Watermelons, Mushrooms, Etc. 



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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 



MELON. WATER— Continued 



Florida Favorite. A superb strain ; improvement on Kattlesnake ; 

 intermediate. Plct. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 34 lb. 25 ets., lb. 75 cts. 



Cole's Farly. Enormously prolific and delicate in texture of flesh, 

 which is Ijright red in color clear to the rind, which is thin and brittle; 

 of medium size, nearly round ; green, striped with lighter shades. Pkt. 

 5 ets., oz. 10 cts., J^ lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



Gipsy, or Hattlesnake. A large, striped variety of oblong .shape ; 

 flesh scarlet, and of superior quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. io cts., ^^ lb. 25 cts., 

 lb. 75 cts. 



Citron. For preserving. Handsome round fruit of small size, highly 

 esteemed as a table preserve. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 ets., % lb. 25 ets., 

 lb. 75 ets. 



Senf. 



White Mustard 



"White-Seeded Ice Cream. Tery early; red flesh. Pkt. 5 ets., 

 oz. 10 ets., 1^ lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



Dixie. A Melon of excellent quality; extremely sweet, juiey and 

 tender; very early, hardy and productive. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 

 25 cts., lb. 75 ets. 



Cnban Qaeen. Solid and heavy ; skin marked regularly ; excellent 

 quality ; early. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 ets., % lb. 25 ets., lb. 75 cts. 



Black Spanish. Large, roundish, nearly black; dark red flesh; 

 early. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 ets., ^^ lb. 25 ets., lb. 75 ets. 



Mountain Sweet. An old and reliable sort; flesh red ; late. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 34 lb. 25 ots., lb. 75 ets. 



MUSTARD 



IMouTARDE. Mostaza. 



One ounce will sow about 80 feet of row. 



Mustard in a green state is a refreshing salad, mixed with cress, lettuce or other salad plants. It 

 is necessary to make frequent sowings of it, as it should be cut and used in a very young .state, even 

 before the ilr.st rough leaf has appeared. For early crops the seed may be sown in a hotbed in 

 March ; and for general crops at frequent intervals through the spring, in drills, from 8 to 12 

 inches apart. 



If by mail, add at the rate of 8 cts. per pound for postage. 



White or Yellotv. The best variety for salads; the seed is also used medicinally and as a 

 seasoning for pickles. Oz. 5 ct.s., % lb. 10 cts., lb. 30 ets. 



Southern Giant Curled. We offer a fine strain of the true Curled-Leaf variety so popular in 

 the South for planting in the fall to furnish an early spring sahul. Pkt. 5 cts. oz. 10 ets., ^^ lb. 

 20 ets., lb. 70 ets. 



NASTURTIUM 



C.\Puci.\E. Maraneula. Dioiturtium. 



One ounce will sow about 20 feet of row. 

 The Nasturtium is both ornamental and useful, the tall variety forming a showy and graceful 

 climber, and the dwarf an exceedingly beautiful and attractive border flower, while the young seeds of either, when pickled, furnish an excellent 

 substitute for capers. As soon as all danger of frost is past, sow the seed in drills one inch deep; the tall should be grown by the side of a fence 

 or supported by a trellis. Tall Mixed. Pkt. 5c., oz. lOc, ^^ lb. 25c., lb. 75 cts. Dwarf Mixed. Pkt. 5e., oz. 15e., % lb.' 30c., lb. §1.00. 



For Complete List of Other Nasturtiums. See Flo-wer Seeds 



ELLIOTT'S SURE-CROP MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Ten pounds will spawn about 10 feet square. 

 Mushroom beds may be made in a warm, dry cellar, or in any building where the frost does not penetrate, and in the open air during the summer 

 and fall months. Having procured the spawn, the next thing to be attended to is to make preparations for the beds. About a fortnight or three 

 weeks before the beds are to be made, collect a quantity of fresh horse manure without the straw; place It in a heap under cover, and as it heats 

 keep turning it over once or twice a week, until the fiery heat has become exhausted, which will require from ten to fourteen days' time. When 

 the manure is in a condition to be made up, lay out your bed according to your requirements, say three feet wide, ten feet long, and from two to three 



feet deep ; beat it well down with the back of the spade 

 as the process of building goes on. When the bed has 

 been made some time, say a week or thereabouts, and 

 the heat sufficiently declined to a temperature of 65 or 75 

 degrees, the spawn may be put into it. Break the 

 spawn in pieces two inches square, and put them six 

 inches apart, all over the bed, tlien cover the bed with 

 two inches of rich soil, the stronger the better, but of a 

 loamy quality, beating it down firmly with a spade. 

 The soil used for this purpo,se should be in a pliable 

 condition, and not too wet or over-dry. Cover the bed 

 with a foot of dried straw or hay ; examine once a week 

 to see it the manure is not heated while in this con- 

 dition ; if so, it will destroy the spawn, and necessitate 

 spawning a second time. If everything goes on well, 

 you may expect Mushrooms in about five or six weeks. 

 When the soil looks dry, give a gentle watering with 

 tepid water, using a rose on the watering-pot. If the 

 beds are made out-of-doors, protect them from rain by 

 covering them with shutters or sashes. Good crops of 

 mushrooms can be obtained by spawning the hotbeds 

 in spring. They can also be raised in pots, boxes, or 

 anything capable of keeping the materials together, and 

 placed in a cellar, closet or greenhouse. We have on 

 hand a choice lot of English and French spawn. 

 If by mail, add 10 cts. per pound for postage. 

 Fnglish Spawn. Lb. 15 ets., 8 lbs. Sl.OO. Prices 

 of larger quantities on application. 

 French Spawn. In 3-lb. boxes, SI. 25 each. 



Bed of Mtishrooms Grown From Elliott's Snre-Crop Mttshroom Spa-wn 



By W. Robinson, Engrland's 

 standard autlioritv on this sub- 



ipct. giving methods of growing in houses, sheds, cellars and 



outdoors. Mailed for 50 ets. 



MUSHROOM CULTURE 



