WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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CuLTURE.-PumpklnB will grow almost anywhere, but rejoice In rich 



TENNESSEE 

 SWEET 

 POTATO. 



SUGAR PUMPKIN — Also called Sweet 

 Pumpkin. This is the pumpkin from which 

 the celebrated Yankee pumpkin pie is made. 

 It is small, being about 10 inches in diameter, 

 but of best character. It has a deep orange 

 yellow skin and tine grained tlesh ; handsome 

 and an excellent keeper. It is prolific and 

 in every way desirable. It cannot be excelled 

 as a table pumpkin. The average weight is 

 about 5 pounds. A sure cropper and excel- 

 lent for marketing, as it is of convenient size. 

 Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 



CASHAW OR CROOKNECK 



J.\PA]VBSE PIE A high quality pumpkin 



of Japanese origin. The flesh is very thick, of 

 a rich salmon color, fine grained, dry and 

 sweet. Seed cavity small. Of medium size, 

 early, verv productive and a good keeper. 

 Highly desirable as a pie or cooking pumpkin. 

 (Pkt., io cts.; oz., 15 cts.; % lb., 40 cts.; lb., ^1.2o. 



LARGE CHEESE The same as Kentucky 



'Field. A large, round, flattened pumpkin, with 

 i broad ribs. Often attains a diameter of two 

 Sfeet. Color, creamy buff. The flesh is yellow. 

 iSuperior to ordinary field pumpkin; lit tor 

 •table as well as stock. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 

 10 cents ; % pound, 15 cents ; pound, -lO ; ^iits. 



CASHAW.— Also known as Crookneck. ,- ^ 



widely popular varieties. Two feet long, light colored. 

 Flesh yellow, solid, sweet ; excellent for pies. Has little 

 interior cavity, being almost solid flesh. Pkt., 5 cts.; 

 oz., 10 cts.; % ib, 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 



GOLDEN OBLONG. — The outer color is golden 

 orange. The flesh is yellow, dry, sweet and excellent 

 for pies. Skin is thin b.ut tough. A good winter 

 keeper. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., lO^tts.; % lb., 25 cts.; lb., 7o cts. 



CONNECTICUT PIEL© — The ordinary round yel- 

 low field pumpkin. Valualile as a stock food. Packet. 

 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; M pound, 15 cts.; pound, 50 cts. By 

 express, not prepaid, peck, $1.25; bushel, $1.50. 



MAULE'S YELLOW SWEET POTATO PIE — 

 ("^ee green pages.) 



A L Young, West Chatham, Mass.— I planted 

 a packLt of seed of your Yellow Sweet Potato 

 Pumpkin last spring and 

 raised 14 pumpkins, totd.1 

 weight 325 pounds; they 

 were all of flue quality. 

 The seed was not placted 

 ,< untilJune 12tb. 



TENNESSEE SWEET POTATO.— Medium 

 sized, pear shaped, slightly ribbed. Color, creamy 

 white, sometimes lightly striped with green. 

 Blesh light colored, fine grained, dry and of a 

 superior fiavor, and when cooked resembling 

 sweet potato in appearance and taste. A good 

 keeper. Pkt., lOc; oz., 15c.; \i lb., 40c.; lb., $1.25. 

 One of the 



CONNECTICUT FIELD 





HUNDRED-WEIGHT.-The Great Premium Takw. A selected sti am of mj 

 Prize Potiron. Seed saved only from specimens weighing oj^r 100 pounds This 

 is the pumpkin to plant for show purposes, as it i^ot infrequently attains a recora 

 of 200 to 250 pounds. The flesh is fine-grained and sweet, and of ^ !^"gf * I d^rl 

 color, making it a high-quality table or Pie P^^PPkiii- ^ Jhe °utside ^^J-^^^^ 

 salmon, decidedly handsome. Hundred-Weight invariably wins fa%oraDie 

 comment at fairs. It contains comparatively f^^^^ seeds ar^d as I save only iai„e 

 specimens the price is nectssarily high. Packet, Ld cents , 2 packets, -o centb. 



MAULE'S PRIZE POTIRON. (The 248^-pound pumpkin.) 

 MAULE'S PRIZE POTIRON.— A prize winner. Grows 

 to immense proportions. Flesh bright yellow, fine grained 

 and of good quality. The outer skin is salmon colored. Not- 

 withstanding the great size of this variety it is excellent foi 

 makine into pies. One of my customers secured a premium 

 on a specimen weighing 2-J8'4 pounds. Another customer 

 g?ew ITotTron pumpkiS weighing 2.30 lbs. Packet, 10 cents; 

 ounce, 25 cents. 



