

The demand the last four years 

 for this magnificent Celery has always 

 exceeded my supply. Last year was as bad 

 as the year before. Almost every order 

 seemed to want from one to ten packets of 

 5^- Golden Self-Blanching until I had sold every grain of 



seed on hand. IT HAS PROVED AHEAD OP 

 EVERY OTHER IN CULTIVATION. NOTHING LIKE 

 IT HAS EVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE. Golden Self- 

 Blanching, besides being remarkably stocky and a wonderfully 

 strong grower, is very heavy, perfectly solid, of a delicious 

 sweet flavor, and with, all these points is a wonderful 

 keeper. One would think that these would be a sufficient number 

 of good qualities, but to all these is added 



THE WONDERFUL QUALITY OF SELF-BLANCHIHG 



to a very remarkable extent. Without banking-up, or any 

 covering to speak of, even the outer ribs become of a 

 yellowish white color, the heart being large, solid, and of a 

 beautiful golden-yellow color. Every celery-grower should test 

 Golden Self-Blanching this season without fail. As a variety 

 that needs no hanking it is recommended to all. 

 Packet, 15 cents ; 4 packets, 50 cents ; ounce, 75 cts. 



P EEFEOTION MUSKMELOH. -^rw S H^n p S. 



would recommend this most excellent of melons too highly. 

 It is simply the perfection of the muskmelon family, equally 

 desirable and profitable to the planter of a dozen hills or the 

 planter of tens of thousands, and it has no superior among musk- 

 melons, except Maule's New Superior offered on the first page of 

 this catalogue. In the last four years it has been planted by 

 thousands of melon growers in all sections of the country and it 

 has given one and all entire satisfaction. I really believe that I 

 can show at my office three times the number of testimonials in 

 regard to the good qualities of Perfection than have been written 

 concerning any other variety of muskmelon ever introduced. 



Originated "six years ago in Chenango Co., N. Y., by one of 

 my best customers, I secured a small sample of seed from him in 

 1883. In sending it to me I could not help but think he praised it 

 too highly, stating as he did, that he had tested almost all known 

 varieties and found Perfection superior to them all. After a 

 careful test on my trial grounds, I discovered it was fully up to 

 his recommendation, and indeed a wonderful acquisition. 



It is nearly round, as may be seen by the cut, of good size, 

 frequently weighing 8 to 10 lbs. each. Of a'dark green color out- 

 side, heavily netted, while inside they are of a rich orange color, 

 and I venture to say with thicker flesh than any other variety in 

 cultivation, there being scarcely room for the seeds. As to flavor, 

 they take the lead of all and are far ahead of everything else at 

 present cultivated. It can he recommended alike for 

 either home or market use, and has fully demonstrated 

 that it is simply the PERFECTION OF J1USKMELONS. 

 It surpasses all others in delicious flavor and unusual 

 productiveness, beauty of form and desirable shipping 

 qualities ; ill fact, it can't he heat. After strong competi- 

 tion the $50.00 premium last year was awarded to William T. 

 Kephart, Holt, Mo., for raising the finest melon. 



Nothing is so delicious as a really good muskmelon ; conse- 

 quently I look for a large demand for this, the sweetest and 

 most delicious of all, the coming season. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 ox., 35 cts.; y A lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.80. 





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Harry Geyer, New Concord, Ohio: "The seeds I purchased from 

 you last Spring were a grand success. The Perfection Musk Melon 

 exceeds any thing I ever saw in beauty and size. Other seeds were 

 all you recommended them to be. In the future I shall recommend 

 Maule's Seeds as the best grown." 



George Hill, Mendon, N. Y. "I am well pleased with all the 

 seeds received from you. Maule's Wethersfield Onions, Golden Self 

 Blanching Celery and Perfection Musk Melons are the best varieties 

 I ever saw. Silver King Onions are the largest I ever planted." 



Peter Rowe, Hebrohj Ills.: "We have planted your seeds for 

 four or five seasons and find them 'true blue' every time. Perfec- 

 tion Musk Melon cannot be beat." 



pj^jjjj^gjjij REMEMBER that if you want * 



■ Maule's Seeds you must order £ 



them direct from Philadelphia. There is no » 



agency for the sale of Maule's Seeds, either f 



in the United States or Canada. They can "S, 



only be had direct from headquarters. f 



EXTRA EARLY LJIUA.— Also known as Early Jersey. >Q 



This is lu days to two weeks earlier than anv other pole Lima, and P 



until the introduction of THE NEW BUSH EIIUA this year, 1 



was the earliest in cultivation. Notwithstanding its earliness it still g 



equals the ordinary large Lima in quality and productiveness, while • 



the beans are equally as large. Many in the North who have never w 



been able to raise Lima Beans until they planted this variety have had " 



great success with Extra Early Lima. Pkt , In cts.' pt.. 40 cts.: qt., 75c. ** 



