POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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Blue Gem Vv atermelon 



AliOng-looked-for Variety at last 

 A BLUE KOLB GE3I 



Large Southern growers say this 

 is the coming shipping melon of 

 the United States. It possesses 

 the shipping and keeping qualities 

 and is as tough as Kolb Gem, reach- 

 ing better size and with less culls. 

 Mr. T. H. Johnson, of South Caro- 

 lina, the largest melon shipper of 

 the South, his yearly shipments 

 being 250 cars, or 300,000 melons, 

 regards Blue Gem the greatest 

 shipper, quality infinitely superior 

 to the Kolb Gem, and will keep 

 longer than any known melon. 

 What few reached the market last 

 year brought the highest prices, 

 selling far ahead of Kolb Gems. 

 Everybody who can grow a melon 

 should try Blue Gem, and large 

 growers need not hesitate to plant 

 it largely. Pkt.,5c.; oz., lOc; J 

 lb., 30c.; lb., |1.00. 



Good Words for our Melon Seed 



BLACK BOULDER WATERMELON 



Ohas. McCaslin, Jackson, Tenn., October 18, 1898, writes : 

 " Black Boulders were a great success here. I liad plenty of 

 these melons weighing from 40 to 50 lbs., of the most superb 

 quality." 



NEW TRIUMPH WATERMELON 



T. J. Hackett, Hurlock, Md., September 26, 1898, writes: 

 " The Triumph Watermelon is the best shipper and a most 

 excellent melon. The flesh is unusuallj' solid near the seed, 

 and for this reason the melon can be kept longer than any I 

 ever saw." 



JOHNSON'S DLXIE W^ ATERMELON 



L. H. Palmer, McComb, Miss., August 20, 18^8, writes : 

 " This is my second season witii Johnson's Dixie Water- 

 melon. We grew the largest melons in these markets, 

 averaging over 40 lbs. each and of finest flavor." 



Jas. B. Lineberry, Greensboro, N. C, writes: "John- 

 son's Dixie Watermelons are the best of all. I sell them for 

 good prices while others are a drug on tlie market." 



BLACK-EYED SUSAN WATERMELON 



James Wells, Edinburg, Ind., writes : " Your Black- 

 eyed Susan is the finest I have ever seen or eaten." 



NEW BLUE GEM W.\TERMELON— ACTUALLY A BLUE KOLB GEM. 



Martynia 



Martynia Proboscidea. The best and most pi-oductive 

 variety for pickling. Pkt., lOc; oz., 30c.; y^ lb., 7oc.; lb., $2.75. 



Mustard 



One ounce will sow about seventv-five feet of drill. 



SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED. Highly esteemed in 

 the South, where the seed is sown in the fall, and used in the 

 spring as a salad. Our stock is the true curled leaf, and pro- 

 duces plants two feet high, and of greater breadth, forming 

 enormous bunches. Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; 34 lb., ■20c.; lb., 65c. 



NEW CHINESE. Leaves twice the size of the ordinary 

 White Mustard, crimpled like that of a Savoy cabbage ; stems 

 more succulent; flavor pleasantly sweet and pungent. In six 

 weeks from the time of sowing, the leaves may be gathered, 

 and the plants will continue to yield until frost sets in. The 

 leaves of this distinct variety are eaten boiled like spinach. 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; J4 lb., 25c.; lb., 75c. 



White London. The old sort used for salads. Oz., 5c.; 

 '4 lb., 15e.; lb., 35c. 



Black or Brown. Oz., 5c.; 34 lb., 15c.; lb., 40c. 



/Nasturtium — Indian Grass 



Tall Yellow. The best for pickling, seed pods or gar- 

 nishing. Pkt., .5c ; oz., lOc; 54 lb., 25c.; lb., 80c. 



Dwarf Mixed. Pkt., 5e.; oz., lOc; ^lb.,30c.; lb., 90c. 



MUSHROOMS— Best English Milltrack Mushroom Spawn Ktei 



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A Brick of Richard's Celebrated English Milltrack Mushroom Spawn. 



IMPORTED 



Richard's English Milltrack. 



This celebrated brand is preferred by 

 all the large mushroom growers of 

 Great Britain, and has given better 

 success in this country than any other 

 brand, on account of its uniform good 

 quality and great productiveness. 



Mushrooms can be successfully 

 and profitably grown during the win- 

 ter and sprint? months on ^[reenhouse 

 hencliesaniongother plants, in frames, 

 under greenhouse benches, as well as 

 in the open fields or in cellars or out- 

 houses. They are the most profitable 

 crop for the outlay that can be grown, 

 the American market being the best 

 in the world for this delicious and 

 healthful food. 



Richard's English Milltrack brand 

 (made by the most experienced maker 

 in England specially for our trade) can 

 be thoroughly relied on to produce a 

 good crop of the best mushrooms. Per 

 brick, P4 lbs., 15c. (brick, postpaid, 

 2oe.): 101bs.,$1.25;2.Tlbs.,f2.75; lOOlbs. 

 anil over, 8c. per lb., by express or 

 tVciffht. Directions for cultivation ac- 

 company each order for Spawn, 



