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Address all orders to WM. HENRY MAULEH, No. 1711 Filbert Street. Philadelphia, Pa.,U.S. A. 
BULK SEED PRICE LIST. 
The following figures are quoted on quantities of not less than one bushel, when the article is quoted by the bushel, and 
not less than ten pounds when offered by the pound. The price includes delivery free on board cars or boat in Philadelphia 
—no charge for bags, boxes or cartage, but purchaser must in all cases pay the transportation charges. 

































































































BEANS. t MATa aealiear : 
MheiGhan tenayvincnc..cccccescsocesres Wonderful Sugar or Melver...$ 45 ham pion of England doubaeentns 
Green Pod Bush, Bus. | Maule’s Danve's.. .......--..++ Halbert Honey ...........:000 - 60 Black-Kyed Marrowfat . 
Imp. Round Pod Valentine...$ 4.75 | Maule’s Imp. Long Orange. 4 Gray Monarch oon -60 White Marrowfat'. 25 sss 
Stringless Green Pod..............- 7.00 | Early Half Long Searlet.. 59 | Fordhook Early... +39 , PUMPKIN. 
Giant Podded Stringless.. RUNDICON | PELCCU St Maller y..-------csesnen 55 | Cuban Queen ............ +35 r ie 
Best ofgAnlirecerceesweeen cic 4.50 | Large White Vosges .35 | Georgia Rattlesnake 45 | Large (0) XE) Coaccesnstcoccbos eb OHO 
Early Mohawk ............ -1.0-+:00+ 4.25 | Imp. Short White ...... 35 | Sweet Heart .............. 45 Cashaw sesetceesenceeaes 
Imp. Karly Yellow 6 Weeks... 4.50 | Large White Belgian .. .. 3. | New National... -60 Connecticut Field .................... 
Extra Early Refugee . 5.00 | Large Yellow Belgian.............. 3) | Alabama Sweet 60 RADISH. 
Round Pod Refugee .. . 5.00 | Long Lemon Stump Rooted.. — .60 Iceberg..... Coe 0030 «35 Long Searlet Short Top LAB 
Large White Marrowfat.. 4.50 SWEET OR SUGAR CORN. True Dark Icing.. 80 WARIS Sc RESTICSNSCARIO CE ok, tae 
Burlingame Medium..... 4.00 The Dixie ....... ia) Sarl freed Whi eee eben 
Boston Péa\ ee 4.00 | 5.; Bus. | Pjorida Favori 25 | Scarlet Lurnip te Tippe 4 
Sage a So IEVIESTLOTPACI i, cccsccecenticceeeeeeereteeteiI Dy. OO, Kolb’s Gem ....... ‘35 | New Icicle. 1 cal Wi 45 
Was ox welow gE od: Premo ....... DON ironclad mee enamine 35 | Just So... -80 
PYORISLON saceseestescsseeeeet recor 9.00 | The Cory ......... 4.00 Lightning Searle nip... 45 
Imperial ........ 8.00 | Adam’s Extra 3.50 ONION. Maule’s Earliest White... 45 
Davis Kidney................ 8.00 | Early Champion ....... 4.50 | Gommercial Yellow Globe... 1.75 | White Lady Vinger....... 45 
Imp. Rust Proof Golden.. 8.50 | Kendel’s Barly Giant.. 4.50 | \aule’s Prizetaker ........... .75 | Chartiers........ ciesite 45 
7 4.50 White Char 45 
Prolific Black..............0. . 7.50 | Maule’s XX.............. 0 | xtra Barly Australian .. "5 ite Chartiers .. 45 
Wardwell’s Kidney ............. 8.50 me mopontan... 4.50 | Targe Red Wethersfield .. “60 Hone ieandinaley -45 
Pole. BN = Bo occ 0-49 | Yellow Globe Danvers .. .60 Z Jeet Aas Dike «Be 
White Evergreen 8.78 Early Searlet Turnip.. 85 
Imp. Kentucky Wonder........ 6.00 | Barly Sheffield... B50] | Core es #3 | Viek's Scarlet Globe. 45 
White Creaseback.......... - 0.00 | Mammoth White Cory 4.50 Tone Barly Red .......... “60 Scarlet Olive Shaped.. 45 
Lazy WAVES --.--.-: >. | Country Gentieman....... 4.50 | Australian’ Brown..... .60 | White Strasburg ... 45 
Golden Cluster ... Nonesuch ...........-.. 4.25 | Southport Red Globe .. 70 | White Box .... 45 
Lima. Gi Aare sees aes Southport White Globe. 1.20 Maule’s Winte -60 
Siebert’s Early Pole................. sits) || 2s z WIENER ee Yellow Duteb.................... d SALSIFY. 
