. The Maule seed book for 1922. shown in the illus-tration. They are roughly netted. The flesh is very thick, color anattractive deep orange and of a delicious flavor. Matures in 70 daysmedium sized melons which are excellent for both home and market. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents;quarter pound, 45 cts.; pound, $; 5 pounds, $, postpaid. Watermelons are usually ripe when the tendril or curl on the vine, opposite the fruit stem, dries up 63 MAULES SUPERIOR WATERMELONS Culture.—Watermelons do best on light, well drained soils, but there are varieties adapted to heavy loams. The hills
. The Maule seed book for 1922. shown in the illus-tration. They are roughly netted. The flesh is very thick, color anattractive deep orange and of a delicious flavor. Matures in 70 daysmedium sized melons which are excellent for both home and market. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents;quarter pound, 45 cts.; pound, $; 5 pounds, $, postpaid. Watermelons are usually ripe when the tendril or curl on the vine, opposite the fruit stem, dries up 63 MAULES SUPERIOR WATERMELONS Culture.—Watermelons do best on light, well drained soils, but there are varieties adapted to heavy loams. The hills should be 8 feet aparteach way, with some well rotted mannre in each hill, thoroughly incorporated with the soil. Plant the seed as soon as the weather is really-warm and settled. A packet will plant about 10 hills, an ounce about 30 hills; 3 or i pounds of seed to the acre. Allow two or three toremain in each hill. Ready to use in 60 to 100 days. Fight bugs with Bordo Lead, Key-Cide, Red Wing, Bug Death or Slug 395 Xom ^VatSOn The Most Popular of All Melons for Shipping This melon was an instantaneous success in some of the very best watermelon growing sections of the country. The above illustration wastaken from a melon sent into our office. It is an average specimen of the stock from which our seed is saved: it weighed -36 pounds. Tom Watsonis a long, dark, mottled green melon, which at times grows exceptionally large, often weighing from tiO to 70 pounds, but at the same time oneof the most prolific melons in cultivation. Although the rind is tliin it is very toiigb, making it a most excellent shipper for long flesh is of most superb quality and intense red in color; matures in 90 days. A desirable melon for roth market and home use. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $; 5 pounds, $, postpaid.
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