MAULE'S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1901. 



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I OSAGB GEM MUSKMEUOIN. 



£ Like Rocky Ford, But Salmon Fleshed. 



This new melon must not be confounded with the Osage, which I have 

 listed for years. Osage Gem is a cross or hybrid of Osage and Netted 

 Gem It has the flesh color of one.and the size, shape and outside appear- 

 ance of the other. The latter is identical with Rocky Fordfcthat is.Rocky 

 Ford is only an improved strain of Netted Gem. Hence, Mn but descrbe 

 this splendid new melon as a Rocky Ford with Salmon-colored flesh. 

 During the past summer I had specimens of Rocky Ford and Osage I .mi 

 from my trial grounds which were almost identical in size, shape and 

 external appearance , but they were quite different when opened. 



This new melon belongs to the most fashionable of existing types, and 

 will be found entirely satisfactory wherever a salmon-fleshed cantaloupe 

 is appreciated. The flavor is unsurpassed by any salmon-fleshed sort. 



Osage Gem originated in the Benton Harbor melon district, Michigan, 

 and is very popular in many Western markets, notably in Chicago. It 

 has the same excellent parentage as Paul Rose or Petoskey, but differs in 

 external appearance from that sort. 



Osage Gem has no superior as a household or market sort; but it must 

 not be confounded with the green-fleshed varieties. It weighs about two 

 pounds and is adapted for servins in halves upon the table. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce. 15 cents; % pound, SO cents; pound, SI. 00. 



NORFOLK BUTTON MUSKMELON- 



OSAGE GEM MUSKMELON. 



Norfolk Button Muskmelon. 



Earlier Than Jenny bind. 



This new extra early form of Jenny Lind is of the same size as the 

 parent sort. It has the same green flesh, spiciness and sweetness, but 

 shows a distinct gain in point of earliness, being ready for market con- 

 siderably before the first Jenny Linds. The name of Norfolk Button iB 

 derived from its place of origin, as well as on account of the well- 

 developed button or projection. at the blossom end, as shown in the 

 illustration. The gardeners at Norfolk, Virginia. b»ve for some years 

 made money with this splendid strain of Jenny Bind; and it became so 

 well knovrnand so famous as to require a distinctive title apart from its 

 original name. I am inclined to think that in addition toextreme earli- 

 ness the Norfolk Button is entitled to credit for superior depth of flesh and 

 spiciness, as compared to the older Jenny Lind types, and I commend it 

 to my customers as the best thing of its.kind now upon the market 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce 15 cents; \± pound 30 cents; pound. SI. 00. 



New National Watermelon. 



Succeeds Everywhere, Even Where All Others Fail. 



The reason that this fine, new watermelon received the name of Na- 1 fact, that a 40-pound New National watermelon does not appear to be 

 tional, was because of its proven ability to flourish almost anywhere, much larger than a Seminole weighing only 25 pounds. It is particu- 



even in districts where watermelons are not usuallv grown. Its adapta- 

 bility to location is possessed by very few melons." It is able to accept 

 in a truly remarkable way all soils and climates, and should have uni- 

 versal trial all over the North. It will do marvelously well, even under 

 adverse conditions. Many a planter of the New National has been led 

 to say, "this is what I have long sought." 



The New National is a watermelon of medium to large size and of 

 high table quality. It is of [Southern origin, but thrives well In the 

 North, even on soils which are quite heavy, provided they are well en- 

 riched. In shape it is oblong. The outside color is pale, with dark 



larly firm and solid at the heart. The flavor is delicious, and the flesh 

 is entirely stringless. The seeds are of a light brown color. The rind, 

 though tiiin. is very tough, making an effective protection to the flesh, 

 and insuring good shipping qualities. It is almost unrivalled in all re- 

 spects, for both home and market: and in many places not well adapted 

 to melon culture, it will prove to be a rare boon. 



One much pleased planter of the New National watermelon, writes 

 me that at his New England home it always produces two very large 

 melons on each vine, and that it is both a good shipper and keeper. 

 I recommend the New National for universal culture.even where other 



markings, resembling Seminole, but with markings more distinct. I varieties succeed: but I would particularly present it to the notice of 

 The flesh is brilliant red in color, and remarkably solid; so solid, in | people who have heretofore failed in growing this sweetsummer fruit. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, io cents; quarter = pou nd. 20 cents; pound, 60 cents. 



