60 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1916 



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Pollock's Solid 

 Rock Muskmelon 



Wonderful Shipper 



A green fleshed variety of the most 

 exquisite quality. The handsomest, best 

 netted and most profitable early melon 

 in existence for market gardeners and 

 shippers. The finest rust resisting melon 

 on the market. 



(Green flesh.) It gives us much 

 pleasure to be able to offer to our cus- 

 tomers this grand early solid net strain 

 of Rocky Ford. It has the heaviest, 

 thickest flesh and the smallest seed 

 cavity of all the Rocky Ford musk- 

 melons. The illustration is a repro- 

 duction of a photograph. Its oval 

 shape is the same as the Rocky Foid 

 ^vith a solid white netting. The aver- 

 age yield is over 250 crates per acre of 

 A No. 1 shipping melons, fully a third 

 more than other sorts. The extra thick 

 green flesh has a beautiful pinkish hue 

 of the most delicious quality, and is 

 one of the best rust resisting melons 

 ever produced. It is a wonderful pro- 

 ducer and a profitable market sort; a 

 remarkably fine shipper. Our seed is 

 direct from headquarters, grown in 

 Rocky Ford, Colorado. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 

 quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00. 



HOODOO MUSKMELON. 



EMERALD GEM MUSKMELON. 



EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK MUSKMELON 



357 Hoodoo 



(Orange flesh.) An ideal basket and crate melon of medium size, 

 round, heavily netted, flesh very thick, of rich orange color, handsome 

 appearance and of the sweetest flavor. Average vfeight of melon ly^ 

 pounds. The seed cavity is small and the rind is very tough, making 

 it a good shipper; its vine is a vigorous grower and a heavy cropper. 

 A good medium sized melon for both home or market gardener. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; '^ poiiud, 3.5 cts.; poand, 75 cts. 



373 Emerald Gem 



{Salmon flesh.) This beautiful melon is early and prolific. It is truly 

 a gem. The ribs are marked, but the skin is smooth, of a deep emerald 

 green color. The flesh is thick and firm, ripening almost to the riqd. 

 Packet, 5 cts.; ounce 10 cts.; ^ pound, 30 cts.; pound, $1.00. ^ 



383 Banana 



(Orange flesh.) This curious melon attains a length of 18 to 30 inches and a diameter of 2 to 4 

 inches. The flesh is deep, and of exquisite flavor. It looks and smells like a banana. This sort is 

 not a mere curiosity, but is in such favor as to command good prices iu choice city markets, 

 50 cents to SlOO being sometimes demanded for one specimen. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 14 pound, 60 cents; pound, S3.00. 



372 Extra Early Hackensack 



(Green flesh.) A productive and profitable strain of the old popular 

 Hackensack. In shape and color it is similar, the main difference be- 

 ing in point of earliness. It is a round melon, flattened on the ends and 

 well ribbed. The skin is netted, and the flesh, which is sreen. is rich and 

 sugary. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 'i pound, 30 cts".; pound, Sl.OO. 



381 Early Nutmeg 



(Green flesh.) Fruit of a medium size, verv rich, melting, and of ex- 

 quisite flavor: flesh light green. The skin is a dark green, deeply ribbed 

 and finely netted. It is a productive sort. Largely grown by market 

 gardeners, wlio hold it iu high esteem. 



Packet, 5 cts; ounce, 10 cts; f,' pound. •-J."* cts.; pound, 75 cts. 



BANANA MUSKMELON. 



EARLY NUTMEG MUSKMELON, 



