HENRTADREER 4)HIIADELPH^\M- W RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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LETTUCE-Continued. 



Black-seeded Tennisball. Forms a close, hard head, with 



few outer leaves. Pkt., 6 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; J lb., 50 cts. 

 Mammoth Salamander. Grows double the size of Sala 



mander. fkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts. ; J lb., 50 cts. 

 Black=seeded Simpson. Produces a compact mass of leaves. 



Pkt., 5 cts. ; oz . 20 cts ; J lb., 50 cts. 

 Vellow-seeded Butter. Compact yellow head; excellent 



flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; \ lb., 50 cts. 

 California Cream Butter. Produces a large white head 



and stands extreme heat. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts. ; ^ lb., 



50 cts. 

 Oefiance. Excellent quality, crisp and tender, and withstands 



heat. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; |- lb., 50 cts. 

 Uiant Glacier. Heads grow to large size, are solid, crisp and 



tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; ^ lb., 50 cts. 

 lignonette. Heads small, compact; leaves slightly curled; 



edges tinted brown. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; \ lb., 50 cts. 



ROMAIXB, COS, OR CEI^ERY 

 I^ETTUCE. 



These are distinct from the ordinary Lettuce, and much liked 



on account of their crisp, tender quality and delicate flavor. 



King^holm Cos (see cut). Forms long, upright heads of 

 narrow leaves, which are crisp and refreshing, withstanding 

 the summer heat. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; |- lb., 50 cts. 



Paris White Cos. Type of Kingsholm; light color; very 

 tender. Pkt, 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } lb., .50 cts. 



Trianon Self=foIding. A self-blanching Cos Lettuce, very 

 crisp and tender, and of excellent flavor. If the leaves are 

 tied up the plant soon forms a solid head and bleaches to a 

 pure white. Pkts,, 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; J lb., 60 cts. 



Senf, Gek. MUSTARD. ^]'/"'tardeFR. 



Mostazo, Sp. 



One ounce will tow 1 00 feet of drill. 



Culture. — A small, pungent salad used like cress; the seed 

 is also used for flavoring pickles, pepper sauce, etc. For salads 

 sow thickly in shallow drills, 6 inches apart, or in frames or 

 boxes during the winter, where frost can be partially excluded. 

 Successive sowings may be made every week or two. To grow 

 seed, sow in April, in rows 1 foot apart, and thin out to 3 inches 

 apart when 2 inches high. 

 White London. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 20 cts.; 



lb., 40 Cts. 

 Chinese. Pkt-.octs.; oz., lOcts.; i lb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 



Xettucb^ 



IHARTYNIA. Gemschorn, Ger. 



Culture. — The seedpods are used for pickling, when gatb 

 ered young and tender. Sow in the open ground in May, ir, 

 hills 3 feet apart each way, or in a hotbed, and afterwards trans- 

 plant. If once planted in the garden, volunteer plants are likely 

 to spring up the following year from scattered seeds. 

 Marty nia Proboscidea. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; \ lb.. 



85 cts.; lb., $3'.00'. 



DREER'S RELIABLE MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



The best results are obtained by the use of our superb Mosb 

 room .Spawn, which is largely used by the most successful 

 growers. Full and explicit instructions for growing mushroom: 

 are sent by us free with all orders for Spawn. Everyone wht 

 has a cellar or outside buildings not in use should by all meant 

 grow this most delicious esculent, considered by most people •. 

 luxury. 



English Milltrack Spawn. Ftir many years we have beeic 



selling a splendid make of English spawn which has gives 

 excellent results, producing large crops of fine Mushrooms. It 

 is made with great care and is full of live "mycelium." h 

 is this that produces the Mushrooms. It is made in bncks, of 

 about 1\ lbs., and each brick is sufficient for 8 square feet a> 

 bed. Per brick, 15 cts. (by mail, 25 cts.); by express, V, 

 bricks, $1.,50; 25 lbs., f 2..'50; 50 lbs., $4.50; 100 lbs.,$8.0(» 



Pure Culture Spawn. This is an American makeol spawo 

 the method having been discovered by a scientist in 1903. I> 

 produces Mushrooms of excellent quality and large size, thi: 

 being due to the fact that the spawn is obtained by a process- 

 of "grafting," only large and vigorous specimens of Mush 

 rooms being used for the purpose. Per brick, 25 cts, (br 

 mail, 35 cts.); by express, 5 bricks, $1.00; 10 bricks, $1.7* 

 25 bricks, j;.1.00; 50 l)ricks, $7.00. 



French Spawn. This spawn comes from France. U ►? *^ • 

 pared loose, in boxes. 3-lb. boxes, $1 50, by express 

 Dreer's Mushroom Circular free on Application.. 



