MAULE'S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1901. 



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NOW FIRST OFFERED. 



A NEW EGO PLANT. 



EXCELSIOR TREE. 



The Largest and Best Flavored 

 Egg Plant Known. 



The Only One Supporting Its Eggs 

 Free From the Ground. 



For several years past I have had my 

 eye on a new egg plant that in a small 

 way, particularly in Florida, has created 

 considerable attention wherever grown. 



In the first place, it is of larger size than 

 any other variety. In the next place, the 

 shape, which is well shown in the illustra- 

 tion, taken from a photograph, is most de- 

 sirable, there being absolutely no waste. 

 In the next place, in flavor it is simply 

 superb, and cannot be surpassed. In the 

 next place, it is earlier than any other va- 

 riety, the hot weather does not blight the 

 blossom, as is the oase with some other 

 sorts. In the next place, on account of its 

 strong, upright growth; it resists drought 

 and bad weather better than any other va- 

 riety. In the next place, it has the won- 

 derful quality of bearing its eggs some- 

 times 2 to 4 feet above the ground, thus 

 preventing its liability to rot, the objec- 

 tion to nil other varieties of any size what- 

 ever. I am satisfied that Excelsior Tree 

 egg plant is superior to any other variety 

 now grown. The fruit frequently grows 18 

 to 24 inches in circumference, and will 

 average at least a third larger than New 

 York Improved Purple, while the number 

 of eggs are more than twice as many; a 

 single plant producing, at times, as many 



as lti fine eggs. My only regret is that I have a very limited quantity 

 of the seed to offer this year, so that I have to ask a big price for it; but 

 it is well worth it. A dollar expended in Excelsior Tree egg plant will 

 rtturn many thousand per cent on the investment. 



Packet, (25 seeds) 25 cents; 5 packets, S1.00; 30 packets, S5.00. 



TILL. GARDEN SEEDS »RE DELIVERED FREE 



At your nearest post office or express office at prices quoted in this 

 catalogue, excepting peas, beans, sweet corns, etc., by the peck and 

 bushel. In ordering seeds by express or freight purchaser paying 

 charges 10 cents per pound may be deducted from the prices quoted. 



Maule's Netted Gem or Rocky Ford Muskmelon. 



This now famous melon is nothing more nor less than a localized 

 form of my old standard Netted Gem. It is a small, earlv melon, 

 weighing 1^ to \% pounds. The flesh is deep and thick, and light green 

 in color, except next the seeds, where it inclines towards yellow. The 

 flavor is exceedingly fine. The skin is green, regularly ribbed and 

 thickly netted. It is a firm, solid melon, and will carrv in perfect con- 

 dition for a week or more after irs removal from the vine. It is a 

 heavy cropper, and is in wide favor as a market melon. Indeed, its 

 ability to bear transportation without breaking down has made it one 

 of the most profitable of crops, and explains whv it is so universally 

 grown. It has many local names. In New Jersey it is variously 

 known as the Netted Gem, Golden Jenny and Golden Gem. In Colo- 

 rado it has taken the name of Rocky Ford, from a locality where it 

 grows in great abundance and perfection, and from whence it is 

 shipped all over the country in quantities, even to the fruit stores in 

 Philadelphia and all the other large Eastern cities. I notice that the 

 same melon is also called Rocky Ford Nutmeg, Alamo Nutmeg and 

 Packet, s cents; ounce, io cents; quarter^ 



j Dewey Gem Nutmeg; and it no doubt has manv other names of local 

 ' choice. I have the original strain of this celebrated melon, the seed 

 being grown with the utmost care as to purity, and 1 can recommend 

 it. The Rural yew Yorker, Nov. 4, 1899, contained the following from 

 -Mr. Paul Rose, the originator of the Petoskey or Paul Rose melon. 

 "A word in regard to the celebrated 'Rockv Ford.' This melon is the 

 I Netted Gem and nothing else. * * * seedmen who are offering this 

 j as a variety must surely know better. I think that this rabbit's foot 

 | has been worked upon the public long enough and should be severelv 

 repressed." My customers who wish genuine Netted Gem or Rocky 

 Ford seed may be sure of getting it from me. 1 have anticipated a 

 large call for it, and am prepared to meet the demand. The Netted 

 Gem or Rocky Ford melon has been so generally and widely adver- 

 tised that it will be a good seller for years to come; the best seller, no 

 doubt, among the melons. It is as good as it is widely fashionable, 

 and is certain to be the most profitable thing of its kind for both do- 

 mestic and commercial purposes during the year 1901. 

 pound, as cents- pound, 70 cents, postpaid. 



