WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Seeds— 55 



TOM WATSON WATERMELON. 



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Tom Watson Watermelon 



The Most Popular of All Shipping Melons 



Although comparatively a new melon it seems to be an instantane- 

 ous success in some of the very best watermelon growing sections of 

 the country. The above illustration was taken from a melon sent into 

 my office of an average specimen of the stock my seed was being saved 

 from; it weighed 36 pounds, and my boys at the office in sampling it, 

 thought It about as delicious a melon as they had ever eaten. Tom 

 Watson is a long, dark, mottled green melon, which at times grows 

 exceptionally large, often weighing from 60 to 70 pounds, and is at the 

 same time one of the most prolific melons in cultivation. It is a most 

 excellent shipper for .ong distances, although the rind is thin, the flesh 

 Is of most superb quality and intense red in color. In conclusion would 

 say, where three or four acres were grown in 1908, In 1911 several 

 hundred were planted, and this history repeats itself wherever Tom 

 Watson has been introduced. I have secured a fine lot of direct head- 

 quarters seed, which I offer at the following prices : 



Packet, 10 cts; ounce, 15 cts.; 14 pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.25. 



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Branch's Improved 

 Georgia Rattlesnake 



The old Rattlesnake has always been regarded as a fine melon; my 

 improved strain is the result of careful selection by an experienced 

 Georgia melon grower, Mr. Steiner Branch. Mr. Branch unhesitat- 

 ingly claims, and I agree with him, that this is the best strain of 

 Rattlesnake melon in existence; in quality and flavor it is not sur- 

 passed. It has a thin, tough rind, which makes it a good shipper. Flesh 

 deep scarlet, sweet and delicious; shape oblong, striped and mottled 

 with various shades of green, as well shown in illustration. For years 

 the old Rattlesnake has been largely grown in the South and shipped 

 to Northern markets, but no one who has been growing the old Rattle- 

 snake will ever plant it again after trying Branch's Improved Strain. 

 Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; 14 pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.25. 



BRANCH'S IMPROVED GEORGIA RATTLESNAKE WATERMELON 



