Maule's seed catalogue : 1896 . NEW COLUMBUS—First introduced in my 1892 seedbook, and although more than ten thousand of my cus-tomers have grown it to their entire satisfaction, it canstill be considered a novelty. The flesh is wonderful-ly sweet and melting, and of a spicy flavor; skin is finelvnetted, and as a shipping melon, Columbus is undoubtedlvunsurpassed, one customer in California reporting that itstood the heat better than any other variety, although atone time the thermometer was 109 in the shade, and evervother melon was conipletelv cooked and spoiled except Co-lumbus. Pkt., lOct
Maule's seed catalogue : 1896 . NEW COLUMBUS—First introduced in my 1892 seedbook, and although more than ten thousand of my cus-tomers have grown it to their entire satisfaction, it canstill be considered a novelty. The flesh is wonderful-ly sweet and melting, and of a spicy flavor; skin is finelvnetted, and as a shipping melon, Columbus is undoubtedlvunsurpassed, one customer in California reporting that itstood the heat better than any other variety, although atone time the thermometer was 109 in the shade, and evervother melon was conipletelv cooked and spoiled except Co-lumbus. Pkt., lOcts.; oz., 20cts.; JiSH. In sending It to me, Icould not help but think he praised it too highlv, stating ashe did, that he had tested almost all known varieties, andfound Perfection superior to them all. After a carefultest on my trial grounds, I discovered it
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