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MAULE’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1904 
do not think a better place could be found than right in the midst of these 
novelty pages, to call the reader’s attention to one very important fact that 
has made the Maule Seed Business famous the country over. While I am 
constantly on the lookout for every good new thing in horticulture, both 
at home and abroad, I have never neglected the good old standbyes. My 
trial grounds at Panmure and Briar Crest, which are admittedly the most 
complete in America (embracing as they do every imaginable variety of soil) are of 
course used to test everything new I can lay my hands on; but they are used far more 
largely in breeding up and testing the standard varieties of seeds, and I wish right here 
to impress upon new readers of this book the fact that for instance the Valentine 
Beans | offer are really improved, and no better strain can be had at any price from 
anyone. The same thing can be said of Maule’s Blood Turnip Beet, that good old 
variety, that to-day is better than it ever was; while Maule’s Dark Red Egyptian 
Beets are unsurpassed by any other strain on the market. If you paid $15.00 a pound, 
you could not get better Wakefield cabbage than Maule’s Prize Wakefield; it has been 
growh for me and steadily improved by the same grower on Long Island for more than 
fifteen consecutive years, and his strain of seed, which I sell my customers at $3.50 a 
pound, has frequently brought on Long Island, ilneme it was grown, as high as $8.00 and 
$10. 00. Maule’s Prize Flat Dutch Cabbage i is as good as.the Wakefield: while better 
strains of Maule’s Danvers Carrot and Maule’s Improved Long Orange Carrot 
cannot be had. ‘The same French grower has grown these two varieties for me for years, 
and I have never sold the cheap California or other American grown carrot seed of any 
variety so generally supphed, because I know it is not half as good as my French carrot 
seed. As aoe Stowell’s Evergreen Corn, I challenge anyone to furnish better and 
purer stock, and the same can be said of Maule’s Early White Spine and Improved 
Long Green Cucumber. ‘These last two old standard varieties have always given the 
most unbounded satisfaction to my customers. I know of no better strain anywhere than 
my Big Boston Lettuce, while as for Netted Gem Muskmelon, either Colorado or 
Hastern grown, the demand is such as to often exhaust my entire supply early in the sea- 
son. Take a common variety of watermelon, like Kolb Gem; many seedsmen have let 
their stock of this seed run out, while my Kolb Gem is as good, if not better, than the 
melon ever was before. When you come to onions you touch a tender spot, as this has 
been one of my greatest specialties for years. No better or purer strains can be found the 
country over than Maule’s Red Wethersfield, Danvers, Southport Red, White and 
Yellow Globe, Extra Early Red and Yellow Dutch. I have harvested of these vari- 
eties more than 33,000 pounds, and now have the seed in my warehouses. I can truth- 
fully say that no matter what you pay, better seed than I am offering my customers this 
year cannot be secured at any price, and as for peas, Maule’s Earliest of All is much 
better, and four to five days earlier than when I first offered it fifteen years ago. My 
Stratagem, Horsfords, Shropshires, Champion of England and Pride of the Market 
are sure to please the most exacting customer. The best grower of radishes in the world 
has been growing for me Scarlet Turnip White Tipped Radish for years. If you paid 
another seedsman $1.00 per pound or more, you could not get better seed than I offer at 
50 cents. My Bush and Crookneck Squash are all extra good stock, while for years 
my Hubbard Squash has had a national reputation. When you come to tomatoes, the 
Stone I sell will be found larger and better by far than the general run; and my Red 
Top Strap Leaf Turnip and Early White Flat Dutch are the equal of any furnished 
by other seedsmen. I have mentioned only a few of the good old sorts of which my strains 
equal or surpass any others on the market. Take such a common ordinary thing as Ken- 
tucky Blue Grass; there is no firm in America that can surpass my seed of this grass, 
which has been supplied to me from the same source for many years past, and which I 
think is far and away ahead of the blue grass generally furnished by others. I have only 
mentioned, for lack of room, a few of the most popular varieties, but the same remark holds 
good for other sorts that are not mentioned. While I am constantly on the lookout for 
good new things, I have always realized it was far more important to breed up and improve, 
where possible, the good old sorts that have been well deserved favorites for years. 






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