MELONS. 



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For years txfth MuakmeUm and Watermelon seed, saved only from the choicest 

 specimens, has been one of my leading specialties. Tens of thousands of 

 pounds have been furnished my customers to their entire satisfaction, with- 

 out a single complaint; for the simple reason that it has never been my 

 practice to market all the best melons and save all the culls for seed pur- 

 poses. Seed from the best melons only are none too good for my customers 

 iV'^VM ™''°"* I know have no use for seed from culls and unmarketable melons. 



'^ Tvjj MAUJLE'S SUrKKlOR.— >fo One is better aware than I that during 

 j-flAlJ the last few years any number of new Muskmelons have been oflered 

 '"'.JJj tlie American public; consequently, I have been unusually careful in 

 Slowing and examining into the merits of the new varieties before of- 

 fering them to my customers. Maule's Superior ripens about the same 

 time as the Jenny Lind, a wonderfully strong and vigorous piower pro- 

 ducing frequently 5, 6 and 7 melons to the vine that in quality are un- 

 surpassable, while for transportation purposes they cannot be excelled 

 They have never been known to crack or rot at the blossom end, and 

 they are so attractive in appearance that they will always command 

 from 10 to 25 cents per basket more than any other variety. I do not 

 think a better name could have been chosen than Superior for this ex- 

 cellent Muskmelon, and my customers can rest assured that if they 

 want a profitable variety for market, or a desirable Muskmelon for the 

 home garden, they canuot do better than plant Superior the comine 

 season. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; i4 pound, 30 cts.; pound, SO cts. 



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Netted Gem. Pkt., 5c. 



NETTED GEM.— A small melon, weighing 

 from 13^ to VXi pounds each. They are thick- 

 meated, the flesh is light green in color, and 

 uniformly of fine, luscious flavor; skin green, 

 regularly ribbed and thickly netted. They are 

 almost as solid as a =:.= 

 cannon ball, and will ^ 

 keep well five to seven g_ 

 days after picking. They =| 

 are a very heavy cropper, g^ 

 and are extra" early in ^ 

 ripening. 1 offer seed ^eJ 



grown from stock ob- S^ 

 tained direct from introducer, and can recommend it i^~ 

 tc all. Packet, 5 cent.';; onnce, 10 cents; ^^ pound, 



30 cents; pound, 

 90 cents. 



MAULE'S PRIZE JENNY LIND.— 



It Is astonishing that this, the most delicious 

 small melon, is so little known outside of the 

 State of New Jersey. There it is more largely 

 grown than any other variety, and thousands 

 y^y,, upon thousands of 

 '^ baskets are annually 

 ^ shipped to New York 

 ^^ and Philadelphia 

 pjl markets, where they 

 Mi always meet with 

 ^ ready sale. Jly strain 

 z'' of this popular variety 



, popular variety aiaule's Prize Jenny Lind. 



y^ has been carefully 



^\' selected for years. It is the earliest of all the green- 

 ■ fleshed sorts. Pkt., 

 5 cts.; oz., 10 

 cts.; \i )b., 

 ■25c.; lb., 

 70 cts. 



BALTIMOllK. Packet, 5 cents. 



STARN'S FAVORITE. Packet, 5 cents. 



MAULE'S BAY VIE'W. Packet, 5 cents. 



STARN'S FAVOR ITE — This variety, which I introduced in 1887, was also 

 catalogued the same year under the name of "Champion Market." It origi- 

 nated with one of my customers, Mr. E. N. Starn, of New Jersey, about 18 years 

 ago. Mr. Starn has grown it to the exclusion of all other varieties ever since, 

 annually planting from 10 to 20 acres, the products of which have always sold 

 at good prices the entire season, and many times at t-wo to three times the 

 price of other sorts. They are nearly round, just a little oblong, thickly 

 netted, with thick, green flesh. Rich and spicy and one of the very best flavored 



in cultivation. They are shy seeders ; the cavity for seed in many of them is so 

 small that if they were all seed inside the flesh they could not contain many. 

