MAMMOTH IRONCLAD grows uniformly 
to a larger size than any other variety known. It 
will yield a far greater bulk and more A 1 market- 
able melons than any other. Another wonderful 
recommendation is the fact that they are Ironclad. 
They have frequently been dropped three feet, and 
even from the shoulder of a man without bursting 
or showing any bruise. Plucked when ripe, or left 
on the vines after fully ripe they keep in fine con- 
dition for one month. It is of the most delicious 
and sugary flavor. The heart is very large; the 
flesh next to the rind is fully equal to the heart in 
luscious taste. The flesh isnever mealy but always 
remarkably solid. In selecting at random hundreds 
of melons from a large field not a single one but cut 
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Wg@ Ironclad grown 
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, ~~ from my seed the 
—— coming season, re- 
ports to be sent me signed 
by two reliabie witnesses 
before Nov. 10th, 1885, when 
the money will be promptly 
forwarded. 
fA I AGAIN OFFER 
f $100 for the largest 
At the Pennsytvania 
State Fair for 1884, was 
probably shown the 
greatestdisplay of Water- 
melons ever exhibited in 
this country, over 50 dis- 
tinct varieties entering 
into the com petition. 
Ironclad was awarded 
the three highest possi- 
ble prizes unanimously 
by the Judges. This alone 
is sufficient endorsement, 
even if I had nothing else to 
say in regard to Ironclad, for 
every melon grower in the 
country to give Ironelad a 
trial, = 
Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 30 cts.;_¥ Ib., $1.00; 
hard and solid Mammoth Ironeiad is suited for 
all climates. They ripen with the Cuban Queen, 
planted May 10th, the first ripe ones were picked 
August 10th, and melons taken from the same vines 
until Oct. Ist. They can be allowed to remain on 
the vines one month after they are ripe. In 1882, 
melons were taken in the first of Oct., and were 
kept in good condition for Christmas dinner. In 
conclusion, I need only say that Ironclad surpasses 
in each and every quality every other variety. If 
there is nothing else in this whole catalogue you 
want, you will surely at least invest ina packet of 
Troneclad. If you do you are just as likely to receive" 
$100 from me next November as any one else. — 
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