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BOWMAN’S NEW GOLD COIN MUSKMELON. 
The above photograph of the Gold Coin Melon was sent me by W. C. 
Eaton, Jeddo, N. Y., and is so striking and original I thought it worth 
publishing as a good illustration of what Gold Coin can do. Gold Coin 
was offered in 1906 for the first time, and was first called to my atten- 
tion by Mr. T. Greiner, the Garden Editor of The Practical Farmer, a 
weekly agricultural journal, that I really think has done more for the 
benefit of American horticulture and agriculture than any other publi- 
eation in this country. Mr. Bowman first discovered this melon 8 
years ago, in a patch of Emerald Gem, on his grounds in Niagara Co,, 
N.Y. It 18 supposed to be a cross between that variety and Anne 
Arundel or Acme. Careful selection of seed has brought it to its 
from the amount of postage paid Uncle Sam. 
of Maule’s Seeds through the United States mails. 
ONE DAY’S OUTGOING MAIL. 
My customers can obtain an excellent idea of the size of the business done in 
deliver such quantities of seeds by mail direct to customers. 
be had from the fact that on referring to my books I find in the last five years I have paid the 
Government for postage alone $198,970.50. This, of course, does not include a great many thousand 
dollars paid the Express Companies on shipments made by express on which the charges were prepaid. 
The above photographs illustrate one day’s shipment | 1903 $35,600.99 
Naturally it costs a great deal of money to | 1904 38,375.67 
Some idea of my postage bills may | 1905 41,762.28 
1906 37,442.42 
1907 45,789.14 
present perfection. The following is Mr. Bowman's description of it: 
“My melon is earlier than the Paul Rose by 10 days. It 1s two or three 
times as large, a great deal more netted, of lighter skIn, wider ribbed, 
ot deeper flesh and better quality. It also yields twice as many bushele 
to the acre. The specimens run from round to oblong, often both on 
the same vine, some of the specimens weighing 6 to 7 pounds. Paul 
Rose, Miller’s Cream, or any other melon I ever saw, is not to be com- 
pared with it in quality or general value.” 
In Gold Coin I consider I have found what we have all along been 
looking for, a melon equal to the Emerald Gem in quality, and a better 
Shipper. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; '4 lb., 75 cts.; lb., $2.50. 
Maule’s Seeds | POSTAGE PAID 
$198,970.50 
