WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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Tom Watson watermelon. 



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Tom Watson Watermelon 



The Most Popular of All the Shipping Melons 



Althougb 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 grov/s 

 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 long distances, although the rind is thin, the flesh 

 is of most superb quality and Intense red in color. On some markets 

 the past season it sold readily while old style melons were neglected. In 

 conclusion would say, where three or four acres were gi-own In 1908, In 

 1913 several hundred were planted, and this history repeats itself wher- 

 ever Torn Watson has been introduced. I have secured a fine lot of 

 direct headquarters seed, which I ofl^er at the following prices: 



PacSset, 10 cents; oiiiice, 15 cents; pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.35, postpaid. 



APPLE PIE CITRON MELON. 



4,9 Apple Pie Citron Melon 



This a novelty of unusual value and one that will appeal to 

 many of my customers. Fruit and vine grow very similar to 

 the watermelon but the flesh is used exclusively for sauces, 

 l^ies and preserving, etc., having a most delicious flavor, 

 resembling somewhat the flavor of apples. The flesh is white 

 and solid. Each ^ane produces 5 to 15 melons so filled with 

 fruit that one of large size will make as many pies as a half 

 bushel of apples. They keep fresh and solid all winter, so 

 can be used when wanted, and owing to their value as stock 

 food, any surplus not used for home cooking can be fed all 

 winter to stock. It will pay to raise them for this purpose 

 alone. This citron melon is not for eating in its raw state, 

 but for preserving, and largely used for this purpose. 



Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.. i pound, 60 cts.; pound, $2.00. 



HALBERT HONEY WATERMELON. 



4,3 Halbert Honey Watermelon 



This melon is described by the introducers as follows : 

 Equaling in flavor and as handsome in color as the Kleckley 

 Sweets, but more regular in form and much more productive. 

 Growing as long as the Kleckley Sweets, the melons are 

 blunt both at stem and blossom end, generally free from any 

 appearance of neck. They average 18 to 20 inches in length; 

 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Color of rind a clear, glossy deep 

 green. The flesh is a beautiful crimson, extendmg to within 

 less than half an inch of the rind, which, like the flesh, is so 

 tender it will not stand shipping any distance unless care- 

 fully handled. It is essentially the home melon for the home 

 garden and for local markets. I ofler direct headquarters 

 seed that cannot be surpassed. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 4- pound, 30 cts.; pound, 90 cts. 



D. S. Weaver, Perrj% Mo.— We liave been using your gurden seeds for the last 

 15 years, and have alwavs found them as good as represented or better. I ordered 

 one-fourth pound of vour Tom Watson Watermelon seed last spring and will say 

 that I raised the finest melons I ever saw. They weighed from 40 to 90 pounds. I 

 topped the market in our town, sold over $100 worth of melons. They averaged 

 50 cents each; sold a large number of them at 75 cents, and as high as §1.00 each. I 

 never had a kick; all spoke well for tliem. 



Lou Cook, Oceana, W. Va.— I have the honor of raising the largest watermelon 

 that was ever raised in our county; it was a Tom Watson and was .38 inches louy 

 and weighed 56% pounds. I showed it to over 200 people. 



W. P.Smith, Ashley. 111.— As I gave the Angel's Kiss Watermelon a fair trial 

 last summer, would say that they are the finest of all melons and the earliest. 

 Bipening before Cole's Early or Peerless. My customers wanted this variety in 

 preference to all others. 



