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EMERALD GEM.— They are about the size of Netted Gem, but unlike 

 that variety, the skin while ribbed is smooth and of a very deep emerald green 

 color. Its salmon flesh is thicker than any other of its size, and ripens thor- 

 oughly to the thin green rind. The vines are hardy and thrifty in growth, very 

 prolific; the melons mature early and are uniformly of the most superb quality. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 30 cents; pound, 90 cents. 



EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK — A selection of the popular Haeken- 

 sack, but Is a decided improvement; they will produce melons almost equal the 

 size at least ten days earlier. In shape and color it is similar to the old 

 Hackensack, the onlv difference being its greater earliness, but this alone is suf- 

 ficient to highly recommend It to all. Pkt.,5 c; oz., 10 c; % lb. 30 c; lb., 81.00. 



OSAGE.— Is considered by many the most profitable market variety In 

 cultivation. It is a medium size, nearly round, salmon colored flesh, finely 

 netted, of rich, luscious flavor; gains favor with both growers and consumers 



wherever tried. Packet, 5 

 s*3\siigKss»ste>^ cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 



pound, 30 cts.; 

 ► "... - . ^ pound, 81.00. 



NEW COLUMBUS — First introduced in my 1892 seed 

 book, and although more than ten thousand of my cus- 

 tomers have grown it to their entire satisfaction, it can 

 still be considered a novelty. The flesh is wonderful- 

 ly sweet and melting, and of a spicy flavor; skin is finely 

 netted, and as a shipping melon, Columbus is undoubtedly 

 nnsurpassed, one customer in California reporting that it 

 stood the heat better than any other variety, although at 

 one time the thermometer was 109 in the shade, and every 

 other melon was completelv cooked and spoiled except Co- 

 lumbus. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; l A lb., 50 cts.; lb., 81.50. 



PERFECTION — Originated 21 years ago in Chenango 

 Co., X. Y., by one of my best customers, I secured a small 

 sample of seed from him in 1883. In sending it to me, I 

 could not help but think he praised it too highly, stating as 

 he did, that he had tested almost all known varieties, and 

 found Perfection gnperlor to them all. After a careful 

 test on my trial grounds, I discovered it was fully up to his 

 recommendation, and a wonderful acquisition. It is 

 nearly round, as may be seen by the cut, of good size, fre- 

 quently weighing 8 to 10 lbs. each. Of a dark green color 

 outside, heavily netted, while inside they are of a rich 

 orange color, and I venture to say with thicker flesh than 

 any other variety in cultivation, there being scarcely room 

 for the seeds. As to flavor they take the lead of all, and are 

 far ahead of everything else at present cultivated. It can 

 be recommended alike for either home or market nse, 

 and has fully demonstrated that it well deserves the name 

 of PERFECTION. One of our largest New Jersey melon 

 growers, a man who annually makes it a business to try all 

 the new sorts, made the remark last Summer, although he 

 had tried fifty different sorts during the last ten years, he 

 had yet failed to find anything that would anywhere ap- 

 proach Maule's Perfection, in quality, productiveness or 

 everything that goes to make a perfect melon. No wonder 

 the demand for Perfection always ' exceeds the supply. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.: % pound, 50 cts.; pound, 51.50. 



