WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
Vegetabie Seeds—55 
TOM WATSON WATERMELON. 
.; 10m Watson Watermelon, ... Branch’s Improved 
During the last two or three years, I have had inquiries from all over 
the South for the Tom Watson Melon. Although comparatively a new 
melon it seems to be an instantaneous success in some of the very best 
watermelon growing sections of the country. The above illustra- 
tion was taken from a melon sent into my office of an average 
Specimen of the stock my seed was being saved from; it weighed 36 
pounds, and my boys at the office in sampling it, thought it about as 
delicious a melon as they had ever eaten. As may be seen from the 
cut, Tom Watson is a long green melon, which at times grows excep- 
tionally large, often weighing from 60 to 70 pounds, and is at the same 
time one of the most prolific melons in cultivation. It is a most excel- 
lent shipper for long distances, although the rind is thin, the flesh is of 
most superb quality and intense red in color. In conclusion would 
Say, where three or four acres were grown in 1908, in 1910 several 
hundred were planted, and this history repeats itself wherever Tom 
Watson has been introduced. I have secured a fine lot of direct head- 
quarters seed, which I offer at the following prices: 
Packet, 10 cts; ounce, 15 cts.; 14 pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.50. 
Georgia Rattlesnake 
The old Rattlesnake has always been regarded asa fine melon; my 
improved strain is the result of careful selection by an experienced 
Georgia melon grower, Mr. Steiner Branch. Mr. Branch unhesitat- 
ingly claims, and I agree with him, that this is the best strain of 
Rattlesnake melon in existence; in quality and flavor it is not sur- 
passed. It has a thin, tough rind, which makes it a good shipper. Flesh 
deep scarlet, sweet and delicious; shape oblong, striped and mottled 
with various shades of green, as well shown in illustration. For years 
the old Rattlesnake has been largely grown in the South and shipped 
to Northern markets, but no one who has been growing the old Rattle- 
snake will ever plant it again after trying Branch’s Improved Strain. 
Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 14 pound, 35 ets.; pound, $1.25. 
BRANCH’S IMPROVED GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE WATERMELON. 
