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 prevent them from ripening. 
Moved by the descriptionin your catalogue, 
but having no hope of success, I planted 
six hills of Cole' 8 Early W atermelon, which 
■produced perfectly ripened melons weigh¬ 
ing from 10 to 17 pounds each, and one 
weighing 29 pounds, before the frost came , 
September 26th. These melons, in ripe¬ 
ness 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 I am grateful to.you for having 
provided this delicacy for us Northern 
people." —GEORGE LEWIS, Potsdam, 
N. Y., Feb. 19th, 1902. 
“Your Cole's Early Watermelons are 
better than you said they were. I raised 
several that weighed over 20 pounds, and 
they were two n>eeks earlier than any 
other kind I had."—E. B. KEA Til LEY, 
Kenton, Tenn. 
cole’s early watermelon, 
C OLE’S EARLY is the finest 
Watermelon for the family 
garden. People, particu¬ 
larly in our Northern States, 
can now enjoy, from the begin¬ 
ning 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 through¬ 
out the season. The beautiful 
bright red flesh is crisp and of 
delicate texture—granulated, 
cool and sparkling. In flavor 
it is lusciously sweet and re¬ 
freshing. The Melons are not 
large, seldom over 12 inches in 
length by 9 inches in diameter, 
but what they lack in size is 
more than made up in number 
and solidity. 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 a larger 
latitude than any other Water¬ 
melon, and it will mature large 
crops in Northern States when 
the season is as long as that of 
New York. {See cut.) 10c. pkt., 
15c. oz., 35c. { lb., $1.00 lb. 
LARGE WHITE FRENCH HUSH ROOflS—VIRGIN SPAWN. 
A NEW VIRGIN SPAWN 
Producing Large White 
FRENCH MUSHROOMS. 
I TS Sterilized Medium being 
freed from other types, as 
well as Bacterial Enemies, reduces 
the possibilities of failure and aids 
in insuring a bountiful yield of the 
Largest, Handsomest and Most 
Luscious Mushrooms known* 
M USHROOM SPAWN propagated continuously by the ordinary method usually degenerates, 
giving decreasing yields of inferior Mushrooms. Some growers, in their efforts to 
overcome this deterioration, procure spores from chance-grown Mushrooms in field 
or farmyard, but these, on account of the diversity of varieties, their consequent 
varied merits and values, seldom prove satisfactory. This new spawn is produced by a new 
method direct from virgin spores secured from the finest type of healthy, large, white French 
Mushrooms. These being propagated in a sterilized medium insures freedom from inferior 
types as well as the bacterial enemies so often prevalent in ordinary spawn. Virgin Mushroom 
Spawn is sold in compressed tablets measuring 3£x2$xl£ 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, 
30c. each, $3,215 per doz., delivered in the United States. 
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