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American Pure Culture Spawn in the Button Stage 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Mushrooms can be grown in any dark room or cellar where the 

 temperature is kept at 50 to 70 degrees. From some old pasture, pro- 

 cure good rich soil and store it away. To every bushel of this add 

 two bushels of fresh horse manure. Of this well mi.xed compound 

 prepare a bed, say 4 feet wide. Put down a thin layer and pound it 

 down hard, and so until the bed is 12 to 18 inches thick. It soon 

 becomes pretty hot, but let the heat recede until it is only 85 to 90 

 degrees. Then make holes, say a foot apart, and put in the Spawn, 

 two or three pieces as large as a walnut to each hole. Cover the 

 holes and press the soil down solid and smooth. Let the bed remain 

 in this condition about twelve days; then cover the bed with 2 

 inches of fresh loam, and over this put 4 or 5 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 beds will continue bearing 

 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. The main conditions in Mushroom growing 

 are proper and uniform temperature, and very rich soil. One pound 

 of Spawn is sufficient for a bed 2x6 feet. We receive fresh Spawn 

 several times a year from the best makers. 



Virgin English Milltrack Mushroom Spawn 



My celebrated English Milltrack brand (made by the best maker 

 in England specially for my trade) has gained an enviable reputa- 

 tion among critical growers for its uniform good qualit}', and can be 

 thoroughly relied upon to produce a good crop of the best Mush- 

 rooms. Per brick, I'A lbs., 15 cts. (bricks postpaid, 25cts. ): 10 lbs. 

 80 cts., 25 lbs. $1.50, 100 lbs. $6, 1,000 lbs and over, ^yi cts. per lb. 

 (250 lbs. sold at i,ooo-lb. rate). Directions-for cultivation accompany 

 each order for spawn. 



Pure Culture Spawn, an American Product 



A very superior article, made in this country from carefully se- 

 lected spawn, which it is claimed is much more vigorous than the 

 imported article, and will produce Mushrooms of a very superior 

 quality and flavor, i brick, by mail, postpaid, 40 cts ; by express, 

 30 cts., 5 bricks, by express, $1.20, 10 bricks $2, 25 bricks $4.50, 50 

 bricks $8, 100 bricks $15, 140 bricks (one case) $19. 50. 



Order Falconer's Great Book, "How To Grow Mush- 

 rooms." $1. 



MUSTARD 



One ounce will sow about 76 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 produces plants 2 feet high, and 

 of greater breadth, forming enormous bunches. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., J^lb. 20 cts., lb. 70 cts. 

 New Chinese. Leaves twice the size of the ordinary White Mus- 

 tard, crimpled, like a Savoy Cabbage ; stems more succulent ; flavor 

 pleasantly sweet and pungent. In six weeks from the time of sow- 

 ing, the leaves are eaten boiled like spinach, and the plants will 

 continue to yield until frost sets in. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 20 

 cts., lb. 70 cts. 



White London. The old sort, used for salads and flavoring. Pkt. 



5 cts., oz. 8 cts., Klb. 15 cts., lb. 40 cts. 

 Black or Brown. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 8 cts., Klb. 15 cts , lb. 40 cts. 



NASTURTIUM 



Nasturtiums of all varieties are useful for furnishing tender seed- 

 pods which make delicious pickles. The seeds for pickling should 

 be gathered while green and with a portion of the stem attached. 

 Pick them over and place in a jar until filled : then cover them with 

 cider vinegar that has been brought to the boil and is still warm, to 

 keep for winter use. 



TaU Yellow. The best for pickling seed-pods, or garnishing. Pkt. 



5 cts., oz 10 cts., Klb. 25 cts., lb. 70 cts. 

 Dwarf Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., KIb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



OKRA 



Is cultivated for its fruit-pods which are used in soups, stews, etc. 

 In soups and catsup it gives body to the dish, and while at first is 

 not agreeable to the taste, it is one that is easily acquired and many 

 are very fond of it. It is largely used in canning with tomatoes, and 

 can be dried and canned for winter use. For shipping, cut the stems 

 an inch or so long, so as to prevent the willing in transit. 



Culture. — Sow late in the spring after the ground has become 

 warm, in drills 3 feet apart, thinning out to from 9 to 12 inches apart 

 in the row. For keeping, tliey should be picked while still small 

 and tender. 



One ounce will plant 100 hills 

 Kleckley's Favorite. The pods of this new Okra average 6 inches 

 in length by i'4 inches, carrying the thickness well through its 

 length. The under pods are exceptionally tender and fleshy. The 

 plants grow 2K to 3 feet in height and bear smooth, white pods at 

 each leaf joint. By mail, postpaid, pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb- 25 

 cts., lb. 80 cts. 



Perkins' Mammoth Long-podded. This distinct new Okra was 

 originated by iSI. B. Perkins, a well-known New Jersey trucker, 

 after many years of careful study and selection. Its productive- 

 ness is simply wonderful. The pods shoot out from the stalk 

 within 3 inches of the ground, and the whole plant is covered 

 with them to the extreme height of the plant. The pods are an 

 intense green color, of unus\ial length, 8 to 9 inches, very slim, 

 and do not get hard, as in the case with other Okras. It is also 

 much sought after by 

 canners being the best 

 of all green sorts for 

 canning for winter 

 use. Our seed is grown 

 by the originator. By 

 mail, postpaid, pkt. 5 

 cts., oz 10 cts., ii lb. 

 20 cts., lb. 70 cts.; by 

 freight or express, lb. 

 6,s cts., 5 lbs and over, 

 60 cts. per lb. 



Lady Finger. Fine 



new variety from the 

 South. Very produc- 

 tive of extra long, 

 slender pods of fine 

 round form, white and 

 smooth. If used in its 

 early state of growth, it 

 will be found excep- 

 tionally tender and 

 choice. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 IOC, %\h. 20C., lb. 65c. 

 Dwarf Green Prolif- 

 ic, or Density. A 

 distinct variety, grow- 

 ing about 14 inches in 

 height. Very produc- 

 tive of fine, smooth 

 pods. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., %]h. 20 cts., 

 lb. 60 cts. 



White Velvet. This 

 distinct and beautiful 

 new Okra was origi- 

 nated in Georgia. The 

 pods are very large ; 

 perfectly smooth, 

 never prickly, round, 

 not ridged or square 

 as in other Okras. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 %\h. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



Perkins' Mammoth Long Green-podded 

 Okra 



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