Mammoth iron-ciad Watermelon. 



SEND DIRECT TO HEADQUARTERS FOR THE GENUINE SEED IF YOU 

 WANT THE FINEST, LARGEST AND BEST MELONS YOU EVER SAW. 



IN EVERY WAY THE MOST DESIRABLE OF ALL LARGE WATERMELONS. 



95^ Pounds in 1884. 

 I08K Pounds in 1885. 

 128 Pounds in 1886. 

 \\9'A Pounds in 1887. 



IS THIS NOT THE GREATEST 

 OF ALL LARGE MELONS? 



For four years in succession I have offered S300 for the largest melon grown from seed obtained froni 

 me. In lsst. Mr. Wm. Osborne, of Xeodesha, Kan., secured the prize with a melon weighing 95V lbs 

 In 1885. Mr. E. S. Mercer, Lawrence, Kan., secured the S1O0 with a Mammoth Melon weighing Ids' - lbs. in 

 1886 Mr. J. G. Miller, Stone Mountain, Ga., raised the great 128 lb. Iron-clad ; in 1887 he again secured 

 the S50 prize with a Mammoth Melon weighing 119!: 2 lbs. Iron-clad grows uniformly to a larger mz< 

 than any other variety known. It will yield a far greater bulk and more A 1 marketable melons than 

 any other. Another wonderful recommendation is the fact that they are "iron-clad.'' They have 

 frequently teen dropped three feet, and even from the 'shoulders ot a man without 

 bursting or showing any braise. Plucked when ripe, or left on the vines after fully ripe, they keep 

 in fine condition for one month. It is of the most delicious and sugary flavor. The heart is very large • 

 the flesh next to rind Ls fully equal to the heart in luscious taste. The 'flesh is never mealy, but always 

 remarkably solid. In selecting at random hundreds of melons from a large field, not a single one but 

 cut hard and solid. Mammoth Iron-clad is suited for all climates. They ripen with the Cuban Qneen 

 Planted May 10th, the first ripe ones -were picked August 10th, and melons taken from the 

 same vines until October 1st. They can be nllowed to remain on the \ ines one month 

 after they are ripe. In 1882, melons were taken in the firs t of October, and were ke pt in gin id 

 condition for Christmas dinner. 



Packet, 10 cents ; ounce. 20 cents ; 

 % pound, 40 cents : 

 pound, SI. 10. 



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GRAY MOX- 

 A R C H OR 

 - LO.VG WHITE 

 ICING — For sev- 

 eral years past a 

 few melon growers 

 in New Jersey have 

 had a type "of the 

 f a v o r i t e Icing 

 Watermelon, e n - 

 tirely distinct in 

 shape, being 

 oblong, as shown 

 in our illustration. 

 The skin is of an 

 attractive, mottled, 

 very lir/ht green 

 color, so light as to 

 [i nearly warrant the 

 name whit e o r 

 gray. The flesh is 

 deep red in color, 

 and of very fine 

 quality — full v 

 equal to the old 



Icing, which has long been recognized as one of the finest flavored Watermelons grown. In size this 



new variety is much larger than the old, specimens having been raised to weigh from 60 to 70 lbs. each. 



Packet. 10 cents ; ounce. 20 cents ; }£ pound, 45 cents ; pound. SI. 35. 



The $50.00 premium last season was awarded to Eugene Bird, Pottersville, 



W. J., for raising a Gray Monarch weighing 93 1-16 pounds. 



£ 



FLORIDA FAVORITE.— This new melon originated by Mr. Girardeau, of Florida, has ripened 

 10 days earlier than Kolb (iem. Iron-clad, or Rattlesnake', planted at the same time, and is pro- 

 nounced by all who have eaten it. the finest they ever tasted. Its superior oblong shape, beautiful color, 

 rind being alternately striped with dark and light green, bright crimson, crisp and deliriously sweet 

 flesh, are sure to make it a favorite indeed with every melon-grower. Thousands of my customers 

 planted Florida Favorite last season to their entire satisfaction. Pkt.. 10c; oz., 20c; JsJ lb., 40c.; lb.. 61. in. 



