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WM. HENRY MAULE, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



397 Harris^ Earliest Watermelon 



Sweetest Early Melon. Largest Early Melon. Best Early Melon for the Home Garden 



The general shape and appearance of the 

 Harris are shown in the ilkistration. The skin 

 is mottled with green and white. The flesh is 

 red, sweet, juicy and crisp. The seeds are 

 black. The weight varies all the way from 

 12 to 40 pounds, the average being 15 to 2C 

 pounds. They average about 20 inches long 

 and 12 inches thick, which is exceptionally 

 large for so early a variety, maturing in 6E 

 days. Its table quality is first class. 



Owing to its extreme earliness, and adapt- 

 ability to growing in heax-y soils, it is exten- 

 sively planted in the Northern States, where 

 it is the undisputed favorite. We have knowr 

 this melon to mature in latitudes as far nortt 

 as Canada, and in places where watermelons 

 never grew before. 



The Harris is the earliest watermelon on th« 

 market; the sweetest early melon, the larges 

 early melon and the best early melon for th( 

 home garden. These are sweeping statements 

 but they are true. Moreover, the Harris wi] 

 397 HARRIS' EARLIEST WATERMELON. out-yicld any Other early melon. 



Packet, lo cents; ounce, 20 Qents; quarter pound, 45 cents; pound, $1.50, postpaid. 



593 



Kleckley Sweets or Monte Cristo 



7%e Sweetest Flavored Large Melon Known 



One of the most popular, early, large 

 watermelons grown. It is a high bred 

 delicious melon originated in the South, by 

 Mr. W. A. Kleckley, and is especially cele- 

 brated for its fine flavor. It is a long, oval 

 shaped watermelon, averaging 18 to 20 

 inches in length by 10 to 12 inches in diam- 

 eter, with a dark green rind. Of handsome 

 appearance; ripens early. The flesh is scar- 

 let, very firm, and of luscious quality and 

 crisp texture. It is widely popiilar, and is 

 one of the best family garden melons, or for 

 nearby market it is a ready seller, but the 

 rind is rather too tender for distant ship- 

 ping. It gives satisfaction almost every- 

 where, and we can recommend it for use 

 both North and South; matures in 85 days. 393 kleckley sweets or monte cristo wat 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25, 



ermelon. 

 postpaid. 



«5 



Sweet Heart 



Remains in Condition Much Longer than Most Sorts 



415 SWEET heart WATERMELdN. 



A large -n-atermelon, nearly globular in shape, but a 

 little longer than thick. The skin is a bright, beautiful 

 mottled green. The flesh is red, firm, crisp and exceeding- 

 ly sweet. A good keeper and excellent shipper, and a 

 good selling melon, maturing in 90 days. 



Pachet, 5 ceuts; ounce, 15 cents; 



quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00, postpaid. 



^20 Colorado Preserving Citron 



For Preserving or Sweet Pickles 



A productive citron melon producing medium sized 

 round fruit, with white flesh, which is very solid; used 

 exclusively for preserving or pickling. The rind is dark 

 green, distinctly striped with light green. Seed red; ma- 

 tures In 100 days. The fruit will keep in good condition for 

 some time after picking and can be used when wanted. 

 Packet. 9 ceuts; otuice, 15 cents; 



quartei' p'o'nnd, 3'0 Cents; pounA, St^O, postpiald. 



420 CbLORADd PRESERVING 

 CITRON MELON. 



