The $50 Prize Melon in 1886 



MUSK MELnn 



WEIGHED 17 POUNDS. 



SO SOLID THERE IS SCARCELY ROOM FOR THE SEEDS. 



FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1884, WHEN TEN SEEDS SOLD FOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. 



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No words of praise can be written that would 

 recommend this most excellent of melons 

 too highly. It is simply the perfection of the 

 muskmelon family, equally desirable and profit- 

 able to the planter of a dozen hills or the planter 

 of tens of thousands. It is a new variety in so far 

 as age is concerned, as I only introduced it for 

 the first time in 1884; but it is no untried novelty, 

 from the fact that in the last three years it lias 

 been planted by thousands of melon growers in 

 all sect ions of the country more largely than any 

 other variety I have ever listed. What is better, 

 it has given one and all entire satisfaction. I 

 really believe that I can show at my office double 

 or even three times the number of testimonials 

 in regard to the good qualities of Perfection than 

 have been written concerning any other variety 

 of muskmelon ever introduced. 



Originated five years ago in Chenango Co., N.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 al- 

 most all known varieties and found Perfection 

 superior to them all. After a careful test on 

 my trial grounds, I discovered it was fully up to 

 his recommendation, and indeed, a wonderful 

 acquisition. 



It is nearly round, as may be seen from the cut, 

 of good size, frequently weighing 5 to 6 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 l>e recommended 

 alike for either home or market use, and has 

 fully demonstrated that it is simply the PER- 

 FECTION OF MUSKMELOJiS. It surpasses 

 all otkers in delicious flavor and unusual 

 productiveness, beauty [of form and desirable 

 shipping qualities; in fact, it can't be beat. 



Nothing is so delicious as a really good musk- 

 melon. I look for a large demand for this, the 

 sweetest and most delicious of all, the coming 

 season, even larger than last year, from tile 

 fact that owing to large crops I am able to reduce 

 the price very considerably. Pkt., 13 cts. ; ox., 

 •i5 cts. ; % lb., 60 cts. ; lb., $4.00. 



d££T/"\ I will pay, October 1st, 1887, to 

 vJ \J m the customer raising the heaviest 

 Perfection Muskmelon the coming season 

 from seed purchased from me, $50 in cash. 



I do not claim large size, however, as one of the 

 merits of this variety. Last year Dr. S. F. 

 Chapin, Lios Angeles, Cal., secured the 

 premium with a melon weighing 17 lbs. 



Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 20th, 18sfi. 

 I hereby certify that I purchased from Wm. Henry 

 Maule, of Philadelphia, Perm., about February last, lssti, 

 " Perfection Musk Melon seed," from which I raised 

 this year (1886) a Perfection Musk Melon that weighed 

 seventeen (17) pounds full weight. Theother Perfection 

 Musk Melons from the same |seed were all sent to this 



I market, and they weighed on an average of eight 

 8i pounds and were very superior in quality. 



s. P. Chapin, M.D., 

 Member of State Board of Horticulture, 

 State of California. 

 | G.K.Tturdick .lr.. Milton. Wise.: " Perfection Musk 

 Melon Koes ahead of anything I ever saw. I could 

 not half supply the demand for them." 



James B. Jones, Delhi. Mo. : " Your seeds are supe- 

 rior to any I ever used. I raised one Perfection Musk 

 Melon which weighed V.P.i lbs." 



R. S. Teniplin, Danville, tad. : " I am well pleased 

 with your seed. Perfection Musk Melons are perfect 

 beauties." 



\V. I.. BradBhaw, Arkansaw, Wise. : "Your Per- 

 fection Musk Melon is certainly the best I ever saw, 

 and is worthy of all the praise you give it." 



F. C. Sears, Maquokela, Iowa: "I have no hesita- 

 tion in recommending the Perfection Melon as the 

 perfection of all musk melons. It can be depended 



I on to grow uniformly in shape, size and quality." 



I Wm. Ohnstead, Cdall, Kas.: "I never saw any- 

 thing as productive as the Perfection Melon ; as high 

 as r> on a vine, some touching one another." 

 Edw. J. Wlese, Killer, Xebr. : "The Perfection is 



' the linest musk melon I have ever raised." 



I J. W. Teeters, Bunker Hill, Ills. : "The Perfection 

 Musk Melons are as their name indicates. I took a 

 lot to town last week, anil they went like hot cakes." 



Eliza Devtr. Belleville, Mo.: ' Your seeds are all 

 you claim them to be. Your Perfection Melon is 

 true to name. Never tasted any better." 



.1. II. Stark, Malcom. Iowa : "The Perfection Musk 

 Melon has the best flavor of anything of the kind I 

 have ever eaten." * 



G. W. Hopper, Peru, Ind. : "The Perfection Melon 

 beats them all. Of most delicious riavor, and very 

 productive." 



IMPROVED 



WHITE GIANT STUTTGART RADISH, 



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BY ALL, ODDS THE LARGEST IN 

 CULTIVATION. 



What do my customers say to a radish 

 weighing 20% pounds? Such a radish, how- 

 ever, was sent in to my store last summer 

 by Mr. H. Harringer, of Mill Creek, Ind., 

 and Mr. Harringer received the S'-i"> premium 

 from me lor raising it. 



It is very early ; of remarkably quick 

 growth, In five to eight weeks after 

 being sown, it will produce roots its 

 large as a Purple Winter Radish. Pkl., 

 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; % lb.. 40 cts.; lb., 11.25. 



WHITE GIANT STUTTGART. 



MAULE S PRIZE WAKEFIELD CABBAGE 



In this I consider I have the very best and truest stock of Jersey 

 Waketicld in America. Just the sort for market gardeners and all 

 others who look for quality first and then cost of seed afterwards. 

 Forms ;mi unusually large head; almost a.s early as Earliest Ktampes, 

 while for compactness and regularity of growth it cannot be surpassed. 

 Has remarkably few outer leaves, and each plant Is almost sure to 

 form a fine, marketable head every time, frequently maturing In less 

 than 100 days. Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; lb., 12.00; lb., $5.00. 



NEW CHANTENAYCARROT 



This new, half-long, stump-rooted car- 

 rot I now introduce for the first time. 

 It Is one of the most productive varie- 

 t ies grown, has an extra large shoulder. 

 Is easily dug, and is In every way desir- 

 able. It Is very smooth, tine in texture, 

 and of a beautiful, rich orange color. 

 Well worthy of a t borough trial. Pkt., 

 JO cts.; oz., 25 cts. 