: 2 Improved Giant Su 4.50 é ‘Shi 3 b 
Salem Improved Pole .. - 5.00 z aA °. a'5- | Red Globe Wethersfield 80 | 4, : = Z 5 
King Artie Garden Pole. 5.25 weuige Mammoth..... ne | Ohio Yellow Globe ie “g9 | Mammoth Sandwich Island... 85 
W 00d’s Prolific Bush .... EB h10) |} PSS OPS in a eo “° | Extra Early Cracker.. -60 SPINACH. 
BuEeeers Bushee ee) 16:25) | CUCUMBER. Lb. | Silver SS Kolin eeseneesess e2hSces 1,25 Bioomsdatare aun 20 
Henderson’s Bush.................065 5.50 | Shamrock............... 2.00 | Mammoth Silver King. 1.75 WHOS) Li ee dee 20 
BEET Lp, | Maule’s Extra Early 1.25 oS ane ee ie Long Standing 00 
. ‘| Fordhook Famous. .................. 1.50 ermuda Islan¢ i 75 ° aa Bs to) 
Maule’s Blood Turnip 75 | Maule’s Barly White Spine ... "85 FUOUNG GCA VG is... --senccseeee cence +20 
New Market King. -60 | Maule’s Imp. Long Green...... .75 PARSNIP. SQUASH. 
New Alpha... 1.00 | Green Prolifle wee eee «75. | White Lisbon... 1:50'| Harliest White Bush ............... 60 
Philadelphia Early Turnip 39 | Extra Long White Spine -85 | Improved Half Long..... -60 | Karly Yellow Bush........... .60 
Hepa seeeeeeeeee esse eetteeeaterteeeecees ee paurercen TBS OS Recor Rac -60 | Improved Long Smooth......... 35 Wine Summer Crookneck ...  .45 
EDU aD Fe merald...... 75 | OStON MArrow........c.cccceecseees .60 
BCCUrIG non esssnenscesnnse -45 | Cool and Crisp +85 PEAS. Bus. | Maule’s Improved Hubbard... 1.00 
SES ENS EN GI -3> | Cumberland ........... -89 | Maule’s Earliest of All. 5.50 | Golden Hubbard ......-..0.0-..-. "85 
Market Gardeners... 50 | Karly Green Cluster -85 | Prolific Barly Market ............ 4.50 
Be grons blood: ae seat JES Oe Sree pe | Maule’s Imp. Extra Early...... 4.50 aes Aue a 
Sea er aimee eae aera - y me Sewers ees wen 0 2) AS KG)... ncccnscccccrersssenccssscccce . y' i TLD Dae rsccnnccncee . i 
Maule’s Imp. Long Red 85 | Nichol’s Medium Green... (85 | Maule's Family Garden... 375 | Red Top Strap Leat ccc. 35 
Imperial SUgAT once oD Perfected Jersey Pickle............85 | Prosperity or Gradus .... 9.00 | Early White Flat Dutch.. .30 
klein! Wanzleben! Sugar... -20 Thorburn’s Everbearing ........ +2 | Nott’s Excelsior ....... 7.50 | Southern Seven Top. ..... .35 
Mangels. Short Green or Early Frame. .75 | American Wonder 6.50 Yellow Aberdeen eta -30 
Giant Half Sugar................... 25 MUSKMELON. Premium Gem........ /.00 | White Six Weeks .. .89 
Champion Yellow Globe. -20 | 0 , Pra SUN DTISC hresracceestecateaaces 6.75 | Cow Horn............ 20 
Trane eae peed AEC n od ak, SS 1-73 | MeLean’s Little Gem - 7.00 | Golden Bail. ‘30 
Maule’s Gatepo .. .25| Rocky Ford, Col. Grown.. ‘60 | Everbearing .......-..... cote 4.50 | White Egg ........ 30 
Yellow Lamkand 22... .20 | Petoskey or Paul Rose.. ‘69 | Horsford’s Market Garden 4.50 | Large Yellow Glo +30 
Giant Yellow Intermediate... .20 | Beek’s Strawberry ........ ‘55 | Long Island Mammoth. 6.00 | White Globe ..............ce eee eee -30 
Mammoth Prize Long Red... .20 | Ferry’s New Defender ..... : {69 | Shropshire Hero ........ Bee RUTA BAGA. 
