COLE’S EARLY WATERMELON. 
RIPENS DELICIOUS MELONS IN NORTHERN STATES, 
WHERE MELONS NEVER MATURED BEFORE. 
JUST AS VALUABLE FOR MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN STATES, 
RIPENING MELONS WEEKS BEFORE ANY OTHER. 
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS THINK OF IT: 
“ The seasons in this portion of northern 
New York State are as late and unfavorable for 
growing watermelons as anywhere in our land, 
as early frosts usually pre'oent them from 
ripening. Moved by the descriptioninyour 
catalogue, but having no hope of success, 
I planted six hills of Cole’s Early Water¬ 
melon, which produced perfectly 
ripened melons weighing from 
10 to 17 pounds each, and one 
weighing 29 pounds, before 
the frost came, September 26th. 
These melons, in ripeness 
and eating qualities, equalled 
the best Southern melons. 
You should add these words 
to your catalogue description : 
‘Cole’8 Early Watermelon will 
perfectly ripen full crops of 
delicious melons throughout 
the extreme northern portion 
of the United States before 
early frosts’ Personally 1 
am grateful to you for having 
provided this delicacy for 
us Northern people.'* — 
GEOROE LEWIS, Potsdam, 
N. Y., Feb. 19th , 1902. 
“ Your Cole’s Early Water¬ 
melons are better than you said 
they were. I raised several that 
weighed over 20 pounds, and. 
they were two weeks earlier 
than any other kind I had .”— 
E. B. KEATIILEY, Kenton, 
Tenn. 
y OLE’S EARLY is the finest Water- 
j melon for the family garden. 
People, particularly in our North¬ 
ern States, can now enjoy, from the 
beginning to the close of the season, 
most delicious Watermelons, for 
COLE’S EARLY is not only the 
earliest variety in cultivation,but 
it continues to bear throughout 
the season. The beautiful bright 
red flesh is crisp and of delicate 
texture—granulated, cool and 
sparkling. In flavor it is lus¬ 
ciously sweet and refreshing. 
The Melons are not large, seldom 
over 12 inches in length by 0 
inches in diameter, but what they 
lack in size is more than made up 
in number andsoliditv. The heart 
is large; there is little or no 
cavity, and very few seeds— 
all solid flesh, the quality of 
which is sustained clear to 
the rind. It can be grown 
successfully over alarger lati¬ 
tude than any other Water¬ 
melon, and it will mature 
large crops in Northern 
States when the season is as long as 
cole’s early watermelon. that of NewYork. {See cut.) 10c. pkt., 
15c. oz., 35c. \ lb., $1.00 lb. 
Large White French Mushrooms-— 
VIIt GUV 
SFAWN. 
A NEW VIRGIN SPAWN 
Producing Large White 
FRENCH MUSHROOMS. 
JTS Sterilized Medium being freed 
from other types, as well as Bac¬ 
terial Enemies, reduces the possibilities 
of failure and aids in insuring a bounti¬ 
ful yield of the Largest, Handsomest 
and most Luscious Mushrooms known. 
M USHROOM SPAWN propagated continuously by the ordinary method usually degenerates, 
giving decreasing yields of inferior Mushrooms. Some growers, in their efforts to 
overcome this deterioration, procure spores from chance-grown Mushrooms in field 
OI * / arm y a T c L these, on account of the diversity of varieties, their consequent 
varied merits and values, seldom prove satisfactory. This new spawn is produced by a new 
method direct from virgin spores secured from the finest type of healthy, large, white French 
Mushrooms, these being propagated in a sterilized medium insures freedom from inferior 
types as well as the bacterial enemies so often prevalent in ordinary spawn. Virgin Mushroom 
Spawn is sold in compressed tablets measuring 3Jx2Jxl J inches, to be split into four portions, 
each portion to be planted ten to twelve inches apart. Full cultural instructions for Virgin 
Spawn to every purchaser , which should be carefully followed. (See cut.) Price of tablets 
20c. each, $2.00 per doz., delivered in the United States. 
