Stokes S^edFarms Company, Moore s town, New Jersey 



Mushrooms and the type of Spawn from which they grow 



Mushrooms 



Mushrooms can be grown in any dark 

 room or cellar where the temperature is 

 kept at 50 to 70 degrees. From some old 

 pasture, procure good, rich soil and store it 

 away. To every bushel of this add two 

 bushels of fresh horse manure. Of this well- 

 mixed compound prepare a bed, say 4 feet 

 wide. Put down a thin layer and pound it 

 down hard, and so on till the bed is 12 to 18 

 inches thick. It soon becomes pretty hot, 

 but let the heat recede until it is 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 to 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 jeet. We 

 receive fresh Spawn several times a year from the best makers. 



American Pure-Culture Spawn 



A very superior article, made in this country from carefully selected spawn, which it is claimed is much more 

 vigorous than the imported article, and will produce Mushrooms of a very superior quality and flavor. 



Price, "Standard Bricks," Pure-Culture Spawn: One brick, by mail, postpaid, 35 cts., by express, 30 cts., 

 5 bricks, by express, $1.10; 10 bricks $2, 25 bricks $4, 50 bricks $7, 100 bricks $13, 140 bricks (one case) $18. 



Price, "Direct Bricks," Pure-Culture Spawn. Inoculated direct from the original culture. No. 8, cream- 

 white; No. 9, white; Per brick, 30 cts., postpaid 40 cts.; 5 bricks $1.40, 10 bricks $2.30, 50 bricks $10.50. y 2 case 

 contains about 80 bricks ; case about 150 bricks. 



MUSTARD 



OKRA 



Used largely in the South as a salad plant during 

 the winter months, and is desirable also as a fresh 

 salad in the North. 



One ounce will sow about 75 feet of drill 



500 Southern Qiant Curled 

 or Chinese 



The young leaves are used as a fresh salad, or can 

 be boiled like spinach, and are ready for use in six to 

 eight weeks after sowing. The plants continue to 

 yield until after frost if they are kept cut. Our stock 

 is the true curled sort. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 141b. 

 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



This 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 it 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 wilting 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, 

 they should be picked while still small and tender. 

 One ounce will plant 100 hills 



630 



S. S. Long-Pod 



S. S. Long-Pod Okra 



This distinctive variety is very early and 

 productive. The pods shoot out from the 

 stalk within a few inches of the ground, and 

 the whole plant is thickly covered with them. 

 The pods are an intense green, very slim, 

 grow from 6 to 8 inches long, and keep green 

 and soft longer than any other. It is the best 

 sort for canning and for winter use. Pkt. 5 

 cts., oz. 10 cts., y 4 lb. 20 cts., lb. 65 cts. 



