) — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1907 



CULTUKE. — Plant seed in hills 4 to 6 feet apart each way, after danger 

 of frost is over. Use well rotted manure in the hills' Insert seeds 



Just under surface of soil: 1 ounce to 50 hills; 2 to 3 pounds to acre, 

 light, warm soil is best, but there are varieties of melons well adaptiJ 

 to loamy and even heavy ground, if well drained. In hoeing draw t)^ 

 soil well up to the plants. Fight bugs with tobacco dust, bone me 

 or buhach. 



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FERRY'S NEW DEFENDER MUSKMELON. 



One of the best of the yellow-tleshed .sorts. Of medium size, some- 

 what elongated, well netted and of pleasing appearance. The flesh Is 

 edible almost to the rind. The Inside color is a little darker than Osage, 

 and Is richer in flavor. The flesh is fine-grained and firm, and the melon 

 bears transportation well. Pkt., -Sc; oz., lUc; % lb., 30c.; lb., $1.00. 



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NORFOLK BUTTON MUSKMELON. 



An extra early type of the .lenny Llnd, of the same size as the parent 

 but eanier to reach maturity , and hence more valuable. It has the green 

 flesh and characteristic sweetness and spiciness of the parent. The 

 market gardeners and farmeis at Norfolk, Virginia, have for some 

 years made money with this splendid strain of .fenny Lind, and It 

 became so well known and so famous as to renuire a distinctive title. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; '4 pound, 80 cents: pound, >^1.00. 



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In Favor lor a Quarter of a Century as a Paying Sort 

 lor Home and Market. 



This delicious melon is nothing more nor" l€ 

 than a form of my old standard Netted Gem. 'It 

 a small, early melon, weighing IJ4 to 1>^ pounc 

 The flesh is deep and thick, and light green in col< 

 except next the seeds, where it inclines towar' 

 yellow. The flavor is exceedingly fine. The skin 

 green, regularly ribbed and thickly netted. It li 

 firm, solid melon, and will cany In perfect con^ 

 tion for a week or more after its removal from t 

 vine. It is a heavy cropper, and is in wide favor 

 a market melon. Indeed, its ability to bear trai] 

 portation without breaking down has made it o 

 of the most profitable of crops, and explains w\ 

 it is so universally grown. It has many local nami 

 In New Jersey it is known as Netted Gem, Gold 

 Jenny and Golden Gem. In Colorado it has t 

 name of Rocky Ford from a locality where 

 grows in great abundance and perfection, and fro 

 whence it is shipped all over the country, even 

 Philadelphia and other large Eastern cities, 

 have the original strain of this celebrated melc 

 seed being grown with the utmost care as to purlt 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents;- 

 % pound, 30 cts.; pound, Sl.OO. 



The Rocky Ford or Netted Gem Muskmelon. 



The Best and Purest Strain 0! Seed. Grown at Rocky Ford, Colora(i| 



The Most Fashionable Cantaloupe on the American Market. 



Above Mill be found a full description of this celebrafr 

 melon, but the seed ofTered there is Eastern grown. I fim 

 however, that many of my customers prefer seed actual 

 grown at Rocky Ford, Col.; so for a number of years pa 

 I have had grown there, by the most careful raiser of Rocli 

 Ford melons, a considerable amount of seed, which hj 

 proven most satisfactory to my customers, as It is selectl 

 only from the best and finest melons, and not as in mc 

 cases after all the best have been marketed, which unfort 

 nately is a very common practice with some growers. 

 Rocky Ford Grown : Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 

 quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, $l.(tO. 



PETOSKEYGR 

 PAUL ROSE. 



This extra fine 

 salmon fleshed 

 melon Is a hybrid 

 between Osage 

 and Netted Gem, 

 larger than 

 Osage Gem, with 

 deeper flesh. It 

 is the thickest , 

 fleshed yellow 01 

 salmon coloreil ' 

 muskmelon 

 within my know 

 ledge. It is small 

 in size, slightly 

 elongated In 

 shape, and of de- 

 lightful flavor. 

 Notwithstanding 

 its thin rind, 

 PetoKkey is a 

 ■rood shipper and 

 fine melon for 

 market purposes. 



, 5 cts.; 



10 cts 



Mrs G. Whittaker. East New Market, Md.— Your garden seeds have done 

 best of any I ever had. I think every seed grew. Garden seeds, flower seeds 1 

 plants were all extra fine. 



A. E. Beam, DixMe, Ind. Ter.— The seed I purchased from you grew as fine i 

 etablfs as I ever saw. I have tried different seertsnaen, and find yours the besi 

 all. I don't E;8k any better seed from any Company. 



Mrs. Sue Farmwalt, .Tefferson City. Tenn.— I used your seed for four years ifl 

 had a better earrten than any of my neighbors, except this year I failed to get y ir 

 seed, the result beinfs; a complete failure, nothing that I planted grew. 



W. S. Davisson, Hagerman. New Mex.— I have used your see'^s for lb years. ;jl 

 never had a failure in that time. Have planted them from Galveston. Texat|i) 

 Hagerman, New Mexico, and they always gave entire satisfaction, 



Mrs. C. F. Nelson, Fredonia. Kan.— My garden for the last two years has b 1 

 quite a success from using ISfaule's ^eeds; they are clean fresh and ready grow , 

 and I cannot praise them too highly I have the firsf cabbage in my neighl - 

 hood: peas and beans in abunrlanr'e. and the New Tcicle Bartishes are grand- 



