





















Maule’s Honey 
Muskmelon. 
to me to know that so many felt compelled on ac- 
count of its sweet, delicious flavor to call this new 
melon Honey. Maule’s Honey muskmelon is of 
medium size, weighing 3 to4 pounds on an average. 
It is distinctly and evenly ribbed and moderately 
netted. Globe shape and somewhat flattened at the 
‘stem and blossom end. Its exterior color is a 
peculiar shade of green, quite unlike any other 
muskmelon. The flesh is green, inclining to yel- 
low. The spicy flavor is as distinct and character- 
istic as it is sweet and pleasing. The flesh is both 

_ THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1910 
 Maule’s Netted Gem 
or Rocky Ford Muskmelon. 
In Favor for a Quarter of a Century as a Paying Sort 
for Home and Market. 

(Green flesh.) This delicious early melon is 
Known everywhere. Of medium size, weighing 
14 to 14 pounds. The flesh is deep and thick, and 
light green in color, except next the seeds, where 
it inclines towards yellow. The flavor is exceed- 
-. ingly fine. The skin is green, regularly ribbed and 
=. thickly netted. It is a firm, solid melon, and wil 
carry in perfect condition for a week or more after 
its removal from the vine. It is a heavy cropper, 
and is in wide favor as a market melon. Indeed, 
its ability to bear transportation without breaking 
down has made it one of the most profitable of 
crops, and explains why it is so universally grown. 
It has many local names. In New Jersey it is 
known as Netted Gem, Golden Jenny and Golden 
Gem. In Colorado it has the name of Rocky Ford 
from a locality where it grows in great abundance 
and perfection, and from whence it is shipped all 
7 over the country, even to Philadelphia and other 
large Eastern cities. I have the original strain 
of this celebrated melon, seed being grown witb 
the utmost care as to purity. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 
\y pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25. 





x = 




-deep and firm, the edible portion almost touching 
the rind, and remarkably juicy. At Panmure my 
field of these melons was a sight to behold, and everyone who tasted 
~them remarked that Honey was certainly the proper name for so deli- 
cious a melon. A splendid melon whether grown for market or home. 
Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; '4 pound, 60 cts.; pound, $2.00. 









NORFOLK BUTTON MUSKMELON 
Norfolk Button Muskmelon. 
(Green flesh.) An extra early type of the Jenny Lind, of the same 
size, but earlier to reach maturity,and hence morevaluable. It has the 
green flesh and characteristic sweetness and spiciness of the parent. 
The market gardeners and farmers at Norfolk, Virginia, have for some 
years made money with this splendid strain of Jenny Lind, and it 
became so well known and so famous as to require a distinctive title. 
Packet, 10 cts.; oumce, 25 cts.; 4 pound, 75 cts.; pound, $2.50. 



AULE’S HONEY MUSKMELON. 







HOODOO MUSKMELON. 
Hoodoo Muskmelon. 



(Orange flesh.) This new melon bred and named by Mr. Paul Rose, the | 
melon specialist, who claims it to be an ideal basket and crate melon. 
The melons are of medium size, round, heavily netted, flesh very thick. 
of rich orange color, handsome appearance and of the sweetest flavor. | 
Average weight of melon 1144 pounds. The seed cavity is small and the 
rind is very tough, making it a good shipper; its vine is a vigorous 
grower and a heavy cropper. A good medium sized melon for both 
home or market gardener. Seed direct from headquarters stock. 
Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; 14 pound, 60 cts.3; pound, $2.00. 
