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R. & J. FARQUHAR &* CO.'S CATALOGUE. 



MUSHROOM. {Agaricus Camfestris.) 



CULTURE. 



Mushrooms are more easily cultivated than many people 

 imagine, and may be grown in any room or cellar where the 

 temperature can be maintained at from fifty to sixty-five degrees. 

 For the bed, use a mixture of three parts horse droppings and 

 one part good fresh loam. Before being placed in the bed, let 

 the manure be put in some dry place to sweeten, mixing it thor- 

 oughly and turning it three or four times, when the loam may 

 be added. Upon a dry, firm bottom or shelf, proceed to make 

 the bed by spreading a thin layer of the prepared mixture, pound- 

 ing it firm, and continue thus, till the bed is twelve inches thick. 

 Leave it thus for about a week, or till the temperature has sub- 

 sided to eighty-five degrees. Then make holes about ten inches 

 apart, and put in each a piece of spawn about the size of an egg. 

 | Press the spawn firmly into the compost about two inches, leav- 

 ing the top uncovered to allow the excess of heat and moisture 

 to pass off without injury to the germs. After ten days, fill the 

 holes and cover the whole bed with two inches of fresh loam, 

 and over this place a few inches of straw. If the temperature 

 is right, mushrooms will appear in six to eight weeks from time 

 of spawning. The bed will continue bearing from four to six 

 weeks. If the surface of the bed becomes dry at any time, it 

 should be moistened freely with water at a temperature of eighty 

 to eighty-five degrees. To stimulate the bed when it seems ex- 

 hausted, the following treatment will sometimes give wonderful 

 results : Soak the whole bed thoroughly with water at a tem- 

 perature of one hundred and ten degrees, adding one pound of 

 C ht€ pound of Farquhars' English Mushroom Spawn is sufficient for six square feet of bed. 



The following works on the Mushroom will be mailed post-paid on receipt of price. Both are excellent 

 authorities on the subject, and give plain and full directions : 

 Mushroom Culture. By Robinson, 50 cents. How To Grow Mushrooms. By Wm. Falconer, Si. 40 



sheep manure to every five gallons. 



English nill=Track flushroom Spawn. Made expressly for us by the most successful Mushroom Specialist 

 in England and imported five times a year to insure freshness. When in Europe recently ', we ascertained that 

 the leading English Mushroom growers almost invariably purchased of a noted manufachirer whose spawn, 

 under proper conditions never failed. We have arranged for a regular supply. 



Per pound, 15 cents; 8 pounds, $1.00; 100 pounds, $9.00. By mail, per pound; 25 cents. 

 French riushroom Spawn. Our direct importation. Two pound boxes, each $1.00. 

 Large quantities of flushroom Spawn at special prices. 



MELON, MUSK. (Melone.) 



A light, rich soil is the most suitable for melons of all kinds. In very rich soils the hills should be six feet apart ; in poor soil, about five 



feet. Before planting the seed mix a peck of rotted manure with the soil in each hill. About the middle of May, plant the seeds half an 



inch deep — six or eight in each hill. When the plants are well up, thin out, leaving three to a hill. One ounce of seed for sixty hills ; two t* 

 three pounds for an acre. 



Farquhars' Honey=Drop. For earliness and delicious 



flavor this splendid Melon is without a rival, and for 



table use it is unquestionably the sweetest and best. It 



is of beautiful form, good size, and very productive. 



The flesh is very thick, delicious and melting, and of a 



deep orange yellow color. Pkt., .10; oz., .30; lb., $3.00. 

 Hackensack. Early, of large size, round shape and deeply 



ribbed ; flesh green ; very sweet. Pkt., 05., oz.,. 10; lb., $1.00. 

 White Japan. One of the sweetest; early; round; medium 



size; flesh creamy white. Pkt., .05; oz., .10; lb., $1.00. 

 Early Christiana. Yellow-fleshed; very rich, melting 



flavor. Pkt., .05; oz., .10; lb., $1.00. 

 Arlington Nutmeg. A favorite in Boston market ; early 



and delicious. Pkt., .05; oz., .10; lb., $1.00. 

 Montreal Nutmeg. Early, large, handsome and excellent. 



Pkt., .05; oz., .10; lb., $1.00. 

 The Banquet. Medium size, beautifully netted, flesh dark 



salmon. Pkt., .05; oz., .10; lb., $1.00. 

 Emerald Gem. Small, extra early and very sweet ; flesh 



orange. Pkt., .05; oz., .10; lb., $1.00. 

 Long Island Beauty. Round; one of the earliest and 



finest. Pkt., 05; oz., .10; lb., $1.00. farquhars' honey-drop melon. 



Surprise. Early, oblong, with rich orange flesh of good Pkt. Oz. Lb. 



quality 05 .10 $1.00 



Jenny Lind. Very early; small; green-fleshed; delicious 05 .10 1.00 



Bay View Cantaloupe. Oblong, large ; green-fleshed; splendid flavor 05 .10 1.00 



Bird's Cantaloupe. Very early and large ; flesh green ; very sweet 05 .10 1.00 



Newport Favorite. A most superior yellow-fleshed variety, of Persian origin, which is largely grown and most 



highly esteemed in Newport. It is early, of large size, ribbed, finely netted, and of delicious flavor. Pkt., .05 ; 



oz., .20 ; lb., $2.00. 

 Farquhars' Improved Arlington Nutmeg. A specially fine strain of this delicious melon, so popular in 



Boston market. The flesh is thick, yellowish-green in color, and very sweet. Pkt., .10 : oz., .25 ; lb., $2.50. 



