MAULE'S FIRST OF ALL BEANS. 



ABSOLUTELY THE EARLIEST SNAP-SHORT IN CULTIVATION. 



If you want to be FIRST in market, or have 

 beans on your table before yonr neighbors, 

 yon must plant MAULE'S FIRST OF ALL. 



Cut given above illustrates an actual fact. 

 All varieties were planted the same clay, 

 and MAULE'S FIRST OF ALL was ready 

 to pull A WEEK AHEAD of the others. 



I AM GLAD to be able to offer to my customers 

 among the many good t hings given in this cat- 

 alogue, a bean that should be wanted on every 

 order sent me this Spring. MAULE'S FIRST 

 OF ALL is one of the most beautiful beans in 

 cultivation, of a dwarf, distinct habit, only grow- 

 ing about 12 to 14 inches high. It surpasses every 

 other variety of its class in productiveness, as 

 many as one hundred and one pods having 

 been counted on a single vine, and it has 

 often been remarked, when showing one of 

 my trial rows to friends, that the vines appear 

 all pods and no leaves, the vines in every case 

 having more pods than leaves. It is a rank 

 grower, does not appear to be affected by drought , 

 while pods are long, handsome, of a beautiful 

 green color. Very snappy and of excellent qual- 

 ity if pulled when young, but I regret to say that 

 if allowed to ripen they are tough. We can't ex- 

 pect perfection in everything, and this is Earliest 

 of All's weak point. They are wonderfully even 

 in habit of growth, and remarkably true to name. 

 One of the largest bean growers in the country 

 informed me t he past season that»they were the 

 truest and most thoroughbred bean he ever 

 planted. But the above points, though very de- 

 sirable, are entirely overshadowed by the 

 most important fact that it is absolutely the 

 earliest bean in cultivation. Tested alongside 

 of all other extra early sorts with ordinary cul- 

 ture and an unfavorable season, it ripened in 41 

 days from time of planting, which was over a 

 week ahead of any other, and over two weeks 

 ahead Of Improved Valentine. In northern New 

 Vork, in both 1884 and also in 1885, tested along- 

 side of hundreds of other varieties from every- 

 where, it proved the earliest of all. 



Last season I offered a cash prize of $25 to be 

 awarded to the customer selling the largest num- 

 ber of packets of Maule's First of All Beans. Mr. 

 Charles E. Lord, of Chester, Conn., secured the 

 prize with a club order for 195 packets. Pkt., 15 

 cts., pint, 50 cts., post-paid. 



Last year I offered $50 for plant of 

 Earliest of All, raised by one of my 

 customers containing greatest number 

 of pods. Mr. Alfred Rose, of Penn Yan, N. Y., 

 secured the premium with a plant containing 

 one hundred and one pods. 



A. D. Thompson, No. Andover, Mass.: "Maule's First 

 of All Beans are the earliest and most productive bean 

 that I ever planted. I had one vine that had fl(i pods." 



Geo. W. Vickers, Huntingdon, Tenn.: "Maule's Earli- 

 est of All Beans are the best; three weeks earlier than 

 any I ever tried. 



W. F. Kirchberger, Morris, Conn.: " First of All Beans 

 have proved from a week to ten days earlier than any 

 others, and equally as good." 



A. H. Ansley, Milo Centre, K. Y.: " Of the 45 sorts of 

 beans I have under test, your First of All were the Hist 

 to appear above ground and the first to blossom. All 

 planted May 154th, and 3 - ours showed blossoms June 

 30th." 



Miss Susan J. Morgan. Harveyville, Iowa: "Some of 

 the stalks of my Earliest of All Beans hud 7:t pods on. I 

 think Maule's seeds are far beyond any I ever purchased." 



Nancy Sutter. Sidney, Iowa : ■' Iron-clad Watermelons 

 are a splendid variety, and the best I ever tasted. Per- 

 fection Muskmelon is perfection indeed. I raised one 

 that weighed !>'i pounds. Strasburg Radish is excellent. 