CARROT. Extra Early Grand Rapids..... deo Toe bene ee 6.50 Maule’s Heavy Cropping......... 3) 
New Golden RiOdstrr-ss.cecesee 85 WATERMELON. Pride of the Market. 7.00 | Improved Purple Top ..... 25 
Oxheantise ee oo © daa) || JBIeyPaeEP IDE WALICS i paseeessacenssseodesscoo 1.00 | Dwarf Telepone .......... 8.00 | Sutton’s Champion ..... - 20 
Early Scarlet Horn.................. 40 | Kileckley Sweets........... ........00. .45 | Improved Stratagem ........ ..... 7.00 | White ROCK...............cc..c.cseereee 25 
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Prof. Massey, the well-known agricultural editor, had this to say about Panmure 
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last summer in his celebrated publication: 
The intense competition in the seed trade | Jersey, was added, so as to have soils and | really red hot as they hung on the plants. A 
in these days makes it necessary that those 
who would gain and retain the patronage of 
the gardening public should use the utmost 
care to preserve the purity of the stocks of 
seed they sell, and to be always on the alert 
to find new things in vegetables and flowers 
which promise to be yaluable. Therefore, it 
has become an essential part of a seedsman’s 
business to test for himself, under the same 
conditions as his customers will be subject to, 
all the seeds which he proposes to sell. In 
no other way can he be assured of the real 
character of every plant offered to the public. 
It is especially necessary to test the seeds 
of plants that are offered as novelties. in order 
that the seedsman may protect his customers 
from having some old or worthless truck put 
upon them as new and yaluable. And none 
know so well as the large seedsmen how many 
of these things are discarded after large 
sums have been paid for them. 
In view of this need for accurate testing 
of seeds in the open ground the leading seeds- 
men all have their test farms where every 
variety of seed offered to their customers is 
tried under the same conditions as the general 
public have to contend with. We have just 
lately had an opportunity to visit one of these 
test farms, and never spent a few hours more 
pleasantly or profitablv. 
The farm in question is known as ‘Pan- 
mure,” and is owned by one of the leading 
advertisers in The Practical Farmer, Mr. 
Wm. Henry Maule. Mr. Maule found, some 
years ago, that the soil on his Pennsylvania 
place was not as well suited for some things 
as a lighter and warmer soil would be. Hence 
conditions suited to all the various seeds 
sold. We found Panmure beautifully located 
on level, light land, right alongside the rail- 
road leading to Cape May and Atlantic City, 
where the thousands of passengers can view 
the well kent grounds as the trains fly past. 
We walked at our leisure through the grounds 
and examined everything, and were particu- 
larly struck by the absence of weeds, show- 
ing the care taken to give all plants the best 
possible chance. A large plat of the new egg- 
plant, the “Black Beauty,’ attracted us at 
once by the wonderful profusion of the fruit 
and the good size and perfect form of the 
specimens. It is very evident that here is 
the plant that will to a great extent supersede 
the old favorite New York Improved. Nearby 
was a large plat of the Panmure All Heart 
watermelon, and we ate a goodly share of one 
of them and found it good and sweet, with a 
wonderfully thin but tough rind, and with 
seeds than those of watermelon. The Honey 
muskmelon followed the watermelon, and not- 
sweet as the little Rocky Ford. The influ- 
ence of soil was particularly marked in the 
Chinese Giant pepper. In our garden of 
heavy soil this pepper makes a great growth 
but seems rather unproductive. 3ut here 
the great pods, as large as Rocky Ford musk- 
melon, were so crowded on the plants that 
they could hardly find room to grow. . The 
new Neapolitan pepper we believe will be a 
very popular one for stuffed pickles. Its uni- 
form size and smooth shape make it very at- 

Panmure, over in the lighter soil of New 
tractive, and it is wonderfully prolific. Then 
| the large pods of the ‘“‘Red Hot” pepper looked 
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little seeds that remind one more of apple | 
withstanding its large size we found it as | 

plat containing specimens of all the varieties 
of winter squashes was very interesting. No 
seed will be saved from these, of course, as 
there would be a general mixture. But as 
showing the purity of the sorts, and their 
wonderful variety, the plat was very inter- 
esting. In a large plat of the Black Seeded 
Russian sunflower we measured seed heads 
over 14 inches in diameter and if we were 
poultry fanciers we would certainly grow a 
good many of these rich seeds for fowls. We 
were glad to see our old favorite watermelon, 
the Wonderful McIver Sugar melon, still hold- 
ing its own and as fine as ever. To our taste 
there is no better melon. 
But the flowers at Panmure were the glory 
of the place. We have always thought the 
Bonfire Salvia was the best that could be had. 
But here was one that beats it greatly. The 
Drooping Spikes Salvia has far more com- 
pact spikes, and is so crowded with the showy 
flowers that one could not find room for an- 
other spike. Then dahlias by acres, of all the 
newest and best. The immense size and 
bright colors of a lot of single-flowered seed- 
lings attracted us more than the massive and 
perfect forms of the show dahlias, while the 
cactus dahlias were to our mind the perfec- 
tion of dahlias. But to describe all we saw 
is not possible in our space. The pretty 
dwelling and the ample barn lend a finish to 
the place, while the neatly trimmed hedge of 
California privet along the railroad front 
frames in one of the most beautiful of garden 
pictures, and we took the train for Philadelphia 
more than ever convinced that the purchasers 
of Mr. Maule’s seeds will haye the truth 
told about them. 
