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BUCKBEE'S 



Sure Crop Mushrooms 



GROWING MUSHROOMS IS NOT DIFFICULT 



GET RELIABLE SPAWN, START RIGHT AND THE RESULTS ARE CERTAIN 



AND PROFITABLE 



No expensive eq^uipment is, or ever will be, necessary for the propagation, tn 

 money-malcing quantities, of Buckbee's Sure Crop Mushrooms. Professional growers 

 have had much to do with spreading the idea that process and equipment are bott 

 costly. The plain fact is that anyone who starts riglit can grow Mushrooms success- 

 fully. He must know how to prepare the beds, where to locate them, and how tc 

 care for his crop. But the grower of Radishes must know that much about the crop 

 he expects to raise. So that, after all, success in growing Mushrooms is hedged about 

 by no more mystery and difficulty than is the growing of Radishes. An abandonee 

 outhouse, or waste space in one, a shed, a basement or a cellar can be used for growinj 

 Mushrooms and will answer the purpose excellently. I know an almost totally blind 

 man, in Chicago, who kept a goodly supply of Mushrooms growing constantly ia » 

 corner of the basement of the flat building in which he lived. 



WHAT A MUSHROOM GROWER SAYS: 



VICTOR PINET, "The Rockefeller of the Mushroom industry In St. Louls."^ 

 {cleared a small place in Uhrig's Cave recently and set out a Mushroom bed. Then he 

 ' sat in his easy chair and in three months cut $3,000 vi'orth of Mushrooms from the bed 

 he had planted. Monsieur Pinet is an unskilled laborer. He might, if he had good 

 luck, have earned $45 a month during the three months he spent cutting $50 a day 

 worth of fungi from his Mushroom bed. — St. Louis=Post=Dispatch. 

 Mushrooms can be grown in tubs, in flats, but the culture requires careful attention and the temperature of the room must be kept at an 

 unheal! luul degree. A city man, however, can dig a "dug out" on tne north side of his hou.se, roof it over with rough boards and grow enough 

 Mushrooms for home u.se.' If he wants to roof over a part of an old deserted quarry he can grow Mushrooms for the market. Contrary to popU' 

 lar belief, tlie culture of Mushroom in a cellar is healthful. They absorb all the moisture and keep the cellar dry and the air pure. 

 On a bed fifty feet square one can do a profitable marketing business. 



A bed tliis size, it is estimated, will yield 10 quarts of Mushrooms a day, about $5.00 worth. This will pay the butcher, grocer and candlestick 

 maker. A boy or girl ten years old can attend to the bed after it is started. The trouble is in the initial work. Afterwards a Mushroom bedt 

 piles up money like a money-lender's interest. 



Any cellar, a cave, an old quarry pit, even a dug-out in a city back yard, makes an ideal Mushroom garden. A space the size of an ordlnarj 

 bed, carefully cultivated, will yield all the Mushrooms that a good-sized family can use. 



FACTS ABOUT BUCKBEE'S SURE CROP SPAWN 



This Spawn is prepared solely for me by a specialist, who has not only devoted a lifetime to the work, but who is a profound student of the 

 Industry. Hi? w-ork has resulted in procuring the best and most reliable Spawn in the world. Under my contract it is impossible for the grower 

 to secure any Sure Crop Mushroom Spawn from anyone except Buckbee. 



I can safely assure all Mushroom growers, as well as those who have never grown any, but are on the point of trying it, that they will find 

 Sure Crop Spawn to be all that is claimed for it and more. It produces immense crops and the Mushrooms that are in demand at the very highest 

 market prices. 



In order to meet the demand for Sure Crop Spawn, and to provide against deterioration of its producing qualities, my arrangement with the 

 producer is for frequent shipments, which, coupled with the care I give it, renders it absolutely certain that my customers will all be furnished 

 with Spawn that, if they handls it properly, will bring them big returns. 