 Earliest of All Beans are very early : in six weeks after 

 planting were readv for use." 



W. B. Jenks, Phelps, 111.: " Seeds did well Banana 

 Muskmelon just splendid. First of All Beans very tine." 



Jno. Brooks, sr.. Mounds ville, \V. Vu.: " My Earliest 

 of All Beans were splendid. 



S. B. Perrett, Hamer, Ohio : " The First of All Beans 

 are the boss. I had the earliest beans in the neighbor- 

 hood." 



G. S. Thirhvall, May, Minn.: "I like your seeds very 

 much. I planted several kinds of beans, and your First 

 of All, were the only ones that I get any beans oil', the 

 dry weather being the cause of failure.*' 



Jas. \V. Lore. Fort Valley. Ga.: "Seeds proved very 

 salisfatory. While all did Well, I was most impressed 

 witli the vigor of growth of the ' First of All.' Itsearli- 

 ness and productiveness will make it valuable for this 

 section." 



Cha& E. Ross, Waynesville. Ohio: " First of All Beans 

 have been bearing all summer, having blossoms, green 

 pods, and ripe pods all on the vine at same lime." 



NEW GIANT PERA CUCUMBER 



This is claimed to be the finest cucumber 

 for table use ever introduced. I think I can 

 safely recommend it as the largest and best 

 Long Green Cucumber in cultivation. 

 Vines arc strong growers. Cucumbers start- 

 ing to set early; very close together near the 

 h ill, so much so t hat it is one of, if not I he most 

 productive long cucumber at present known. 



"The cucumbers uniformly grow very 

 smooth and straight, the skin is a beautiful 

 green, perfectly smooth, free from spines, and 

 retains its clear green color until m arly ripe, 

 when the skin becomes of a leathery-brown 

 color. They are very thick through, and per- 

 fectly round. They arc (it to cat at any stage; 

 flesh is riitirrhf whitr, vrri/clear^pcculiarli/rrixp, 

 tender and brittle, with vary few teed* and free 

 from the obnoxious ' green cucumber taste.' 

 The seed cavity is remarkably small, and the 

 seeds arc so slow to form, that even large 

 cucumbers, twelve to fifteen Inches in length 

 and three indres in diameter, are equally as 

 firm and crisp as smaller specimens. 



Are you fond of sliced cucumbers? Then 

 you ought to grow Giant Pera if you desire 

 the most delicious and best flavored of all. 



True Pera seed is very scarce. Having 



Srocured a few pounds direct from Mr. 

 urpec, tile introducer, I offer tile genu- 

 ine seed at I 5 cts. per pkt.; £ pkt., £5 eta. 



CopyrK!HTED h(:nR y MAULE 



THE EXCELSIOR POP CORN. 



The above illustration of this new black pop corn represents a natural 

 sized ear of this remarkable variety. On the left will also be noticed cut 

 of a grain before and after popping, from which my customers can readily 

 see Its wonderful popping qualities. For great prod act IveneSS, and general 

 desirability it is ahead of anything In the Pop Corn line. It will produce 

 frequently as high as four to six ears to the stalk, and will at tract atten- 

 tion anywhere on account of Its large ears, superior shape of grain and 

 remarkable tenderness when popped. It grows about "> feel high, ripens 

 enrlv, and is very easily cured. If you want extra choice Pop Corn next 

 winter, von must plant the Kxcelslor. Supply limited to only a few 

 bushels, so that I can oiler It by t he package only. Pkt., 2"> Cts. 



Turner's Hybrid is the finest, largest, and best -7 

 tomato in the world. The Tomato Seed raised ~ 

 from the 1-2 oz. for which I paid $50.00, can only be ~ 

 obtained from me, and no other source. If you want the "1 

 most select stock of this famous variety, you must sow / 

 Maule's $1600 strain. Pkt., 20 cts.; 1-2 oz., $1 OO - 



