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THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1912 



MUSKMELONS OR CANTALOUPES. 



CtJLTURE. — Plant seed in hills 4 to 6 feet apart each way, after danger 

 of frost is over. Use well rotted manure in the hills. Insert seeds 



Just under surface of soil: 1 ounce to 60 hills; 2 to 3 pounds to acre. Thin 

 out, leaving only 4 plants to a hill. A light, warm soil is best, but there 

 are varieties adapted to heavy loams, If well drained. In hoeing draw 

 the soil well up to the plants. Fight bugs with tobacco dust, Slug 

 Shot, air slaked lime, land plaster, Bug Death or Buhach. 



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Maule's Select 



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MAULE'S SELECT ROCKY FORD MUSKMELON. 



Rocky Ford Muskmelon 



(Green flesh.) In this Rocky Ford Melon I ofler 

 my customers a strain of seed grown for me by one of 

 the very best, if not the best, growers of melons in 

 Rocky Ford, Colo. The seed is saved from a field in 

 which not a single melon has been sold, in other words 

 only the best and choicest melons have been retained 

 >r seed. These melons if shipped to the Eastern mar- 

 kets would have brought the highest prices, conse- 

 quently the seed I offer costs me an unusually high 

 price. This strain of Rocky Ford is equal to any 

 small green fleshed melon now on the market, and be- 

 tween ourselves while this is the best green fleshed. 

 Bowman's Gold Coin ofl!"ered on page 53 is the best 

 Salmon fleshed variety of this character. 



I have less than 1,000 pounds of this special strain of 

 Maule's Select Rocky Ford on hand, but as long as 

 it lasts will be glad to furnish it to my customers at 

 the following reasonable prices : 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 

 X pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. 



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Maule's Honey 

 Muskmelon 



(Green flesh.) I call It Honey from the fact that 

 56 of my customers suggested this name, in com- 

 petition for a SlOO prize, and it was very gratifying 

 to me to know that so many felt compelled on ac- 

 count of its sweet, delicious flavor to call this grand 

 melon Honey. Maule's Honey muskmelon is of 

 mediuni size, weighing 3 to 4 pounds on an average. 

 It is distinctly and evenly ribbed and moderately 

 netted. Globe shape and somewhat flattened at the 

 stem and blossom end. Its exterior color is a 

 peculiar shade of green, quite unlike any other 

 muskmelon. The flesh is green, inclining to yel- 

 low. The spicy flavor is as distinct and character- 

 istic as it is sweet and pleasing. The flesh is both 

 deep and firm, the edible portion almost touching 

 the rind, and remarkably juicy. 



Paclset, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 



J>^ pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25. 



MAULE'S HONEY MUSKMELON. 







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OSAGE OR MILLER'S CREAM MUSKMELON 



EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK MUSKMELON. 



372 Extra Early Hackensack 



(Green flesh.) A productive and profitable strain of the old popular 

 Hackensack, and is about 10 days earlier, and of almost equal size, the 

 melons weighings to 10 pounds each. In shape and color it is similar 

 to the parent, the main difl'erence being in point of earliness, which is 

 suflicient to commend it to market gardeners. It is a round melon, 

 flattened on the ends and well ribbed. The skin is netted, and the flesh, 

 which is green, is rich and sugary. The vines make good strong growth 

 and bear abunantly. It is also considered a good shipping melon. 

 Packet, 3 cts.; onnce, 10 cts.; ^ pound, 30 cts.; pound, $1.00. 



EMERALD GEM MUSKMELON. 



373 Emerald Gem 



(Salmon flesh.) This beautiful melon is early and prolific. It is truly 

 a gem. The ribs are marked, but the skin is smooth, of a deep emerald 

 green color. The flesh is thick and firm, ripening almost to the rind, 

 and of the richest flavor. Plst., 5c.; oz., 15c.; 14 lb., lOc.; lb., $1.35. 



374 Osage or Miller's Cream 



(Salmon flesh.) Of medium size, nearly round, with skin ribbed and 

 somewhat netted. Flesh salmon colored, of luscious flavor. Vine pro- 

 lific. Plit., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 14 lb., 4tO cts.; lb., $1.50. 



