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MAULE’S SUPERIOR WATERMELONS 
CULTURE.—Watermelons do best on light, well drained soils, but there are varieties adapted to heavy loams. The hills should be § feet apart 
each way, with some well rotted manure in each hill, thoroughly incorporated with the soil. Plant the seed as soon as the weather is really 
warm and settled. A packet will plant about 10 hills, an ounce about 30 hills; 3 or 4 pounds of seed to the acre. Allow two or three plants to 
remain in each hill. Ready 
to use in 60 to 100 days. Fight bugs with Bordo Lead, Key-Cide, Red Wing, Bug Death or Slug Shot. 




395 Tom Watson The Most Popular of All Melons for Shipping 
This melon was an instantaneous success in some of the very best watermelon growing sections of the country. The above illustration was 
taken from a nielon sent into our office. It is an average specimen of the stock from which our seed is saved; it weighed 36 pounds. Tom Watson 
is a long, dark, mottled green melons which at times grows exceptionally large, often weighing from 60 to 70 pounds, but at the sarne time one 
of the most prolific melons in cultivation. Although the rind is thin it is very tough, making it a most excellent shipper for long distances. 
The flesh is of most superb quality and intense red in color; matures in 90 days. A desirable melon for both market and home use. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00; 5 pounds, $4.50, postpaid. 
409 Golden Sweet Watermelon 
i Sy EE ates Yellow Fleshed, Sweet, Crisp and 
Delicious 
A large melon with yellow flesh that fairly 
melts in the mouth, and which for its fine 
sugary, juicy and delicious flavor cannot be 
@ surpassed by any red flesh melon on the 
4 market. The outside skin is dark green, 
4 grows a long oblong in shape, maturing 
its large size melons in 85 days. The rind 
is thin but hard, and the color of flesh a 
golden yellow, solid, crisp, smooth, of de- 
licious sweetness, and with few seeds. For 
table use it is equaily as good as any of the 
red flesh varieties, and is extensively 
planted. Its tempting, melting flavor, has 
st Pate es ee = made it one of the most popular water- 
409 GOLDEN SWEET WATERMELON. melons of our list for the home gardener. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25; 5 pounds, $5.75, postpaid. 
The Favorite Melon Everywhere 
414 Alabama Swee Does Well in the South on North 
This splendid large melon, as shown in 
the illustration, is oblong in shape. The 
tough skin is very dark green, with still 
darker stripes; flesh is dark red in color, fine 
grained, sweet and luscious, entirely free of 
stringiness. A first class shipper; under 
good cultivation they grow to a very large 
Size, frequently weighing from 30 to 60 
pounds, and commanding the very highest 
prices in the market. Makes a strong, 
- healthy vine and is very productive; ma- 
_ tures in 85 days. It is a favorite above all 
_ others in sections where it has been grown. v P = 
_ Also one of the best melons for home use. 414 ALABAMA SWEET WATERMELON. 
, Packet, 8 cents; ounce, 12 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00; 5 pounds, $4.50, postpaid. 


















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