HURRAH! 



< 95 POUNDS IN 1884. 



t 108! POUNDS IN 1885. 



128 POUNDS IN 1886. 



J IS THIS NOT THE GREATEST OF ALL MELONS? 

 I MAMMOTH 



I Iron-Clad 



1 WATERMELON, 



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J IN EVERY WAY 

 S THE MOST DES/R- 

 Z ABLE OF ALL WA- 

 5 TERMELONS. 

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Send direct to 

 ~ headquarters for 

 the genuine seed 

 if you want the 7Sp» 

 j finest, largest and iW - 



2 best melons yon 

 ever saw. 



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In the last three 

 years I have offered 

 $250 for the largest 

 melon grown from 

 seed obtained from 

 me. In LSS4, Mr. 

 Wm. Osborne, of 

 Neodesha, Kan., se- 

 cured the prize with 

 a melon weighing 

 95% lbs. In 18*5, Mr. 

 E. S. Mercer, Law- 

 rence, Kan. .secured 

 theSlOO with amam- 

 moth melon weigh- 

 ing 108% lbs. It is 

 with pleasure I 

 have to announce 

 that last year Mr. 

 J.G. Miller, ofStone 

 Mountain, Ga. (who 

 raised the great 111- 

 lb. Cuban Queen), 

 after trying for 3 

 years to secure the 

 prize on Iron clad, 

 has at last succeed- 

 ed with a monster 



weighing 128 lbs. Think of it— 128 lbs! Such a melon was never raised 

 belore, and shows that my claims for Iron-clad are fully sustained. 



Georgia, ) 

 De Kalb County. / ss - 



Before me, L. A. Simians, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said 

 county, personally came John G. Miller, who, on oath, says that, from 

 watermelon seed of the Ironclad variety, bought of Wm. Henry Maule. 

 1711 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, he grew on his farm, near the town of 

 Stone Mountain, in said county, a watermelon that weighed one 

 hundred and twenty-eight pounds (128), and that Rev. M. L. Underwood 

 and Nathan Lankford were present and saw said watermelon weighed. 



[seal] John G. Miller. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me, this September 11th, 18S6. 



[N.B. This melon was 70 inches around the long way and 58% around 

 the other way.] 



We do hereby certify that we were present to-day, at the residence of 

 John G. Miller, and saw him weigh a watermelon of the Ironclad 

 variety, and that said watermelon weighed one hundred and twenty- 

 eight (128) pounds on a good pair of scales. , 



This September 11th, 1886. 



W itness, D. A. Sirmans, J. P. [seal] g; £ 



I expected a large demand for this Celery last year but nothing like 

 that with which my customers favored me. Almost every order 

 seemed to want from one to ten packets of Golden Self-Blanching until I 

 had sold every grain of seed on hand. IT HAS PROVED AHEAD 

 OF EVERY OTHER IN CILTIVATIOX. XOTHIXG LIKE IT 

 HAS EVER BEEX SEEN BEFORE. Golden Self-BlanchlDg, be- 

 j sides being remarkably stocky and a wonderfully strong grower, is very 

 heavy, perfectly solid, of a delicious sweet flavor, and "with all these 

 I points is a wonderful keeper. One would think that these would be 

 I a sufficient number of good qualities to be concentrated in one variety, 

 but to all these is added 



THE WONDERFUL QUALITY OF SELF-BLANCHING 



to a very remarkable extent. A\ ithout hanking up. or any covering 

 to speak of, even the outer ribs become of a yellowish white color, 



the heart being large, solid, and of a beautiful golden-yellow color. 

 Every celery grower should test Golden Self- Blanching this season with- 

 out fail. As a variety that needs no banking, it is recommended to 

 all. I regret to say that the crop ot Golden Sett-Blanching was almost a 

 total failure last season, and I can only offer the seed In packets. Pkt., 

 15 cts.; 2 pkts., 25 cts. ; oz., 75 cts. 



IMPROVED BRUNSWICK CABBAGE. 



The De Kalb County News has the following : — "Mr. J. G. Miller, living 

 one-half mile from Stone Mountain, has succeeded in raising on his 

 farm a watermelon, of the Iron-clad variety, weighing 128 pounds. It 

 will be remembered that this gentleman raised the largest melon on 

 record, of the Cuban variety, two years ago, and secured the S75 prize. 

 Mr. Miller has raised several whoppers this year. In fact, he is the boss 

 watermelon raiser of Georgia." 



IRON-CLAD is still as good as it ever 

 was; in fact better, if anything. I again 

 offer $50 for largest raised in 1887 from 

 my seed. 



a Prices of Iron-ciad for 1887 :— Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 

 20 cts.; 1*4 lb,, 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. 



Be on the lookout for a NEW Watermelon in 1888. 

 s The earliest, finest-flavpred, and most superior 



fc variety ever introduced. 



I am proud to say that my strain of this popular variety has no supe- 

 rior. It is a reliable header, and with ordinary cultivation will weigh 

 20 to 80 pounds. Quality most excellent, while there is no question it 

 is the earliest of all Drumhead Cabbages. My prices are higher than 

 for the ordinary strain of Brunswick cabbage, lint seed is well worth 

 the difference.' Pkt.. 10 cts.: oz.. 3-5 cts.: 14 lb., ?1.00: lb., S3.50. 



Last year I offered S25 for the largest raised from Maule's Seeds. Mr. 

 Cieorge F. Montgomery .Jof Pownal, Vt., secured the premium with a cab- 

 bage weighing 55 lbs! CJtfJ K * _ _ to the person raising the 

 This year I again offer 3>^>tJ 111 OclSJl heaviest head of Im- 

 proved Brunswick the coming season from seed purchased from me this, 

 spring, all reports to reach me before Oct. 1st, 1887. 



