texas. 
Sth Prize of $50.00 for a club of $63.47— 
GEORGE HaRTZELL, Mainland, Pa. 
Five Prizes of $25.00 Each Awarded to 
For Club. the following. 
$60.65—Mrs. Alice Baker, Lockney, Tex. 
60.20—J. Lancaster, Holmesville, Neb. 
55.083—W. E. Hull, N. Carrollton, Miss. 
53.74—Samuel F. Kauffman. Witmer, Pa. 
52.91—Mrs. Geo. Bowman, Du Bois, Pa. 

Ten Prizes of $15.00 Each Awarded to 
For Club. the following. 
$52.40—G. M. Corl, State College, Pa. 
49.80—Geo. A. Wise, Beaverdam, Wis. 
48.93— Albert Alferink,Graafschap, Mich, 
46.24—I. B. Brenneman, Mount Joy,Pa. 
42.25—H. H. Stehman, Millersville, Pa. | 
41.55—Levi Gilbert, Rock Falls, Ill. 
36.80—A. B. Taylor, Youngsville, Pa. 
35,.36—A. M. Hays, Gould City, Wash. 
34.82—W. J. Olds, Du Bois, Pa. 
34.40—Mrs. Russell Mann, Paris, Ky. 
} Ten Prizes of $10.00 Each Awarded to 
| For Club. the following. 
| $34.30—J. H. Every, Dunedin, N.Zealand. 
| 33.96—Chas. Hoover, Zionsville, Pa. 
1—Mrs. F. Hammond, Millerton, Pa. 
29.70—Mrs. A.Roberts,E. Smethport, Pa. 
29.03—R. S. Hoover, Hollidaysburg, Pa. 
28.28—J. L. T. Watters, Duncan, Arizona. 
—F, F. Hiler, Holland, Mich. 
—E,. E. Turney, Clear Creek, N. Y. 
—R. J. Jones, Rockwood, Tenn. 
| 25.15—J. C. Kerry, Punxsutawny, Pa, 






Ten Prizes of $5.00 Each Awarded to 
For Club. the following. 
$24.90—Geo. Scherb, Clay, Pa. 
23.38—Mrs. Anna E. Hopper, Peru, Ind. 
35—W. Brown, Big Horn, Wyoming. 
.00—J. P. Cox,Woodland Mills, Tenn. 
2.90—J. M. Hartman, Sutersville, Pa. 
5—M. B. Hafer, Chambersburg, Pa. 
30—Jos. Walker, Alleyton, Texas, 
30—Wim. Watts, Devizes, Kan. 
25—Mrs. L. Williams, Evansville, Wis. 
21.60—Miss H. Severance,Hilo, Hawaii. 




> 
TENE COVER GUARINTEE ( 
¥.SAFE ARRIVAL.—I guarantee that all goods sold 
by me shall reach my customers in good order. 
Il. MONEY INSURED.~—I guarantee to hold myself 
responsible for the safe arrival of all remittances sent 
me by post-office order, draft, check or registered letter, 
It. FREE BY MAIL.—I guarantee to deliver 


| Special Discount on Seeds in Packets and Ounces, 
| I wish to call the attention of my friends to my special 
| discount on seeds in packets and ounces. It takes as much 
time and care to fill an order for 15 cents as one for $1.00 or 
more, and so for a number of years 1 have offered the 
following discount. 












$1.00 buys seeds in packets and ounces to the va 
a “ “ “ “ “ 
lue of $ 
2.00 “ «“ i“ 



8.00 «* “ “ “ “ “ “4 “6 
all garden and flower seeds, except where quoted by 4.00 « e ie a a e ae hs ‘ ia 
; the peck, bus., bbl., or by the 100 lbs., free of all charges. 5.00. «& “ ‘“ “ ‘i “ “ow “6 
IV. AS REPRESENTED.-—I guarantee my seeds to be 
just as represented. If they prove otherwise, I will refill 
the order free of charge; but it must be understood I do not 
guarantee the crop any further than to refill the order. 
Bear in mind this discount applies to seeds in packets 
and ounces only, and is not allowed on seeds by the !, pound, 
pound, pint, quart, peck or bushel, nor does it apply to 
plants or bulbs, but on these articles I allow a discount of 
20 per cent. provided your order amounts to $25 or over. 




B B | from the order. Please use the order sheet enclosed in this catalogue 
‘i Sa For your Own Protection Bear in Mind the Following. or else use a sheet of paper separate from you letter. Sign order as 
| well as letter with name and address. 
Remit money by Bank Draft or by Express or Post Office Money 
i Order, or else be sure to register your letter. On all amounts of $1.00 or 
ce is different from your post office, do not fail to give it. over the expense of registration may be deducted from the order. The 
Write all remarks and communications on a sheet of paper separate | cost is8 cents. I take postage stamps at all times the same as cash. 
(COPYRIGHTED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.) 
In sending an order always write your name and address with 
espenial care, giving the name of thecounty. If your freight or express 
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