C O L O It A D O 

 PRESERV I Bl V 

 MELON.— Quite 

 distinct from the 

 ordinary pre- 

 serving citron 

 It is i m - 

 menselypro- 

 d u c t i v e, 

 one vine 

 produced 

 (went y- 

 fi v e ... 

 melons 

 W e Ighi n g 

 from fif- 

 teen to 

 forty lbs. 

 each, and 

 even in dry 

 seasons it 

 makes a 

 growth fully 

 ten times as _ 

 lartre as the Colorado Preserving .Melon. Pkt.. 10c 

 ordinary citron Flesh is very firm and solid, with few 

 seeds. Preserving qualities are the very finest. It 

 makes beautiful, clear, nearly transparent 

 preserves of surpassing t'.avor. Pkt.. In CIS.; oz.. 

 2d cts.; 1 , lb., 50 ets.; lb.. 81.50. 



HOEVER reads this catalogue has no doubt 

 already noticed that quite a number of 

 cash prizes were awarded last year to my 

 customers in Arroyo Grande," (al. Iii 

 plain figures forty-eight customers in 

 Arroyo Grande sent me in the Spring and 

 Winter of 1888 orders to the amount of 

 £188.55. East October in return for this 

 $188.55 worth of patronage, I sent checks 

 to three of these forty-eight customers. 

 amounting to S175. so it may be seen that 

 in addition to raising the finest vegetables 

 ever produced in the State of California, 

 our Arroyo Grande customers on a re- 

 mittance in the Spring of £188.55, 

 in the Fall had $475 returned to 

 them. This certainly shows a very good 

 return, mil is un better than can be done 

 in 1889 in a great many other places in the 



United States, If my customers only try their best to do it. 



Miehael Crowley of Muskegon, Mich., made a still better investment in 

 Maule's Seeds. In the Spring of the year he sent me an order which amount to 

 81.50, in the fall he received in return for till* $1.50 investment, my 

 check for $150, being the amount of premiums offered for Surehead and 

 Drumhead Cabbage, consequently his 81.50 purchase Of Maule's Seeds return- 

 ing him $1.00 for every cent lie invested in them. 



A careful perusal of the award of prizes on page 17 will give an interesting 



showing. In the first place, Jesse Roach sent us orders for packets and ounces 



amounting to $851.60, and last July, all but $101. CO of this amount was 

 returned to him. This certainly paid Mr Ri aeh very well for about :i neck 



! or ten days ,vork. Mr. A. M. Stevens of Williamstown. Mass., n ceived almost 

 as good a return, for his club, although it only amounted to 185.60, was success 



I ful in securing him the third prize amounting to 850.00. 



There is no reason why every reader of this catalogue should not try to 



; secure some of the prizes offered iii 1889 for premium vegetables, nor ls there 

 any reason why you should not have your neighbor join you In 

 sendins in a club order for Manle's Seeds. 



DO NOT BE AFRAID to send in reports.'!' your vegetables next Flail 



East season we supplied 7811 customers •with out Montreal Melon, and offered a 

 premium of 850.00 for the best specimen raised from the same. 1 ast Fall 1 only 

 received one report, which on investigation turni d out to 1 c a fraud. Had am 

 one of the many thousands of my customer- who raised Montreal Melons Uv-t 

 year, sent me in a reliable Statement, they would have received tl e premium, 

 S n 00. no matter if the Melon had only weighed five pounds. 



in 1887, 1 supplied the seed of my Kolb Gem Melon to thousands oi my 

 customers ; in the Fall of the year, i nly one report came to hand, and thai from 

 .i customer who raised a melon weighing only 84 pounds. He, oft ourse, received 

 the premium. Last Spring I was constantly in receipt of letters from my 

 other customers stating they had raised much heavier melons than that for 

 which the prize was awarded, and regretting they bad not sent in a statement . 

 hud any one of them done so. Ilnv would hnif received the 

 premium. The prize on Montreal Melon is the only premium ever offered by 

 :ne that has not been awarded, and I trust it will not happen again. I Oflw 

 these cash premiums in good faith, and propose to and ami, lag to 



pay them at the timeagT 1 upon, to the customers who really and n-uu 



raise the best vegetables. 



In conclusion I will say to my customers fhr is«9, if von think next Fall v,*i 

 have a chance of securing" any prize offered in this catalogue, do n ii 

 write me, and if there is any chance of your receiving the premium 1 will 

 write for a sworn statement or have you send in the vegetables. 



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