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Netted Gem 



tained direct from 

 to all. Packet, 5 



NETTED GEM A small melon, weighing 



from \% to 1J-2 pounds each. They are thick- 

 meated, the flesh is light green in color, and 

 uniformly of fine, luscious flavor; skin green, 

 regularly ribbed and thickly netted. They are 

 almost as solid as a 

 cannon ball, and will 

 keep well five to seven 

 days after pic king. They 

 are a very heavy cropper, 

 and are extra early in 

 ripening. I offer seed 

 grown from stock ob- 

 introducer, and can recommend it 

 cents ; ounce, 10 cents ; pound, 

 30 cents; pound, 

 90 cents. 



No one is better aware than I that during the last few years any number of 

 new Muskmelons have been offered the American public ; consequently I have 

 been unusually careful in growing and examining into the merits of this new 

 variety before offering it to my customers. I now do so, however, with 

 the full confidence that Maulc's Superior iUnakmelon will prove 

 the most profitable market variety in cultivation, for the Superior 

 unquestionably leads all other Muskmelons in quality, product- 

 iveness and quick market sales. Ripening about the same time as the 

 Jenny Lind, they are wonderfully strong and vigorous growers, producing 

 frequently 5, 6 and 7 melons to the vine that in quality will equal, if not surpass, 

 every known variety, and that for transjiortation purposes cannot be excelled. 

 They have never been known to crack or rot at the blossom end, and they are so 

 attractive in appearance that they will always command from 10 to 25 cents per 

 basket more than any other variety. I do not think a better name could have 

 been chosen than Superior for this excellent Muskmelon, and my customers can 

 rest assured that if they want the most profitable variety for market 

 they should select this one, and if they desire the most desirable Musk- 

 melon for the home garden they cannot do better than plant Superior the 

 coming season. Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; % pound, 40 cts.; pound, 81.25. 



MATJLE'S PRIZE JENNY LIND. — 

 It Is astonishing that this, the most delicious 

 small melon, is so little known outside of the 

 State of New Jersey. There it is more largely 

 grown than any other variety, and thousands 

 upon thousands of 

 |gg baskets are annually 

 ' shipped to New York 

 and Philadelphia 

 markets, where they 

 always meet with 

 ready sale. My strain 



of this popular variety Maule's Prize Jenny Llnd 



has been carefully 



selected for years. It is the earliest of all the green 

 fleshed sorts. Pkt 

 5 cts. 

 cts.; 'j 

 25c; 1 

 70 cts 



BALTIMORE. Packet, 5 cents. 



STARN'S FAVORITE. Packet, 5 cents. 



MAULE'S BAY VIEW. Packet, 5 cents. 



STARN'S FAVORITE — This variety, which I introduced in 1887, was also 

 catalogued the same year under the name of "Champion Market." It origi- 

 nated with one of my customers, Mr. E. N. Starn, of New Jersey, about 18 years 

 ago. Mr. Starn has grown it to the exclusion of all other varieties ever since, 

 annually planting from 10 to 20 acres, the products of which have always sold 

 at good prices the entire season, and many times at two to three times the 

 price of other sorts. They are nearly round, just a little oblong, thickly 

 netted, with thick, green flesh. Rich and spicy and one of the very best flavored 



in cultivation. They are shy seeders ; the cavity for seed in many of them is so 

 small that if they were all seed inside the flesh they could not contain many. 

 They are very attractive in appearance and a good shipper. Mr Starn has never 

 had a grower to see or taste them but wanted some of the seed. In addition to 

 their attractive appearance and most excellent shipping qualities, they are also 

 an enormous cropper and will be [pronounced by all who plant them as most 

 certainly a favorite and most profitable market variety. Pkt. 5 cts. ; 

 ounce, 10 cents ; y, pound, 30 cents ; 1 pound, 81.00. 



EARLY IMPROVED CHRISTIANA This is a most popular early 



in New York State, being 10 days earlier than than the Nutmeg. Many market 

 growers, having once planted it, always continue to do so, pronouncing it just the 

 sort for early market on account of its extreme earliness. Try it. Pkt., a cents ; 

 ounce, 10 cents ; Ji pound, 25 cents ; pound 70 cents. 



CAS ABA. — It has thick greeu flesh, of delicate and delicious flavor. 

 Weight from 10 to 12 lbs. Pkt., 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % lb 25 cts.; lb., 70 cts. 

 HACKENSAC'K. — Large size, well known in N. Y. market. Round shape, 



flattened euds;deeply netted, MONTREAL Often weigh- 



productive.excel- ^.jegSaa jK a g ^fct^. ing from 20 to 25 lbs. In 1883, 

 lent quality. I. iked ^j&0&**5Sr^^.- ^fe^v three melons were raised, 

 by market gar- ^t^^t^^^S^p^^S. r f Y^, weighing respectively 39%, 



" £ lbs. each, 

 t to their 

 size, the flesh is 

 rkably thick, of 

 flelicii "is melting Ha- 

 or, regular shape, 

 nearly round Bat- 

 tened ends, skin 

 green, densely 

 netted, and very 

 iroductive. At 

 •onsiderable ex- 

 pense, I pro- 

 cured a few lbs. 

 of Montreal di- 

 rect from orig- 

 inal source in 

 Canada. Pkt. 10c 

 oz., 15c; i£lb., 

 30c; lb., S1.00. 



BALTIMORE Quite 



early and very large and showy. 

 A fine netted, green fleshed 

 variety, for either market or 

 private gardeners. Pkt., 5c; 

 oz., 10c; 3 i lb., 25c; lb., 70c. 



MAULE'S BAY VIEW. 

 — Under ordinary cultivation 

 will reach 12 to 15 lbs. Very- 

 productive, and most excel- 

 lent in many other ways : they 

 are firm when ripe; excellent 

 for shipping. Packet. 5 cents;, 

 ounce, 10 cents ; l / t pound, 25 

 cents ; pound, 70 cents. 



NUTMEG Skin deep 



green, finely netted ; flesh of 

 rich and delicious flavor. Pkt., 

 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; \\ pound, 



25 cents; iH.und. 7 nts. NUTMEG. Packet, 5 cents. 



HARDY RIDGE.— This is a great favorite in France. Flesh is wonder- 

 fullv thick, 1 to 5 in. through; juicy and sugary, with few seeds. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c. 



BANANA.— At lirst Banana Melon was cultivated more as a curiosity than 

 anvthing else, but the last few seasons have seen them bring such Inch prices, 

 50 cents to SI. 00 :i piece in Philadelphia, New York and Hoston markets, that 

 tln v prove a most profitable market crop. They must not be confounded 

 with the old Log ol Wood, as they are entirely distinct and resemble no other 

 melon. They attain a length of from eighteen inches to two feet six inches, and 

 are from two to four inches thick. Flesh, very thick, of a salmon color; in flavor 

 remarkably delicious, and equal to almost any melon you have ever eaten. It 

 looks almost like an overgrown banana, and, moreover, smells like one. 

 It is not only a curiosity, but in flavor is unquestionably fine. Packet, lOcents ; 

 ounce, 20 cents ; y t pound, 50 cents; 



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