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The Common Morel, or Honeycomb, Mushroom. 
The accompanying cut 
shows it better than I can de- 
scribe it. It grows early in 
spring in old orchards and in 
woods and varies in color 
to a bright buckskin yellow, 
and in size from an inch in 
height to five inches. No mis- 
take is possible, as there is 
nothing else like it. Can be 
fried or stewed, also dried for 
winter. 
Receipt for Stewing Shaggy 
Manes. 
Peel the caps, wash out grit 
(best under a faucet) and in 
as little water as possible, be- 
cause the mushrooms soak 
water. Put tablespoonful of 
butter in a hot stewpan, and 
when melted the mushrooms. 
Stew in their own liquor over 
a mild fire for ten or fifteen 
minutes; season with salt, pep- 
per and lemon to taste. A lit- 
tle milk or cream may be 
added if desired. Do not be 
afraid of any that turn black in 
cooking. Cook till very ten- 
der. 
Beefsteak and Mushrooms. 
Prepare your steak as usual and fry a few mushrooms in the gravy and 
pour over the steak. 
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT FOR PoTaTo ScAB—In experiments at the 
Kentucky Experiment Station, corrosive sublimate treatment for potato scab 
was th: most eff2ctive tried. Four to4% oz. of the sublimate was dis- 
solved in 30 gallons of water. The-seed tubers were allowed to remain in the 
solution 1% hours. Seed so treated produced potatoes almost free from scab. 
If they were affected in the least the scabby potatoes were very few and the 
scabs quite superficial. Untreated plants while they produced almost as heavy 
a yield of potatoes, contained a great many scabby ones which had to be thrown 
out entirely, while the remainder of the rows were inferior in quality. Re- 
member that care must be used in handling corrosive sublimate, which is a 
poison. 
from a dead frozen leaf green 
