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20 MAULE’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1902 
The Great RocKy Ford Muskmelon. — 
= Best and Purest Strain of Seed. Actually Gro 
at Rocky Ford, Colorado. 
Most Fashionable Cantaloupe on the 
American Market. . 
Notwithstanding the fact that the Great R 
Ford Muskmelon is only a Strain of my famous 0] 
Netted Gem, my customers in numerous instan 
insist on having Rocky Ford melon seed a 
ally from Colorado. ; “ 
{I am fully prepared to meet this demand, w: 
seed of the best and purest strain. _ 
In my last annual catalogue I published a ce 
cate, duly attested by a notary public, setting f 
the genuineness of this strain and the shipment 
seed to me. The producer was A. B. Wallis, 
the affidavit was made before Charles W. Kn ) 
in Otero Co., Colorado. The seed was grown unde! 
irrigation at Rocky Ford, Colorado, and amounte 
to nearly 500 pounds. ; tater: 
I have again seed grown by the same grower, tf 
) year’s crop being 1000 bs., and can therefore be | 
‘i tive about its purity, freshness and excellence. 
Rocky Fords are certainly famous in the fai 
markets, and are great sellers. They are of co. 
nient size, and their firmness and shape favor t 
as shippers. As to quality, they appeal to the taste: 
epicures everywhere, and hence are in brisk d¢ 
mand, and find a prominent place on the coun 
and shelves of fashionable fruit stores and mar 
stands.” Thousands of crates of them are e 
year sold in Philadelphia, showing no damage by 
reason of their long journey from Colorado. — 
: The melon has green flesh, inclining toward 
3 4 ‘ low at the.centre, and a most appetizing flavor and 
aroma. Fleshis both tender and firm; tender enough for the table and firm enough to stand shupaient: The rind is elastic, but not h 
My seed is selected from the best and finest melons, and can therefore.be relied upon. It is genuine Rocky Ford, grown at Rocky Ford, Co 
Some dealers demand an extra price for Rocky Ford melon seed raised in Colorado, and it does cost a little more to raise it there than here, z 
to transport it to my warehouses, but the increased price is not so great as to prevent me from selling it at very reasonable figures, and I am g! 
to be able to make the following quotations : ; 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 4 pound, zo cents; pound, 6o cents. 
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New National Watermelon. 
THE LONG SOUGHT VARIETY. SUCCEEDS WHERE ALL OTHERS FAIL. 
The reason that this fine, new watermelon received the name of Na-| fact, that a so-pound New National watermelon does not appear to 
tional, was because of its proven ability to flourish almost anywhere, | much larger than a Seminole weighing only 25 pounds. It is parti 
even in districts where watermelons are not usually grown. Its adap-| larly firm and solid at the heart. The flavor is delicious, and the 
tability to location is possessed by very few melons. It is able to accept | is entirely stringless. The seeds are of a ligkt brown color. The 
in a truly remarkable way all soils and climates, and should have uni- | though thin, is very tough, making an effective protection to the 
versal trial all over the North. It will do marvelously well, even under | and insuring good shipping qualities. It is almost unrivalled in all re 
adverse conditions. Many a planter of the New National has been led | spects, for both home and market; and in many places not well adapted 
to say, ‘“‘this is what I have long sought.” to melon culture, it will prove to be a rare boon. £ 
The New National is a watermelon of medium to large size and of| One much pleased planter of the New National Watermelon, w sj 
high table quality. It is of Southern origin, but thrives well in the | me that at his New England home it always produces two very large 
North, even on soils which are quite heavy, provided they are well en- | melons on each vine, and that it is both a good shipper and keeper. 
riched. In shape it is oblong. The outside color is pale, with dark I recommend the New National for universal culture, even where othe 
markings, resembling Seminole, but with markings more distinct. | varieties succeed; but I would particularly present it to the notice 
The flesh is brilliant red in color, and remarkably solid; so solid, in | people who have heretofore failed in growing this sweet summer fruit. 
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