J. HANNS & CO.'S CHOICE SEEDS. 



iidatermelon 



is)assermelone. 



1 oz. for 30 hills; 3 

 or 4 lbs. to acre. 



Cultivate exactly as for Cantaloupe, except that the hills should be 8 to 10 feet apart. 

 Kolb'S Gem. — The rind, though quite thin, is very tough, standing 

 shipments long distances withoiat breakage. The flesh is bright red and of 

 good flavor. It is one of the largest, most productive and best keeping Mel- 

 ons grown. % lb., 15c.; lb., 4t)c. 



Sweetheart. — It has no equal as a shipping Melon. Vine vigorous and 

 productive, ripening its fruit early. Fruit large, oval, very heavy, uniformly 

 mottled light and very light green. Rind thin, but firm. Flesh bright red, 

 firm, solid, but vei I ill i iii Itin^ ml ilI I'liiili tii t 1 :iuality 



for a long time aft (.1 tii uiiu 1 H '0 



Kolb's Gem. 



Kleckley Sweets.— Shape oblon 

 skin dark green, rind thin. The 

 flesh is a beautiful bright red, 

 heart very large and meaty; the 

 quality and flavor is grand, being 

 extremely sweet, melting and lus- 

 cious. % lb., 15c.; lb., 40c. 



Cuban Queen. — Fruit me- 

 dium sized to large, globular or 

 oval; skin striped light and dark- 

 green in sharp contrast; rind me- 

 dium thick, but stands shipment 

 well; flesh bright red, solid, very 

 crisp and sugary. }( lb., 15c.; lb., 

 40c. 



Florida FaA'Oi'ite.— Amost 

 delightful Melon, of rare sweet- 

 ness; red flesh, extending close up --A 

 to the rind, which is hard, thin and >~3< 

 mottled light and dark green. Ten 

 days earlier than Kolb's Gem. ]^ 

 lb., 15c.; lb , 35c. 



New^ Triumph. — This new 

 Melon is a cross between the Duke ^'•'"' Triumph. 



Jones and Kolb's Gem, having the handsome dark green color of the former and the fine shipping qualities of the la 

 but infinitelv superior in flavor and grows much larger than either. 



Ih., 15c.; lb., 40. 



tter, 



Okra, or Qumbo, 



10 lbs. to acre. 



Sow in drills during April 

 and May. Thin until the plants 

 are 12 inches distant, and draw 

 earth to the stems for support. 



The pods of this plant are 

 regarded as a household ne- 

 cessity in the Southern 

 States, but are not so well 

 known nor so extensively 

 grown as they should be in 

 the North. For either cook- 

 ing or drying, the pods must 

 be gathered when j'oung and 

 tender, before any woody 

 fibre is formed. The plants 

 will also produce more freely 

 and continue longer in bear- 

 ing if all pods are gathered 

 as soon as thej' are of suffi- 

 cient size for use. The sur- 

 plus pods may be strung on threads and hung in a cool 

 place to dry for winter use, or they maybe used to can with 

 tomatoes, to which they add a greater consistency and ad- 

 ditional flavoring. 



Improved Owarf Green Prolific, or Density. 



— A distinct variety, growing about fourteen inches high. 

 Grown in competition with the ordinarj' dwarf, it proditces 

 twice the number of pods, which are very smooth and 

 beautiful. Pkg., 5c.; X lb., 15c.; lb., 40c. 



White Velvet. — Pods are large, perfectly smooth. 

 Pkg., 5c.; J4: lb., 15c.; lb., 4Cc. 



Mushrooms. 



Mushrooms can be gi'own in any dark room or cellar where the 

 temperature can be maintained at 50- to 60'. From old pastures 

 procure the soil. To a bushel of soil add two bushels of fresh 

 horse manure. Of this well-mixed compound make a bed four feet 

 wide. Put on a thin layer and pound it hard, until your bed is 

 eight inches thick. It will become preity hot; let the heat recede 

 until it is only 85'' to 90'. Make holes, a foot apart, and put in 

 spawn, two or three pieces as large as a walnut in each hole. Cover 

 them and presssoil solid and smooth. Let the bed remain thus 

 twelve days, then cover with two inches of fresh loam. Over this 

 place four or five inches of hay or straw, and the work is done, 

 it the temperature is right in six or eight weeks you may expect 

 Mushrooms. Bed will continue bearing from twenty to thirty 

 days. After the first crop is gathered spread over bed an inch of 

 fresh soil, moisten with warm water and cover with hay. 



Mushroom Spawn .--Pound, 10c. ; 100 lbs., $8.00; 

 per brick, 15c.; If sent by mail add 8c. per lb. 



Plant in drills twelve 

 inches apart and 

 four inches be- 

 tween the 

 sets. 



Per 

 bush. 

 Choice Yel- 

 low I>an vers. 



Quart, lOc $1.75 



Choice Yel- 

 low Strass- 

 buri>'. — Quart, 



10c ..r 7. ...$1.75 



Choice White 

 Silver Skin. 

 Quart, 15c... $3.00 

 Subject to market 

 fluctuations. 

 If sent by mail, 10c. 

 extra per quart. 