I have made the price as low as Spawn of such an exceedingly high grade can possibly be sold for. 



By Mail, postpaid, 1 lb. 33c.; 5 lbs. $1.40. At buyer's expense, 1 lb. 23c.; S lbs. $1.00; 25 lbs. $3.75; 100 lbs. $12.00. 



BUCKBEE'S HIGH GRADE ENGLISH SPAWN 

 Comes in pressed bricks weighing a pound or more. Price, postpaid, lb. 2Sc.; 5 lbs. $L00. Not prepaid, lb. ISc; 8 lbs. $1.00; 25 lbs. $2.00 

 100 lbs. $7.25. 



BEST FRENCH SPAWN 



Put up in boxes of two pounds each. Price per box prepaid, 90c. Not prepaid, 70c. The same loose, per lb., prepaid, 40c. Not prepaid, 30c. 

 Buyers in quantity are urged to state whether they want shipment made by freight or express. 

 I furnish every buyer of mushroom spawn with explicit directions for growing. If they are followed there is nothing so certain as_big success. 



Buckbee's Sure Crop Mushrooms 



MUSTARD 



German. Senf; French, Moutarde; Spanish, Mostazoe. 



New Chinese — The large leaves have a pleasant, pungent flavor, and 

 can be eaten the same as other salads. Pkt. 4c.j oz. 7c. 2 oz. 12c.; 

 I4 lb. 18c.; Yi lb. 34c.; lb. 60c. 



Ostrich Plumed Mustard — Leaves exquisitely crimped, ruffled and 

 frilled, of superior flavor and very popular. Prices postpaid, Pkt. 4c. ; 

 oz. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; M lb. 18c.; lb. 34c.; lb. 60c. 



Southern Giant Curled. Highly esteemed in the South. 



Prices post- 

 paid, Pkt. 4c. ; 

 oz. 6c. ; 2 oz. 

 lOc; Yi lb. 

 18c=; Y2 lb. 

 30c.; lb. SOc. 



White Seeded 

 — Useful lor 

 salads and 

 greens. Price 

 postpaid. Pkt. 

 2c. ; oz. 5c. ; 

 2oz. 8c.;i4lb. 

 12c.; Y lb. 

 20c.; lb. 3Sc. 



Black Seeded 



- — Is sharper 

 and more 

 pungent than 

 any other va- 

 riety. Prices 

 postpaid, Pkt. 

 2c. ; oz. Sc. ; 

 2oz. 8c. ; 1.1 lb. 



12c.; 

 20c.; 



lb. 



lb. 



35c. 



MARTYNIA (Proboscidea) 



Ornamental in growth, bearing large spikes of flowers, followed 

 by hairy seed pods, which are used for pickling. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 20c. 



OKRA, or Gumbo 



Kleckley's Improved — Immense plants, close jointed with ample foli- 

 age, bearing smooth white pods at each leaf joint, young pods ar* 

 exceptionally tender and fleshy. 

 Pkt. 4c.; oz. lOc; 2 oz. 

 ISc; \i lb. 25c.; H lb. 

 40c. ; lb. 60c. 



Perkins' Improved — Pods 4 

 inches long produced ia 

 great profusion; of hand- 

 some green color and of 

 best quality. 



Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; 

 M lb. 20c.; )-2 lb. 35c.; lb. 

 60c. 



White Velvet — Pods round 



and smooth, never prickly 



to the touch. Produced in 



great abundance. 

 Pkt. 2c.; oz. Sc.; Ji lb. 



12c.; Yi. lb. 22c.; lb. 40c. 

 New Lady Finger — Seed pods 



produced in abundance 



give a consistency and fla- 

 vor that is unequaled. 



Quite prolific, producing 



long, slender pods of the 



form of a lady's finger. 

 Pkt. 3c. ; oz. 6c. ; 2 oz. 



lOc; k ib. 18c.; J^^ lb. 30c.; 



lb. SOc. Kleckley's Improved 



