40 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1909 



EGG PLANTS. 



Culture.— The egg plant demands heat. Its growth should never be checked after the 

 germination of the seed. It is best started in a hotbed, not too early in the Spring. It should 

 not be set out while the nights are cold. The plants may be set two by three feet. Use four 

 ounces of seed to the acre. 



Excelsior Egg Plant* 



After studying and watching this unusually fine egg plant for several years, 

 I at last procured a stock of the seed. It is of large size and extremely good shape, 

 being particularly adapted to slicing, as there is no waste of material. In flavor 

 it cannot be surpassed. The hot sun does not blight the blossom, as is the case 

 with some other sorts. It resists drought and bad weather to a wonderful degree, 



partly on account of its strong, upright 

 growth. It bears its eggs or fruit well 

 above the ground, thus escaping liabil- 

 ity to rot. The fruit often measures 18 

 to 24 inches in circumference (6 to 8 

 inches in diameter). No market or pri- 

 vate gardener should fail to try Excel- 

 sior Egg Plant this year. Packet, 10 cts.; 

 ounce, 60 cts.; \ pound, $1.75; pound, $6.00. 



NEW YORK IMPROVED PURPLE. 



SEW YORK IMPROVED PURPLE — 



The leading sort for home and market. Plant 

 'is a vigorous grower. Fruit large, fine and free 

 from thorns, and produced until frost. Skin 

 rich purple. Flesh white and of good flavor. 

 I can highly recommend my carefully selected 

 strain of this egg plant to market, gardeners 

 and amateurs. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 

 50 cents; % pound, $1.50; pound, $5.00. 



BLACK PEKIN A favorite egg plant. It 



produces handsome, nearly round, solid, fruit, 

 weighing four to eight pounds, of good quality 

 and maturing early. Very productive and satis- 

 factory. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 50 cents; 

 -, pound, SI. 50; pound, $5.00. 



C. A. Jackson. Dexter, 1ST. M.— I raised Market Gar- 

 dener's Beets last year, a good many of which weighed 

 9 lbs. and one weighed 12J 2 lbs. I have not cooked 

 the largest one, but cooked one that weighed 9} 2 lbs., 

 and a good many that weighed 8 lbs. and they were 

 tender and good. 



Arthur Benson. Corydon, Ind.— I have been using 

 your seeds several years, and have captured the prizes 

 for a number of years on your Surehead Cabbage and 

 teets, at the Harrison County Fair. 



Mrs. Arthur Lewis, Capon Bridge, W. Va.— We have 

 been using your seeds for three years, and never had 

 such a finegarden before. Your Earliest of All and 

 Matchless Tomatoes, and Earliest Express and Mar 

 blehead Mammoth Cabbage cannot be beat. 



F. N. Stacy, Minneapolis. Minn. — Enclosed find 

 order for seeds. Your prices are reasonable, and the 

 quality of your seed, as I found last year, is high. 



EXCELSIOR EGG PLANT. 



GOURDS. 



NEW BLACK BEAUTY. 



Black Beauty 

 Egg Plant, 



Originated in South Jersey. It combines In 

 Itself many characteristics which are very val- 

 uable. It is very early, in fact the earliest good 

 market variety. By this I mean it is the ear- 

 liest variety that grows to a good size suitable 

 for market. It is very desirable in color, being 

 a jet black. Shape is well shown in illustra- 

 tion; average weight 2 to 3 pounds. It is dwart 

 growing and bears its fruit close to main stem. 

 Pkt., 10c: oz,, 70c; % 11).. S2.00; lb.. S7.00. 



Culture.— Gourds are tender annuals, of trailing or climbing habit. 

 The seed should not be planted until the ground is warm. Plant in 

 hills and cultivate as cucumbers. Leave only three or four plants in a 

 hill, and allow the vines to ramble or train over a trellis. 



DISH CLOTH.- The peculiar lining of this valuable gourd gives It 

 its name. The fruit grows about two feet long. The interior membrane 

 Is serviceable for a variety of household purposes, being used as a dish 

 cloth, or sponge. The fibre is tough, elastic and durable. Start seed 

 under glass in the North. Packet, 10 cts. 

 ORANGE OR TRUE MOCK ORAJVGE. 

 A good old sort, the fruit often finding its 

 S^ ~-^>~J- X^N^."r l way into tne family sewing basket. A beau- 

 £y <^^^^<SJ j tiful and rapid climber, quickly covering 

 trellises. Fruit the size and shape of an 

 orange. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 

 DIPPER. — A well known and useful 

 gourd. When grown on the ground the stem 

 is much curved; 

 but on a trellis 

 the weight of the 

 fruit makes the 

 stem or handle 

 straight. This 

 gourd is very 

 much in demand. 

 =»~Z3 ^~^*ST^~ ;: ^ Packet, 10 cts.; 



SUGAR TROUGH GOURD, ounce, 25 cts. 

 SUGAR TROUGH. — A very 

 large gourd, holding from 4 to 10 

 gallons, with a hard, thick shell, 

 but light and durable, lasting for 

 years. It is employed for a variety 

 of purposes, from a bucket to hen's 

 nest. Make hills 8 feet apart each 

 way. Packet, 10 cents. 



DIPPER GOURD. 



DISH CLOTH GOURD. 



NEST EGG GOURD. 



NEST EGG.— This interesting 

 gourd produces white fruit ex- 

 actly the size and shape of a hen's 

 egg. The matured fruit does not 

 crack, and will serve for years as 

 a nest egg, for use in darning 

 stockings", or for ornamental pur- 

 poses. The vine is a rapid grower, 

 useful for covering screens or 

 trellises. Packet, 10 cents. 



HERCULES CLUB — A very 

 long club shaped gourd 4 to 6 feet 

 long; white in color. Grows per- 

 fectly straight if grown on arbor 

 or trellis. In some sections used 

 as a vegetable. Packet, 10 cts. 



MIXED.— In this mixture of 

 gourd seeds I offer all the above 

 mentioned sorts, so that my 

 friends may enioy a number of 

 curious novelties by purchasing 

 a single packet. Packet, 10 cts.j 

 ounce, 25 cents. 