 They are very attractive in appearance and a good shipper. Mr Starn has never 

 had a grower to see or taste them but wanted some of the seed. In addition to 

 their attractive appearance and most excellent shipping qualities, they are also 

 an enormous cropper and will be pronounced by all who plant them as most 

 certainly a favorite and most profitable market variety. Pkt., 5 cts. ; 

 ounce, 10 cents ; % pound, 30 cents ; 1 pound, $l.(»i. 



EARLY IMPROVED CHRISTIANA.— This is a most popular early 

 in New York State, being 10 days earlier than than the Nutmeg. Many market 

 growers, having once planted it, always continue to do so, pronouncing 't just the 

 sort for early market on account of its extreme earUness. Try it. Pkt, 5 cents ; 

 ounce, 10 cents ; J^ pound, 25 cents ; pound 70 cents. 



CASABA.— It has thick greeu flesh, of delicate and delicious flavor. 

 Weight from 10 to 12 lbs. Pkt., 5 cents; onnce, 10 cents; % lb., 25 cts.; lb., 70 cts. 

 HACK.ENSACK..— Large size, well known in N. Y'. market. Round shape, 

 flattened ends;deeply netted, MONTREAL Often weigh- 



very productive.excel- , ■rflfiSjIBi^T^'t-^ , , ing from 20 to 25 lbs. In 1883, 

 lent quality. I.iked^^ J j^ H^ ^B^^^^^^^^w three melons were raised, 

 by market gar- ^^^^S^^^^^^;^^^^^^^a. weighing respectively 39}.^, 

 deners. Pkt. .^i^^^^^feSlg^^S^gS^^N^l^ 38^/^, and 38^^ lbs. each. 



" ilition to their 

 size, the flesh is 

 arkably thick, of 

 ;ious melting fla- 

 r, regular shape, 

 early round flat- 

 ened ends, skin 

 green, densely 

 netted, and very 

 productive. At 

 t considerable ex- 

 I pense, I pro- 

 cured a few lbs. 

 I of Montreal di- 

 ' rect from orig- 

 inal source in 

 Canada. Pkt. 10c. 

 oz., 15 c.; i-ilh., 

 30c.; lb., $1.00. 



B ALTI MORE Quite 



early and very large and showy. 

 A fine netted, green fleshed 

 variety, for either market or 

 private gardeners. Pkt., 5c.; 

 oz., 10c. ; 14 lb., 25c.; lb., 70c. 



MAULE'S BAY VIEW. 

 —Under ordinary cultivation 

 will reach 12 to 15 lbs. A''ery 

 productive, and most excel- 

 lent in many other ways ; they 

 are fiim when ripe; excellent 

 for shipping. Packet, 5 cents ; 

 ounce, 10 cents ; Ji pound, 25 

 cents ; jxiund, 70 cents. 



NUTMEG — Skin deep 

 green, finely netted ; flesh of 

 rich and delicious flavor. Pkt., 



5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; H pound, -..t-tt^^-w^^ -^ ■, ^ r 



25 cents ; pound, 70 cents. NUTMEG. Packet, 5 cents. 



HARDY RIDGE.— This is a great favorite in France. Flesh is wonder- 

 fully thick, 4 to 5 in. through; juicy and sugary, with few seeds. Pkt, lOc; oz., ,30c. 



BANANA.— At first Banana Melon was cultivated more as a curiosity than 

 anything else, but the last few seasons have seen them bring such high prices, 

 50 "cents to $1.00 a piece in Philadelphia, New York and Boston markets,, that 

 they prove a most profitable marfeet crop. They must not be confounded 

 with the old Log of Wood, as they are entirely distinct and resemble no other 

 melon. Thev attain a length of from eighteen inches to two feet six inches, and 

 are from two" to four inches thick. Flesh, very thick, of a salmon color; in flavor 

 remarkably delicious, and equal to almost any melon you have ever eaten. It 

 looks almost like an overgrown banana, and, moreover, smells like one. 

 It is not only a curiosity, but in flavor is unquestionably fine. Packet.lOcents ; 

 ounce, 20 cents ; 14- pound, 50 cents; 





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