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WATERriELON. 



TKIlassermelone. 



Cultivate exactly as for cantaloupe, except that the hills should be eight to 

 ten feet apart. 1 oz. for 30 hills; 3 or 4 lbs. to acre. 



Kolb's Gem. — The rind, thotigh quite thm, is very tough, standing 

 shipments long distances without breakage. The flesh is bright red and of 

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

 grown. -X lb., lOc; lb., 30c. 



Kolb's Gem. 



K Sweetheart. — It has no equal 

 as a shipping melon. Vine vigor- 

 ous and productive, ripening its 

 fruit early. Fruit large, oval, very 

 heavy, uniformlj' mottled light and 

 very light green. Rind thin, but 

 firm. Flesh bright red, firm, solid, 

 but ver}' tender, melting and sweet. 

 Fruit retains its good quality for a 

 long time after ripening. % lb., 

 15c.; lb., 40c. 



(/Jones'. — The color of the skin 

 IS solid green and flesh is a ver}- 

 bright red; very sweet and juicy; 

 it grows to a very large size. % 

 IK, 15c.; lb., 40. 



*^Florida Favorite.— A most 

 delightful melon, of rare sweetness; 

 red flesh, extending close up to 

 the rind, which is hard, thin and 

 mottled light and dark green. Ten 

 days earlier than Kolb's Gem. %. . . 



j^Cubau Queen. — Fruit medium-sized to large, glob- 

 ular or oval ; skin striped light and dark green in sharp 

 contrast; rind medium thick, but .stands shipment well; 

 flesh bright red, solid, very crisp and sugary. % lb., 15c.; 

 lb., 40c. 



1 lb., 40c. 



^New Triumph. — This new melon is across between 

 the Duke Jones and Kolb Gem, having the handsome dark 

 green color of the former and the fine shipping qualities of 

 the latter, but infinitely superior in flavor and grows much 

 larger than either. ^ lb., 15.; lb., 40c. 



n US H ROOMS. 



Mushrooms can be grown in any dark room or cellar 

 ■where the temperature can be maintained at 50° to 60°. 

 From old pastures procure the soil, and store it away. To 

 one bushel of this soil add two bushels of fresh horse 

 manure. Of this well-mixed compound prepare a bed, say 

 four feet wide. Put down a thin layer and pound it down 

 hard, and go on until 5'ou have a bed eight inches thick. It 

 will soon become pretty hot, but let the heat recede until it 

 is only 85° to 90°. Then make holes, say a foot apart, and 

 put in the spawn, two or three pieces as large as a walnut 

 in each hole. Cover the holes and press the soil solid and 

 smooth. Let the bed remain in this condition about twelve 

 days; then cover it with two inches of fresh loam, and over 

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

 is done. If the temperature is right, in six or eight weeks 

 you may expect Mushrooms. The bed will continue bear- 

 ing from twenty to thirty days. After the first crop is 

 gathered, spread over the bed an inch of fresh soil, moisten 

 with warm water, and cover with hay as before. Success is 

 not always certain with the amateur, and is usually to be 

 attained only after more or less experience. One pound of 

 spawn is enough for a bed 8x6 feet. 

 \ Mushroom Spawn.— Pound, lOc; 100 lbs., $8.00; 



per brick, loc. If sent by mail add Be. per lb. 



CITRON. 



-^ ^-^*tTolorado Preserving. — This is a large fruiting 

 strain of the Citron, growing to several times the size of 

 the ordinary small round-fruited variety. Flesh clear white 

 and very solid. Olive-green seed. Skin finely striped with 

 mottled markings of light and dark green. The fruits 

 being so much larger have a larger proportion of solid meat 

 free from seeds, and the entire flesh of the melon can be 

 used for making the finest preserves. Pkt., 5c.; % lb., 

 20c.; lb., 60c. 



OKRA, or QUriBO. 



lo pounds to the acre. 



Sow in drills during April \ 

 and May. Thin until the \ 

 plants are 13 inches distant, 

 and draw earth to the stems \ 

 tor 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 young 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 they are of sufficient size for use. The surplus 

 pods may be strung on threads and hung in a cool place to 

 dry for Winter use, or they may be used to can with toma- 

 toes, to which they add a greater consistency and additional 

 flavoring. 

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Improved Dwarf Green Prolific, or Density. 

 — A distinct variety, growing about 14 inches high. Grown 

 in competition with the ordinary dwarf, it produces twice 

 the number of pods, which are very smooth and beautiful. 

 Packet, 5c.; % lb., 15c.; lb., 40c. 



f^White Velvet. — Pods jare large, perfectly smooth. 

 Packet, 5c.; X lt>-> ISc^; 1^., 40c. 



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