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WM. HENRY MAULE, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA., 1923 



« Maule’s Shamrock Cucumber 
Holds Its Dark Green Color for Many Days 
_ Our special strain of this desirable cucumber grows regular 
in shape, size and color, and will be sure to please you. 
The vines are very hardy, prolific and a sure cropper, | 

After Picking 
attractive, dark green in color, and stay green for days 
after being picked and shipped. Very crisp and unsurpassed 
for slicing or pickling. 
Matures in 60 days. It is a good 
producing cucumbers 7 to 8 inches long which are very table cucumber and is one of the best market sorts. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25; 5 pounds, $5.75, postpaid. 

A Vegetable that should 
be More Largely Grown 
Egg Plants 
CULTURE.—Sow the seed in hotbed or greenhouse in March or April, and transplant in small pots or shallow boxes. 
It affords an Excellent 
Substitute for Meat 
Plant in the open ground 
when danger of frost is past, in rows 3 feet apart eachway. A packet will produce about 150 plants, an ounce about 2000 plants; 44 pound for 
an acre. 

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281 New York Improved 
Purple Egg Plant 
Leading Sort for Home and Market 
A vigorous grower. Fruit is large, fine and 
free from thorns. Matures in 130 days. Skin 
rich purple. Flesh white and of good flavor. 
We can highly recommend our carefully se- 
lected strain of this egg plant to everyone. 
Packet, 10 cents; half ounce, 30 cents; 
ounce, 50 cents; quarter pound, $1.50; 
pound, $5.50, postpaid. 

282 Blacl 
The Earliest Large Egg Plant 
Originated in South Jersey. It combines in 
itself many characteristics which are very val- 
uable. Itis very early, maturing in 120 days. 
By this we mean it is the earliest variety that 
grows to a good Size suitable for market. Itis 
very desirablein color, being a jet black. Shape 
is well shown in illustration; average weight 
2 to 3 pounds. It is dwarf growing and bears 
its fruit close to the main stem. 
Packet, 10 cents; half ounce. 30 cents; 
ounce, 50 cemts; quarter pound, $1.50; 
pound, $5.50, postpaid. 
New Jersey Grown Egg Plants 
Ready for delivery about May 15th 
I ? 7 7 Seed-bed plants, 50 cents per dozen, 85 cents per 25, $1.60 per 50, 
Maule Ss Excelsior $3.00 per 100, postpaid. By express, not prepaid; $2.50 per 100. 
Pot grown plants, by express, not prepaid, 75 cents per dozen, $5.50 per 100. 






teady for use in 120 to 140 days. To prevent blight and bugs use Bordeaux Mixture, Bordo Lead, Key-Cide or Bug Death. 





277 Maule’s Excelsior 
The Largest of All Egg Plants;Blight Proof 
It is of large size and extremely good shape, 
being particularly adapted to slicing, and for 
flavor it cannot besurpassed. It resists drought 
blight and bad weather to a wonderful degree, 
on account of its strong, upright growth. The 
fruit often measures 18 to 24 inches in circum- 
ference (6 to 8 inches in diameter) and is borne 
well abovetheground. Matures in 140 days. 
Packet, 15 cents; half ounce, 30 cents; 
ounce, 50 cents; quarter pound, $1.50; 
pound, $5.50, postpaid. 


