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Maule's Superior Watermelons 



Culture. — Watermelons do best on light, well drained soils, but there are varieties adapted to heavy loams. The bills should be 8 feet apart 

 each way, with some well rotted manure in each hill, thoroughly incorporated with the soil. Plant the seed as soon as the weather is really 

 warm and settled. One ounce of seed will plant 30 hills; 3 or 4 pounds of seed to the acre. Allow two or three plants to remain in each hill 

 Fight bugs with Bug Death or .Slug shot. 



TOM WATSON WATERMELON. 



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Tom Watson Watermelon 



The Most Popular of All the Shipping Melons 



This melon was an instantaneous success m some of the very best watermelon growing sections of the country The above illustration was 

 taken from a melon sent into our office of an average specimen of the stock our seed was being s a ed H orn- it weighed I? pounds Tom Watson 

 is a long dark mott ed green melon which at times grows exceptionally large, often weighing from 60 to 70 pounds a ,] s " the sWe time 

 one of the most prolific melons in cultivat ion. It is a most excellent shipper for long distances, alt hough the rind is thin, the flesh is of most 

 superb quality and intense red in color. We have secured a tine lot of direct headquarters seed, which we offer at the following prices: 

 Packet, io cents; ounce, xg cents; quart er pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.50, postpaid. 



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MAMMOTH IRONCLAD WATERMELON, 



Mammoth Ironclad 



it is one of the great commercial melons, The flesh is of prime 

 quality, always solid and sweet. The heart is very large, and the 

 flesh next to the rind is fully equal in quality to that at the centre. 

 It uniformly grows to greater size with more marketable melons to 

 the acre than any other of the extra large varieties. Ironclad will 

 mostly resist a fall of 3 feet without fracture or even bruise, and is 

 one of the best shippers known. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; % pound, 30 cts.; pound, $1.00. 



417 



The Jones 



A magnificent large melon; dark green rind, slightly striped; flesh 

 bright red, very juicy and delicious. Medium early, very prolific, is 

 much larger than Kolb's Gem. A carload of 800 melons, averaging 43 

 lbs. each, were gathered from two-thirds of an acre. One grower writes 

 that they produced ripe melons in 65 days. Has been grown to immense 

 size, and even the largest specimens hold their good flavor. An ex- 

 cellent melon for home use as well as shipping purposes. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; % pound, 30 cts.; pound, $1.00. 



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FORDHOOK EARLY WATERMELON, 



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Fordhook Early 



One of the largest of the extra early varieties, and claimed to be the 

 earliest of all. Shape nearly round. Color a medium shade of green. 

 Flesh bright red, and of deliciously sweet flavor. The rind is sufficiently 

 hard to make it a good shipper. Its originator, who lives in Delaware, 

 says that this variety always matures first in competitive trials with 

 other sorts. Does equally as well in heavy soils 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; 4 pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.25. 



406 Black Boulder or Black Diamond 



m«mn n n?h e <!! eUt wa , termelon ls enormously productive, reaching a 

 nflwm-™ « ' , el0D f ™S hiu S from 75 to 90 pounds are frequent; 

 nJul Z^ y mmetrlcal sha P e ' roundish to bluntly oval, and this sim- 

 almost H,nt P «, ruDS J^ »S h the entire field. With rich, dark green, 

 almost black skm. Flesh bright red and firm. It cuts eaual to any 



mtlon eTul in'.T 1 ltS Sh , iPPlng qUalltieS aie Ph^omenK other 

 bes fir , II « a c ° ugbUeSS ° f riud - AU the P~ise of high quality 



S-ITw* * . &weecheart <=an be repeated on this melon. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 14 pound, 30 cts.; pound, $1.00. 



