WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vesretable Seeds — 57 



TOM WATSON V/ATER',lEL._ 



395 



Tom Watson Watermelon 



The Most Popular of All the Shipping Melons 



Ithough comparatively a new melon it seems to be an instantane- 

 suceess in some of the very best watermelon growing sections of 

 country. The above Illustration was taken from a melon sent into 

 office of an average specimen of the stock my seed was being saved 

 n; it weighed 36 pounds, and my boys at the office in sampling it, 

 ught it about as delicious a melon as thej' had ever eaten. Tom 

 tson is a long, dark, mottled green melon, which at times grows 

 eptionally large, often weighing from 6U to 70 pounds, and is at the 



same time one of the most prolific melons in cultivation. It is a most 

 excellent shipper for long distances, although the rind is thin, the flesh 

 Is of most superb quality and intense red in color. On some markets 

 the past season it sold readily while old style melons were neglected. In 

 conclusion would say, where three or four acres were grown in 1908, in 

 1912 several hundred were planted, and this history repeats itself wher- 

 ever Tom Watson has been introduced. I have secured a fine lot of 

 direct headquarters seed, which I offer at the following prices: 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; ]4. pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.35, postpaid. 



BLACK BOULDER OR BLACK DIAMOND WATERMELON. 



Black Boulder or Black Diamond 



his excellent shipping watermelon, originated in New Jersey; by 

 ! of the largest melon growers. Enormously productive, reaching 

 aammoth size, melons weighing from 7.5 to 90 pounds are frequent; 

 aniform symmetrical shape, roundish to bluntly oval; and this sim- 

 •Ity of shape runs through the entire field With rich, dark green, 

 lost black skin, p'lesh bright red and firm. It cuts equal to any 

 rket melon, and its shipping qualities are phenomenal, no other 

 Ion equaling it in toughness of rind; in this respect superior to 

 Ib's Gem, while it is fast becoming one of the leading melons for 

 ,rket. All the praise of high quality bestowed on the Sweetheart can 

 repeated on this melon. It is one of the best shipping melons and 

 imilar to old Black Spanish, but supersedes it in every way. 

 iPackct, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; \4 pound, 30 cts.; pound, $1.00. 



SHAKER BLUE WATERMELON. 



410 



Shaker Blue 



This is a large melon of handsome appearance. The rind is dark 

 green striped with narrow bands of lighter green, but when ready. for 

 shipping has a solid dark green appearance. It grows to huge size, 

 averaging when well grown from 40 to 50 pounds each. In addition to 

 this it is a melon of delicious flavor, and frequently produces melons 

 as large as 60 to 80 pounds each, its bright red flesh being of tempting 

 appearance. The vines are of vigorous growth and so thrifty as to 

 insure a heavy crop. This melon will also be found entirely satisfac- 

 tory as a long distance shipper. It grows as large as the Triumph, and 

 being white seeded, except for its more exquisite flavor, might be 

 termed a "White Seeded Triumph." 



Packet, 5 ?ts.; ounce, 10 cts.; ' I pound, 35 cts.; pouud, 75 ct§j 



