16 — -Vegetable beed JSIovelties 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1907 



GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING CELERY. 



(XX Selected Strain.) 



Maule's XX Selected Strain 



Golden Self-Blanching Celery 



Seed Grown by the Originator. 



The best and moat popular celery in cultivation. It gives the largest 

 returns for the labor. In quality it ranks with the highest. It Is equally 

 in favor with the amateur and market gardener. It is of dwarf or half 

 dwarf habit, growing about 18 to 20 inches high, wonderfully stocky, very 

 heavy, perfectly solid, of delicate flavor and a good keeper. Added to 

 these points, is its great distinctive virtue of being almost literally self- 

 blanching. For years I have always had some seed of the Golden Seif- 

 Blanching grown for me by the original Introducer, which I have sold 

 under the name of XX Selected Strain. This year I have no other seed, 

 all my Golden Self-Blanching Celery being the XX Strain, which is 

 absolutely the very best seed to be had anywheres at any price. When I 

 tell you that my annual sales of XX Selected amount to more than 500 

 pounds, my customers must admit this will grow a tremendous lot of 

 ceiery, and it does; every plant of which, if examined plant by plant 

 along the row, shows up the true Golden Self-Blanching type, with no 

 reversion back to the green type. This year my seed is particularly 

 choice, but supply is limited. 



Packet, 10 cents; half ounce, 30 cents; ounce, 50 cents; 

 quarter pound, $1.50; pound, $5.00. 



IMPROVED 

 SWISS CHARD. 



I offer this season a particularly choice strain 

 of Swiss Chard or Silver Beet. It seems the 

 American people are just becoming acquainted 

 with the desirability of having a little Swiss 

 Chard or Silver Beet, or as it is sometimes 

 called. Sea Kale Beet, in their garden. This beet 

 is grown for its leaves only. The middle of the 

 leaf or midrib is cooked and served like aspara- 

 gus. The other portions of the leaf may be used 

 like spinach. The seed should be sown in spring, 

 in drills, a foot apart. This beet does not make a 

 large root, but is a delicious summer vegetable 

 when cut young and used for "greens," or when 

 matured and used in the manner already de- 

 scribed. Pkt., lOc; oz., 15c.; ^.^ lb., 80c.; lb., 81.00. 



IMP. SWISS CHARD. 



Maule's Extra Early Cucumber 



First for the Table, Market and PlckUng. 



This widely popular cucumber is a cross between 

 Early Russian and Green Prolific. It has become a 

 general favorite. It has the earliness of one parent 

 and the high quality and remarkable prolificness of 

 the other. It always grows uniformly, and is seldom 

 too large for pickling. The vines are of extra vigor- 

 ous growth, with leaves of a dark green color, and 

 produce an abundance of fruits. 



Its extreme earliness is, however, its greatest 

 recommendation, making it invaluable. On account 

 of its earliness and its very high quality I list it 

 among my choicest novelties. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 

 quarter pound, 40 cents; pound. $1.25. 



MAULE'S EXTRA EARLY CUCUMBER. 



MEW WIIVGOLP WAX BKAN Offered for the first time last 



year, as "Nameless Wax. " The $50.00 prize for ihe best name was 

 awarded half to John Van Loon, La Crosse, Wis., and half to C. B. Moss, 

 Jamesburg, N. J., both of whom suggested the name Wingold. The 

 860.00 prize for the best description was awarded to Mrs. J. H. Jones, 

 Chelsea, Ind. Ter. For further description would refer you to page 12. 



Mrs. J. H. Jones. Chelsea, Ind. Ter.— Your Nameless Bean is one of the most 

 prolific beans I ever grew, and one of the most hardy ot all wax beans. It is 

 rust proof and bears its beans up off the ground. Pods are very brittle and entirely 

 Btringless, and stay fit to cook longer than an.v other wax bean; they will do to 

 snap until nearly dry. They are a beautiful golden color, bush is very stalk.y and 

 not easil.v broken by the wind. My husband took a bush to the fair this fall, that 

 liad just been pulled off, with all the beans on it, and we shelled out a quart of dry 

 beans, and we got premiums on both the dry and the bush; they both carried off 

 the Blue Ribbon. 



