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MAULE'S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1901. 



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CERTIFICATE. 



I, A. B. Wallis, tbe undersigned, do hereby certify that I did on the Third day of 

 December, l'JOO. ship by freight to VVm. Henry Maule, six sacks of cantaloupe seed 

 containing in the aggregate -IS!) lbs. That the seeds were grown by me at Rocky Ford, 

 Colorado, under irrigation; that they were grown removed from any other variety 

 (in fact know of no other variety being grown in this locality); and that they are a 

 genuine and strictly pure strain of the "Rocky Kord Netted (iem" Cantaloupe. 



A. B. Wallis, [Seal. 



Beck's Strawberry 

 Muskmelon. 



Extra Good and Strongly Individual 

 in Character. 



This promising new muskmelon is of large size. 

 The flesh is deep and tine, of a green color inclin- 

 ing to yellow. Flavor exquisite, though peculiar. 



The story sent out with this melon by its origina- 

 tor is to the effect that it was found in a patch of 

 the Montreal variety; that the blooming Montreal 

 melons had been adjacent to a blooming straw- 

 berry bed; that the pollen from a strawberry blos- 

 som had inoculated and affected a melon blossom, 

 producing a strawberry flavored fruit. 



The correctness of the theory is of no particular 

 moment. It is certain, however, that the new 

 melon has a peculiarly delicious and highly desir- 

 able flavor. The illustration shows the shape and 

 <5 markings. It remains green until ripe, when it 

 assumes a yellow tint. It is an early melon, de- 

 cidedly earlier than its parent, and is in great 

 demand where known. It has somewhat the ex- 

 ternal appearance of the old nutmeg melon, but 

 the flesh is of richer color. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 

 10 cents; pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. 



The Great Rocky Ford Muskmelon. 



Seed Grown in Rocky Ford, Colorado. 

 Most Fashionable Cantaloupe on the American Market. 



For the convenience of my customers I offer two strains of the Rocky 

 Ford Melou seed; both are' strictly pure Kocky Ford Melon; but one 

 strain is grown in Rocky Ford, Color do, the other 

 is not; each, therefore, is exactly wnat it appears 

 to be; although on my trial grounds I find no great 

 difference between them; each is merely an im- 

 proved form of my old Netted Hem, which I first 

 listed years ago. 



Rocky Ford melons, by reason of their conven- 

 ient size, delicious character, superior shape and 

 shipping qualities, have taken the whole fashion- 

 able world by storm, and for several years have 

 been in brisk demand in all choice markets. Last 

 summer thousands of crates of Kocky Ford Mel- 

 ons, raised in Rocky Ford, Colorado, more than a 

 thousand miles away, were sold in Philadelphia 

 at 81.50 per dozen melons. Certainly the growers 

 in a State so far off as Colorado, deserve great 

 credit for the manner in which they have boomed 

 this melon so far away from home. 



Some dealers desire an extra price, for Net- 

 ted (lem seed raised in Colorado; it dees cost a 

 little more to raise seed in Kocky Ford than 

 in the Fast, but the increase is not so great that 

 the seed car/not be sold at reasonable figures. My 

 arrangements have been made with one of the 

 most prominent growers there, who has grown 

 my supply of seed, selected only from the very 

 best and finest melons, and a strain that can be 

 depended upon to equal, if not surpass, any melon 

 seed grown in the state of Colorado. I offer this 

 seed to my customers at the following reasonable 

 figures: Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; '<{ pound, 

 30 cents; pound. 90 cents, 

 state of Colorado, 1 a a 

 County of Otero. J 



Personally appeared before me. Charles W. Knapp. a Notary Public in and forthe 

 County and State aforesaid, A. B. Wallis; who is personally known to me, who be- 

 ing duly sworn deposes and says that he lias read the foregoing certificate and 

 knows that the same is true of his own knowledge. A. B. Wai.i.is. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this fourth day of December, A. U.. IMOO. 

 My Commission expires April 3, 1!W4. Charles \V. Knapp, 



Notary Public. 



PETOSKEY OR PAUL ROSE MUSKMELON. 



Petoskey or Paul Rose Muskmelon. 



A Salmon-Fleshed Favorite. 



BECK'S STRAWBERRY MUSKMELON. 



This extra fine salmon-fleshed muskmelon is a hybrid between Osage 

 and Netted Gem, being a full brother to the new Osage Gem, which I 

 elsewhere describe. It is, however, larger than Osage Gem, with deeper 

 ilesh. It is the thickest fleshed yellow or salmon muskmelon within 

 my knowledge, and surpassed in depth of flesh only by Maule's new 

 green Seabed melon, the Model, this year listed for tbe first time. 



Petoskey or Paul Rose is of the Netted (iem or Rocky Ford family or 

 group, being small in size, slightly elongated in shape, and of the 

 highest flavor known. The average weight of all these melons is below 

 two pounds, with Petoskey somewhat larger than some of the others. 

 The illustration shows the shape and comparative size of the seed cavity. 



Notwithstanding its thin rind, Petoskey Is a good shipper and fine 

 melon for market purposes, and available for the fancy trade of distant 

 cities. Its habit of growth is very uniform, and it Is handsome when in 

 crate or basket. It is of the type which is now in highest fashion every- 

 where. My seed is grown directly from headquarters stock. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; y± pound, 20 cents; pound, 50 cents. 



