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58 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1917 



NATIONAL WATERMELON 



398 



Maule's National Watermelon 



The National is a watermelon of niediuni to large size and of high table quality. It is of Southern origin, but thrives 

 well in the North. In shape it is oblong. The outside color is pale green, with darker green markings. The flesh is 

 brilliant red in color, and remarkably solid. The flavor is delicious, and the flesh entirely stringless. The rind, though 

 thin, is tough, insuriug good shipping qualities. National produces large melons, often weighing 40 pounds and over. 

 Its handsome appearance and luscious flavor, make it a rapid seller, and for the home garden it has no equal. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; quarter pound, 20 cents; pound, 65 cents, postpaid. 



416 



MAMMOTH IRONCLAD WATERMELON. 



Mammoth Ironclad 



It is one of the great commercial melons. The flesh is of prime 

 quality, always solid and sweet. The heart is very large, and the 

 flesh next to the rind is fully equal in quality to that at the centre. 

 It uniformly grows to greater size with more marketable melons to 

 the acre than any other of the extra large varieties. Ironclad will 

 mostly resist a fall of 3 feet without fracture or even bruise, and is 

 one of the best shippers known. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; !^ pound, 20 cts.; pound, 65 cts. 



394 Gray Monarch or Long White Icing 



The exterior color of thisfine melon is a light green, though its 

 mottled markings make It appear gray. The flesh is deep red in 

 color, and equal or superior in quality to the old Icing from which 

 it is derived. It differs in shape as well as in size from its parent, but 

 lacks none of the virtues of that sweet flavored variety. Specimens 

 of Gray Monarch weighing 60 to 70 pounds have been produced. 

 It has become widely popular both in the home market and garden. 

 Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; ^ pound, 25 cts.; pound, 75 cts. 



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THE JONES WATERMELON. 



417 



The Jones 



A magnificent large melon: dark green rind, slightly striped; flesh 

 bright red, very juicy and delicious. Medium early, very prolific, is 

 much larger than Kolb's Gem. A carload of 800 melons, avernging 48 

 lbs. each, were gathered from two-thirds of an acre. One grower" writes 

 that they produced ripe melons in tio days. Has been grown toimmeuse 

 size, and even the largest specimens hold their good flavor. An ex- 

 cellent melon for home use as well as shipping purposes. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; J4 pound, 20 cts.; pound, 65 cts. 



418 



Mixed Watermelons 



All different sorts in a grand mixture, producing melons of differ- 

 ent shapes, maturing early and late, and all of a delicious flavor. 

 Everyone is sure to get a melon to suit their taste. Just what is 

 wanted for the garden. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; >^ pound, 20 cts.; pound, 65 cts. 



GRAY MONARCH OR LONG WHITE ICING WATERMELON. 



