MAULE’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1904 























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Giant Argenteuil 
Asparagus. 
A Mammoth Variety of French Origin. 
Commands Highest Market Prices. 
A The seed which I offer is a selection from im- 
Mported French Argenteuil stock. My strain is 
/ not only an improvement uj on the original, but 
} is now thoroughly acclimated. It is in favor in 
some sections of the South, where it is regarded 
as distinctly superior to Falmetto, and I recom- 
mend it with great confidence to Nerthern 
growers. One experienced Southern giower 
Says that Argenteuil is as much larger than 
Palmetto as Palmetto is larger than Conover, 
which would mean that Argenteuil is about 
twice the size of anything now on the market. 
jj It is a prolific, long lived sort. It now _has a 
/ place of its own in the New York and Boston 
markets, and sells for $1.00 to $3.00 more per 
dozen bunches than the best of the old sorts. It 
| is the most promising asparagus, as a money 
| maker, within my knowledge. The illustration 
Shows its size and appearance. Packet, 10 cts.; 
ounce, 15 cts.; 14 1b., 30 ets.; pound, $1.00. 1-year- 
It Now 
old roots, $1.00 per 100, postpaid. By express or 
freight, l-year-old, 75 cents per 100; $5.00 per 1,000. 
2-year-old, $1.00 per 100; $6.00 per 1,000. 
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of my catalogue. 
with great confidence. 



NEW WHITE FRENCH aaTICHOKES, 
This is an improved form of the well known 
Jerusalem artichoke, producing white tubers. 
It is entirely hardy and a heavy cropper, the 
tubers being excellent for pigs. 
safely winter thirty or more hogs. 
are not injured by severe freezing, and the hogs 
will root them out whenever the soil is not 
Artichokes are sometimes used 
This New 
\ variety should have wide trial, as its numerous 
| tubers are produced but a few inches under the 
Pound, 50 cents; 8 pounds, $1.25, post- { 
Peck, $2.00; bushel, $6.00. 
The Silver Bean. Most Beautiful on the Market. 
Ai This is a desirable and distinct variety of the white wax bush bean, and I take great 
pleasure in listing it among the best things of the season. ) L 
very color, being palest.green with a silvery sheen, and are borne in great profusion. They 
are sweet, tender and crisp, and cannot be excelled in point of table merit. 
this bean will become extensively popular, as it Shows vigor of vine or bush as well as 
unusual quality of pod. The deyelopment of the plant affords ample bearing capacity, 
and the pods thus far show no disposition toward spot or other disease. f 
most promising thing of its class that I have seen for many years, and I can confidently 
Its great merits are quality, productiveness, and beauty, and it should 
Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 30 cts.; quart, 50 cts., postpaid. Peck, $1.79. 
tractive novelties of the year, and its bright, almost s: 
very whiteness, gives it an appropriate place in this isstye, 
My trials of it warrant me in offering it’ 
prove a popular variety for all sections and soils, as in all 
: It is claimed 
French Artichokes will 
The tubers 
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New Imperial White Seeded Wax Bean, or GOLDEN CROWN. 
This remarkable new bush bean has long golden pods. 
plump and perfectly stringless. 
their color makes them sell quickly 
The 
This bean is one of the most at- 
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its preliminary trials it has turned out to be a wonder 
among wax sorts. Its enormous yield, fine table quality 
and freedom from string place it in the front rank, and 
make it of peculiar value to the private grower, the mar- 

Packet, 10 cents; pint, 385 cents; quart, 60 cents, postpaid. 
































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ket gardener and the canner. The vine is of the bush 
type, with strong and vigorous growth, with the load of 
pods carried well above the soil. In addition to this, 
spikelets are thrown out above the foliage, which, in turn, 
produce pods, thus adding materially to the total yield of 
the plant. Imperial is very early, free from rust and 
blight, and produces marketable pods very quickly from 
the blossom. The golden shade is acquired by the pod 
when young. It ripens so early that it can be harvested 
before the late August rains, thus escaping damage, and 
making the soil available for some other crop. As a dry 
bean the Imperial is of great value on account of its being 
pure white in color, grading as medium sized Kidney. 
Peck, $2.00. 


















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