MTJSKlYIELOiNrS 



NETTED GEM — A small melon weighing 

 from \M to 1% 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 g;l=^ 

 keep well five to seven £3 

 days after picking. They 

 are a very heavy cropper, 

 and are extra early in 

 Pkt., 5 cts. ripening — no variety 



MAVLE'S PRIZE JENNY LINO 



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 

 upon thousands of 



NETTED GEM. 



being earlier. I offer seed grown from stock obtained 

 direct from introducer, and can recommend it to all. 

 Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 10 cents ; % pound, 30 cents ; 



pound, !I0 

 cents. 



baskets are annually 



shipped to New York 



and Philadelphia 

 I markets, where they 

 'i always meet with 

 " ready sale. My strain 



of this popular __ ,, „. T 



variety has teen care- Maule's Prize Jenny 



fully selected for years. It is the earliest of 



green-fleshed sorts. 



Pkt, 5 cts.; 



oz., 10 cts.; 



341b., 30c 



lb. 90c 



e 



Lind. <5 



all the » 



9 



BALTIMORE. Packet, 5 cents. 



STARN'S FAVORITE. Packet, 10 cents. 



MAULE'S BAY VIEW. Packet, 5 cents. * 



STARN'S FAVORITE — This variety, which I introduced in 1887, was 

 also catalogued by a brother seedsman the same year under the name of " Cham- 

 pion Market," and has also been sold in South Jersey for several years as the 

 " Bridgeton Favorite." It originated with one of my customers, Mr. E. N. Starn, 

 of Fairton, N. J., about ten 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 

 two 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. I offer the direct headquarters seed, raised by Mr. Starn, 

 whose crop I control, as follows : Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; % lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.25. 



EARLY IMPROVED CHRISTIANA. 



— This is a most popular early in New 

 York State, being 10 days earlier than 

 the Nutmeg. Many market growers, 

 having once planted it. always con- 

 tinue to do so, pronouncing it just 

 the sort for early market on ac- 

 count of its extreme earliness. 

 Try it. Pkt., 5 cents ; oz., 10 cents ; 

 \i lb., 30 cents ; lb., 90 cents. 



CASABA.— It has a thick, 

 green flesh, of delicate and deli- 

 + -,* - cious flavor. Weight from 

 -^amsm 10 to 12 lbs. Pkt., 5 c; bz. 

 B| 10c; *4 lb.. 30c; lb„ 90c. 

 |B HACKENSACK.- 



.fB Of large size and well- 

 __ known in the New York 

 jj market. It attains a large 

 1= size, round in shape, and 

 _. flattened at the ends ; is 

 == deeply netted, very pro- 

 ductive, and of excellent 

 quality. One of the very 

 best for the market-gar- 

 dener. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz., 10 

 cts.; \j lb. 30 cts.: lb. 90 cts. 



MONTREAL.— Has often weighed as high as 20 to 2-3 lbs., and in 1883, 

 three melons were raised, one of which weighed 39% lbs., another 38>£ lbs., and 

 the third 38U lbs. in addition to growing to such a large size, flesh is remark- 

 ably thick, of delicious melting flavor, that they are of regular shape, nearly 

 round, flattened at the ends, that skin is green, densely netted, and that they 

 :i re also very productive. In competition for the premium last year I onlv re- 

 ceived one report, and that proved to be a fraud, so I could not award the"$50. 

 THIS YEAR I RENEW THE OFFER AND WILL PAY $50, OCT. 1st, FOR LARGEST 



MONTREAL raised from my 

 Seedin1889, Ithink, tak- 

 ing all these points 

 into consideration, 

 yon will want 



nt Mon- 



At a great 

 lse, I procur- 

 few pounds 

 this now 

 nous melon 

 rectfrom the 

 •iginalsource 

 n Canada. 

 lS my supply 

 s limited, 

 ny fri en ds 

 1 e s i r i n g to 

 1 ecu re this 

 1 e e d should 

 avor me with 

 :arly orders. 

 3 kt, 10c; oz., 

 20c; V lb., 

 t0c;lb.,$1.35. 



BALTIMORE. — Quite 

 early and very large and showy. 

 A tine netted, green fleshed 

 variety, for either market or 

 private gardeners. Pkt., 5c; 

 oz., 10c; M lb., 30c: lb., 90c 



MAULE'S BAY VIEW. 

 —Under ordinary cultivation 

 will reach 12 to 15 lbs. Very 

 productive, and most excel- 

 lent in many other ways : they 

 are firm when ripe; excellent 

 forshipping. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 

 V lb.. 30 cts.: lb., 90 cts. 



NUTMEG.- Skin deep 

 green, finely netted ; flesh of 

 rich and delicious flavor. Pkt, 5 

 c; oz. 10c; % lb. 30c; lb. 90 cts. 



NI'TM EG. Packet, 5 cents. 



Two Most Excellent Foreign Melons 



Algiers Cantaloupe. Pkt., 10 cts. Hardy Hinge. Pkt, 10 cts. 



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., 10c; oz., 30c 



ALGIERS CANTALOUPE — In France this is thought to be the best. 

 At a very high price, I have succeeded in obtaining some of the seed. It is a 

 second earlv, growing only two melons to a vine. Shape round ; skin light, 

 grayish-green ; flesh scarlet, very thick ; flavor most excellent. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 



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

 anvthing 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 market crop. They must not be confounded 

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

 melon. They attain a length of from eighteen inches to three 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 enriosity, but in flavor is unquestionably fine. Packet, 10 cents ; 

 ounce, 20 cents ; !4 pound, 50 cents ; pound, SI, " 



