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Cole's Seed Store, Pella, fiowa 



WATER MELONS 



Ger. Wasser Melone. Fr. Melon d' Eau. 

 One ounce will plant about 40 hills. 



Water Melons require a rich though rather 

 sandy soil for best development, and thrive 

 best in a warm sunny exposure. Plant in 

 hills eight to ten feet apart each way, and 

 cultivate like the musk melon. To secure the 

 largest fruit, have but one or two melons to 

 a vine. 



Cole's Early Melon 



COLE'S EAELY, This is the finest every- 

 day Melon ever offered for the amateur and 

 for the home-market. Being somewhat 

 brittle, will not do for shipping purposes. 

 It is very early and will mature in every 

 state; very hardy, vigorous and a sure 

 cropper. It is sweet and delicate in tex- 

 ture of flesh, which is a deep red color, the 

 rind is thin and the quality of flesh is sus- 

 tained clear to the rind. The melons are 

 of medium size, nearly round in shape, 

 rind green, striped with lighter shades. As 

 this variety combines all the desirable 

 qualities of the best melons, it can be 

 highly recommended for home use. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., !/£ lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 

 cts. 



GOLDEN SWEET. There are repeated calls 

 for a yellow fleshed melon from customers. 

 We offer this year a variety that will suit 

 all. This is par excellence in quality, the 

 vines are strong growers and whether fully 

 grown or undeveloped, there seems to be no 

 difference in their quality, being exceeding- 

 ly sweet and crisp. The flesh is bright 

 golden yellow and makes a fine contrast 

 with the red sorts for table service. They 

 average about 20 lbs. in weight, and are 

 good keepers. The meat is of a luscious 

 sugary flavor and of a firm texture. A 

 really delicious yellow-fleshed melon is a 

 novelty to many. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 

 cts., % 35 cts., lb. $1.25. 



We have used your seeds for more than ttuenty 

 years. We have alvjays found your seed reliable. 

 - — Belle Calhoun, Aledo, III. 



Cuban Queen 



CUBAN QUEEN. The vines are very strong, 

 healthy and vigorous in growth. The flesh 

 is bright red, solid, peculiarly luscious, 

 crisp and sugary. It is an excellent keep- 

 er, very thin rind, enormously productive, 

 and very heavy, having been grown to 

 weigh 100 pounds. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 

 cts., % lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



PEERLESS or ICE CREAM. One of the best 

 Melons in cultivation. Of medium size, 

 thin rind, light mottled green; flesh bright 

 scarlet, solid to the center, Crisp, melting 

 and sweet as honey. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., % lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



SWEET HEART. An entirely distinct Melon. 

 Vine vigorous and productive, ripening its 

 fruit early. Fruit large, oval, very heavy, 

 uniformly mottled light and dark green,' 

 rind thin but firm, flesh bright red, solid, 

 but very tender, melting and sweet. Re- 

 mains in condition for use longer than any 

 other sort. This melon is sure to become 

 one of the most popular sorts in cultiva- 

 tion. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 14 lb. 25 

 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



McIVER'S SUGAR. This variety is sent out 

 as the Wonderful Sugar Melon, its delicious 

 melting flavor surpassing every known va- 

 riety. It originated on the' plantation of 

 Col. Mclver of South Carolina, who has 

 been growing it in preference to all other 

 sorts. One of the greatest excellencies of 

 this Melon is its ability to withstand wet 

 weather. All those who have grown it, 

 among them many of the most celebrated 

 melon growers, unanimously endorse Mc- 

 Iver's Sugar as the most perfect and thor- 

 oughbred melon they have ever raised, and 

 in flavor far ahead of anything they ever 

 conceived of in a water melon. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., .oz. 10 cts., lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



COLORADO PRESERVING-. An improve- 

 ment on the green preserving melon; 

 enormously productive, and of better qual- 

 ity, and making very clear, transparent 

 preserves, of fine flavor. Directions for' 

 cooking and preserving inside each packet. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 25 cts., lb. 

 75 cts. 