J. W. Jung, Randolph, Wis.— Your New Nameless Wax Bean stands without a 

 rival as a large, round podded wax bean. It is of unusual hardiness, excellent 

 quality, magnificent appearance and great productiveness. The plants are of the 

 true bush growth, and well covered with leaves. The leaves are of a deep green 

 polor, and free from rust and blight, which destroys some of our standard varie- 

 ties. The pods, which are borne in great profusion, are long, round, very solid 

 and. meaty, free from strings. The.y are of a rich yellow color, very brittle and 

 free from rust. It comes in bearing with the earliest green podded varieties, and 

 being a wax bean presents a more handsome appearance, therefore, always com- 

 mands a better price, 



L. Bailes, Enoch, W. Va.— Your New Nameless is one of the earliest, best and 

 most productive wax beans I ever planted. A strong, robust, upright grower, 

 producing an immense crop of round pods, which are rich, golden yellow, and of 

 the best possible qualit.v. For an early bean for home or market, has no superior, 



G. H. Williams, East Sound, Wash,— New Nameless Wax Bean endured the dry 

 weather well, and did not rust or blight. The plant is larger and stronger than 

 Wardwell's or any other variety of wax bean I have ever tried. It is very healthy 



and prolific, having blossoms and pods from near the ground to the very tips of 

 all shoots or branches. Pods are round, full and large, very meaty, no strings, 

 even when quite old, 



O, J. Garner, Vivian. La.— Nameless Wax Bean stands in the front rank for pro- 

 ductiveness. It was loaded with beautiful golden yellow pods, almost transparent, 

 that will sell at sight in any market. It is free from rust or disease, and is ahead of 

 anything I have ever planted, for table use, being tender, crisp and sweet. 



Elwood Clark. Centerville, Iowa.— Your Nameless Wax Bean is a strong, com- 

 pact grower, with very dark foliage, strong stalk and upright growth; free from 

 runners: round, golden fieshy pods, with no spots, and stringless. Very tender 

 when cooked and of fine flavor; also a most ■prolific bearer. 



Miss P. L. Palmer, Brooklyn, Conn.— For 50 years we have raised beans of 

 various varieties, but have never before found a bean to be compared with your 

 New Nameless Wax, It is early, prolific, entirely free from strmgs, no rust or 

 blight, long pods, exceedingly tender and deliciously sweet; it has every desirable 

 quality. 



Rev, G. H. A. Murray, Hatley, Que. Canada.— Your Nameless Wax Bean is all 

 you claimed for it and "more. Pods area beautiful golden yellow, of uniform size; 

 very succulent, meaty and absolutely stringless. Very early, sturdy and extremely 

 prolific; immune from disease or rust. Keeps on bearing throughout season; just 

 the bean for market gardeners, as it will be chosen in preference to all rivals. 



Mrs. F, E. Lyon, Schooner Point, Ind.— Your Nameless Wax is the best wax 

 bean I have eve'r grown. The plants are remarkably vigorous, compact, stout and 

 erect; they grow from 18 to 20 inches in height, and hold their load of pods well up 

 from the ground. The pods are borne in the greatest profusion, and grow from 7 

 to 8 inches in length, producing the most beautiful, long, straight, round, plump 

 pods, of an elegant rich, transparent yellow color; remarkably uniform in size and 

 shape. They retain their bright attractive appearance a long time, and do not 

 become tough. It is extremely early, being ready to pick in 43 days from planting. 



Prices New Wingold Wax Bean for 1907 : 

 Packet, 15 cents; 3 packets, aft cents; 10 packets, $1.00. 



