WATER MELON-continued. 
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“ COLE’S EARLY.” 
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A most delicious and productive 
variety for the family garden, 
succeeding in Northern States, where 
Melons were never matured before. 
JOBSHBaSEOSe 
COLE’S EARLY is positively the finest “allround” 
Water Melon in existence, and for the private family 
garden it is without a peer. People, particularly in 
our Northern States, who have never before been able 
to grow this most nectareous of fruits, can now enjoy 
from the beginning to the close of the season the most 
delicious of all water melons, for COLE’S EARLY 
is not only the earliest variety in cultivation, but it con¬ 
tinues to bear most bountifully throughout the entire 
season. 
The flesh is of a beautiful bright red color, crisp, and 
extremely delicate in texture—that granulated, cool, 
sparkling appearance that is so captivating to the eye 
iu flavor it is lusciously sweet and refreshing, no pithi¬ 
ness or stringiness. 
in^mn^er^nmi^olbMtv^^rhAction? ver 12 inches in length by nine inches in diameter, but what they lack in size is more than made up 
which^is^Mtained'clear to^he rfnd .* 8 tar * e ; th «" is llttle - n ° ^ *>w sJeds-all so.id flesh, the quality i 
nn^nfth^fforthelm St^-As'wtfin^t'o^ 00 ’ ° Ve ^ a ^ ar f? er latitude than any other water melon, and it will invariably mature large crops in 
per lb th (See°c!rf ) Fn Stat68 w en tlie season 18 a® long as that of New York. Price, 10c. per pkt., 20c. per oz., 35c. per 14 lb., $1.00 
" Cole's Early Water Melon lias attracted universal admiration. It lias hitherto 
been considered impossible to ripen water melons in Santa Ffi at an altitude of 
orer7.0U0 feet above sea-level, on account of the comparatively short summer 
here and coo! nights, the thermometer never averaging over 60° at night even 
during July and August. From the package of seed I grew fifteen hills that 
bore some sixty melons weighing from eight to fourteen pounds, ami not a single 
melon failed to ripen fully, and several persons who tried them were unanimous 
in pronouncing them excellent. Sweet, juicy and delicious, far superior to the 
big coarse melons we get, from the South, on account oft heir thin rind they con 
tain as much flesh as the big melons shipped here which weigh (gross) nearly 
double the weight of Cole's. I am informed that, these melons were the only ones 
successfully raised in this place." —J. F. Wiei.andy, Santa Ftl, New Mexico. 
“ 1 have been successful in growing Cole's Early Water Melon in my gartlen on 
the summit of the Nhawangunk Mountains, at, a measured elevation of 1,87b 
feet above sen-level. The melons matured, and were superior in flavor and 
sweetness to anything in the market. No melons were ever before matured in 
this neighborhood."— Mr. C. \V. Durham, of 110 Went 27th St., New York City. 
” The Cole's Early Water Melon I had from you was a great success. 1 have 
highly recommended it to my brothers in Florida." — H. Ingham Kooebii, 
Fremantle, Western Auetralia. 
T HIS variety came to us from 
the South very highly recom¬ 
mended. Wo have tried it for 
two seasons, and are glad to be 
able to endorse the claims made 
for its good qualities. It is very 
large in size, oblong in shape ; the 
general outer color is pale, with 
markings somewhat resembling 
Seminole, but much bolder in char¬ 
acter. The flesh is brilliant red 
in color, remarkably crisp, solid, 
particularly at the heart, of delici¬ 
ous flavor and absolutely free from 
any stringinoss. 
Though of Southern origin, this 
variety succoeds well in our own 
trial grounds, and we have no doubt 
that it will bo found successful in 
almost any section. Weconfldent- 
ly recommend it to all our custom¬ 
ers. (See cut.) 10c. pkt., 20c. oz., 
40c. 14 lb., $1.25 lb. 
A C »mplete and E conomical fiarden "« V egetable Seed C ollections •«•»£ a 
