

50—Vegetable Seeds 
THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1910 


EGG PLANTS. 
CULTURE.—The egg plant demands heat. Its growth should never be checked after the 
germination of the seed. It is best started in a hotbed, not too early in the Spring. It should 
not be set out while the nights are cold. The plants may be set two by three feet. Use four 
ounces of seed to the acre. To prevent blight and bugs use Bordeaux mixture with Paris green. 
Maule’s Excelsior Egg Plant. 
After studying and watching this unusually fine egg plant for several years, 
{ at last procured a stock of the seed. It is of large size and extremely good shape, 
being particularly adapted to s.icing, as there is no waste of material. In flavor 
it cannot be surpassed. The hot sun does not blight the blossom, as is the case 
with some other sorts. It resists drought and bad weather to a wonderful degree, 
partly on account of its strong, upright growth. It bears its eggs or fruit well above 
the ground, thus escaping liability torot. The fruit often measures 18 to 24 inches 
in circumference (6 to 8 inches in diameter). No market or private gardener should 
fail to try Excelsior Kgg Plant this year. Pkt, 15 cts.; 0z., 60 cts.; + Ib., $1.75; Ib., $6.00. 



BLACK PEKIN.— A favorite egg plant. It 
produces handsome, nearly round, solid, fruit, 
weighing four to eight pounds, of good quality 
and maturing early. Very productive and satis- 
factory. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 45 cents; 
\ pound, $1.25; pound, $4.50. 

NEW YORK IMPROVED PURPLE EGG PLANT. 
NEW YORK IMPROVED PURPLE.— 
The leading sort for home and market. Plant 
1s a vigorous grower. Fruit large, fine and free 
from thorns, and produced until frost. Skin 
rich purple. Flesh white and of good flavor. 
{can highly recommend my carefully selected 
strain of this egg plant to market gardeners 
and amateurs. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 
45 cents; 4 pound, $1.25; pound, $4.50. 

Black Beauty Egg Plant. 
Originated in South Jersey. It combines in 
itself many characteristics which are very val- 
uable. It is very early, in fact the earliest good 
market variety. By this I mean it is the ear- 
liest variety that grows to a good size suitable 
for market. It is very desirable in color, being 
a jet black. Shape is well shown in illustra- 
tion; average weight 2to 3 pounds. It is dwart 
growing and bears its fruit close to main stem. 
Pht., 15c.; 0z., 60c.; 14 1b., $1.75; 1b., $6.00. 










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BLACK PEKIN EGG PLANT. 

MAULE’S EXCELSIOR EGG PLANT. 

GOURDS. 
CULTURE.—Gourds are tender annuals, of trailing or climbing habit. 
The seed should not be planted until the ground is warm. Plant in 
hills and cultivate as cucumbers. Leave only three or four plants in a 
hill, and allow the vines to ramble or train over the ground or trellis. 
DISH CLOTH.—The peculiar lining of this valuable gourd gives it 
itsname. The fruit grows about two feet long. The interior membrane 
is serviceable for a variety of household purposes, being used as a dish 
cloth, or sponge. 
The fibre is tough, elastic and durable. Start seed 
under glassin the North. Packet, 10 cts. 
ORANGE OR TRUE MOCK ORANGE. 
—A good old sort, the fruit often finding its 
way into the family sewing basket. A beau- 
tiful and rapid climber, quickly covering 
trellises. Fruit the size and shape of an 
orange. Packet, 5 cents; oumce, 15 cents. 
DIPPER. — A well known and _ useful 
gourd. When grown on the ground the stem 
is much curved; 
but on a trellis 
the weight of the 
fruit makes the 
stem or handle 
= Straight. This 
gourd is very 
much in demand. 
= = Packet, 10 cts.; 
SUGAR TROUGH GOURD. ounce, 25 cts. 
SUGAR TROUGH. — A _ very 
large gourd, holding from 4 to 10 
gallons, with a hard, thick shell, 
but light and durable, lasting for 
years. It is employed for a variety 
of purposes, from a bucket to hen’s 
nest. Make hills 8 feet apart each 
way. Packet, 10 cents. 


DIPPER GOURD. 
NEST EGG.—This interesting 
gourd produces white fruit ex- 
actly the size and shape of a hen’s 
egg. The matured fruit does not 
erack, and will serve for years as 
a nest egg, for use in darning 
stockings, or for ornamental pur- 
poses. The vine isarapid grower, 
useful for covering screens or 
trellises. Packet, 10 cents. 
HERCULES CLUB.—A very 
long club shaped gourd 4 to 6 feet 
Jong; white in color. Grows per- 
fectly straight if grown on arbor 
or trellis. In some sections used 
as avegetable. Packet, 10 cts. 
MIXED.—In this mixture of 
gourd seeds I offer all the above 
mentioned sorts, so that my 
friends may enjoy a number of 
curious novelties by purchasing 
a single packet. Packet, 10 cts.3 
ounce, 25 cents. 































