54 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1909 



BLACK BOULDER OR 

 BLACK DIAMOND. 



This excellent shipping watermelon origi- 

 nated in New Jersey; by one of the largest 

 melon growers. Enormously productive, 

 reaching a mammoth size, of uniform sym- 

 metrical shape, roundish to bluntly oval, and 

 this similarity of shape runs through the 

 eutire held. With rich, dark green, almost 

 black skin. Flesh bright red and Arm. It 

 cuts equal to any market melon, and its 

 shipping qualities are phenomenal, no other 

 melon equaling it in toughness of rind; in 

 this respect superior to Kolb's Gem, while 

 it is fast becoming one of the leading melons 

 for market. It is one of the best all around 

 shipping melons. 



Pkt, 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; £ lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 



G C Brigham, Oakdale, Tenn.— I have used your seeds for 



five years, and they are the best I have ever tried. I can re- 

 commend Harris' Earliest Watermelon as being the best. 



Guisbert Taylor, Asbury Park, N. J.— I send you herewith 

 my entire ord"er, amounting to |63.00 feeling confident your 

 seeds will prove satisfactory, as they huve for the last two 

 years. I have had several agents ask me for my order this 

 year, but I told them I was satisfied with Maule's Seeds. 



C. S. Boggs, Stephens, Ark;— I have been using your seed 

 for 25 or 30 years, and have always found tbem satisfactory. 



Samuel E. Locke, Brooklyn Centre, Minn.— Your Perfec- 

 tion Muskmelon and Earliest of all Tomatoes outsell all 

 others in their season on the Minneapolis market. 



Markley Bros, Ashville, Ohio.— We had the best musk- 

 melon patch in the county, and it was one of the best 

 melons that went into Columbus, Ohio; we had 3} 2 acres, 

 which brought us I770.0U. 



BLACK BOULDER OR BLACK DIAMOND. 



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ALABAMA SWEET. 



Alabama Sweet is a dark green faintly striped melon with light seeds. 

 It is a first-class shipper. Shape oblong,of good size,though not ungainly 

 like Triumph. Its flavor is simply delicious, and its outside appearance 

 attractive. Its size and shape are such as to make it a first-rate business 

 melon. It is to be emphatically recommended for the South, where it 

 has been fully tested; and I am confident that it will be a prize winner 

 in the North, in all melon growing sections. Packet, 5 cts.5 ounce, 

 IO cts.; % pound, 30 cts.; pound, $1.00. 



PEERLESS. — A water- 

 melon which I recommend 

 for garden culture. Size me- 

 dium. Color mottled green. 

 Flesh rich scarlet and sweet; 

 rind thin. Vine is very pro- 

 ductive. Being thin in the 

 rind it is not so well adapted 

 for shipping to the market. 

 Notwithstanding that it is 

 grown exclusively by some 

 for that on account of its 

 earliness. Packet, 5 cts.; 

 ounce, 10 cts.; % pound, 

 30 cts.; pound, $1.00. 



T. L. Ogilvie, Sophia, Okla.— I like your seeds better than any I have ever sown. 

 When I plant one of your seeds I know it will come up, and that is a great deal. 



Southern Fruit & Produce Co., Alvin. Texas.— We have had much rain, too 

 much, but Maule's Reeds have given unqualified satisfaction. 



Horatio Wigle. Kuthven, Ont., Can.— I want to tell you of the fine satisfaction 

 your melon seed gave us last vear. One of my tenants planted 3 acres, he sold 

 hundreds and the vines were still bearing when frost came. Your Panmure All 

 Heart was the favorite, being the best seller, the prize winner in abundance of pro- 

 duction- and when we wanted a melon for our own eating or to treat our friends, 

 the All Heart was queen of the feast. Hafis' Earliest also gave excellent satisfac- 

 tion, being the best early melon we have tried. 



ICEBERG OR BLUE GEM. 



It may be described as a distinctly improved form cf the old cele- 

 brated Kolb's Gem, which has never been excelled as a shipper. It 

 resembles Kolb's Gem in shape, size and appearance, but is darker 

 in color, both outside and inside. Where it rests upon the ground it is 

 yellow, while Kolb's Gem is white. The outside of the new melon is 

 dark green, with lighter markings, but the general effect is dark. The 

 flesh is deep red and very sweet. The rind is comparatively thin, but 

 remarkably tough and not disposed to crack. I recommend Iceberg 

 for shipment to distant markets. The excellence of Kolb's Gem, espe- 

 cially as a profitable shipper, is so well known that Iceberg should at 

 once be in very wide demand for commercial purposes. Packet, 5 cts.; 

 ounce, 10 ets.; l l pound, 

 30 cts.; pound, $1.00. 



PHISNEl'S EARLY — 

 Melons of medium size and 

 oblong shape, marked with 

 two shades of green. The 

 rind is thin. The red flesh is 

 very sweet and tender. The 

 vine is productive and a 

 sure cropper, the melons 

 maturing early. Adapted 

 to Northern States. Packet, 

 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 

 •4 pound, 30 cents; pound, 

 $1.00. P+HINNEY'S EARLY. 



