GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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Volga Melon. 



Volga. A variety of Russian origin. ItTdoes not grow to 

 a large size, rarely exceeding 15 pounds in weight, but it is 

 very productive and of most excellent quality; it is perfectly 

 globular in form, pale green in color; the rind is very hard 

 and solid, but not thick ; flesh very sweet and lucious; a 

 peculiar and fine melon. Pkt. , 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; | lb., 30 

 cts.; lb., $1 00 



Dark Icing or Ice Rind. Of medium size and very 

 prolific; shape oblong, rind thin, flesh very solid and of most 

 delicious flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; J lb., 25 cts.; lb , 

 80 cts. 



Light Icing. Not differing materially from the above 

 except in its light color. Pkt , 5 cts ; oz., 10 cts.; J lb., 25 

 cts.; lb., 80 cts 



Pride of Georgia. Ridged like an orange and oval in 

 shape; a good shipper and grows to a large size; for sweetness, 

 crispness and flavor it is unexcelled. Pkt., 5 cts ; oz.. 25 

 cts.; Jib., 30 cts.; lb., 90 cts. 



Phinney's Eaily. Early and productive; flesh deep red 

 and of superior quality. Pkt , 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts. ; J lb., 25 

 cts.; lb., 80 cts. 



Kolb's Gem or American Champion. Specially 

 adapted for shipping; keeping a long time without decay. 

 Size extremely large and uniform, and vine an immense 

 yielder; of excellent quality. Pkt., 5 cts ; oz., 10 cts.; J lb., 

 25 cts.; lb , 80 cts. 



Gypsy Rattlesnake. Large, oblong, striped and mott- 

 led; flesh bright-red; a good shipper; a favorite variety in the 

 South. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 80 cts. 



Christmas. 

 Its valuable 

 keeping and 

 shipping quali- 

 ties are due to a 

 peculiar hard 

 tenacious coat- 

 ing or outside 

 enameling of the 

 skin; the flesh is 

 of rich scarlet 

 color, very solid 

 and of sugary 

 I flavor; seeds few 

 and quite small. 

 Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 

 10 cts ; \ lb , 20 

 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 



3oss Grows 

 very large; rind 

 thin and very 

 tough ; a fine 

 shipper; oblong 

 in shape; flesh deep scarlet, rich and melting. Pkt., 5 cts.; 

 oz., 10 cts.; 4 lb., 25 cts.; lb., 80 cts. 



Christmas'Melon. 



Mountain Sweet. Oblong in form; skin dark green; 

 flesh red, solid and very sweet. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts., \ 

 lb., 25 cts.; lb., 80 cts 



Black Spanish Large in size and nearly round; skin 

 dark green; flesh red, sweet and delicious. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 

 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 80 cts. 



Colorado Preserving. This is much more productive 

 than the common preserving citron and larger. The flesh is 

 firm and solid, with few seeds, which are pale green. The 

 preserving qualies are the finest. Pkt. , 5 cts ; oz. , 10 cts. ; 

 \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 80 cts. 



Florida Favorite. An oblong shaped water melon from 

 Florida; claimed to be ten davs earlier than Kolb's Gem. 

 Pkt , 5 cts ; oz , 10 cts.; J lb., 25 cts ; lb., 80 cts. 



Hungarian Honey. A perfect gold scarlet melon, dark 

 green in color, very sweet and luscious, and of a very rich 

 honey flavor. Flesh brilliant red, of early maturity and very 

 productive. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz , 10 cts.; \ lb , 25 cts.; lb., 80 

 cts MUSHROOM SPAWN. (Champignonbrut ) 



Any dark room cellar or pit where the temperature can be kept from 

 50° to 60° will do 

 for the culture 

 of mushrooms. 

 Gather one 

 bushel of soil 

 from some old 

 pasture, and add 

 to it two bushels 

 of fresh horse 

 manure. Previ- 

 ous to mixing, 

 the manure 

 should be turn- 

 ed a number of 

 times to get rid 

 of the heat. Dig 

 out a bed to the 

 depth of one 

 foot, and at the 

 bottom spread a 

 layer of coarse 

 manure; then 

 lay down suc- 

 cessive layers of 

 the mixture 

 until the bed is 

 filled. Pound 

 the layers down 

 hard as you put 

 them in. In a 

 few days the bed 

 will become 

 quite hot; let the 

 temperature re- 

 cede until it reaches about 90°; then make holes in the bed at a distance 

 of one foot apart and put in each two or three pieces of the spawn the 

 size of a walnut; cover the holes, pressing the soil solid. At the expira- 

 tion of ten days cover the whole with two inches of fresh loam. In eight 

 weeks or less the mushrooms will make their appearance, and will con- 

 tinue coming for a month. When the crop is gathered, spread an inch 

 of fresh soil over the bed, moisten with warm water and cover with hay 

 or light litter. Success with mushrooms greatly depends on uniform 

 temperature. 



Mushroom Spawn. Per lb , 15 cts ; by mail, 23 cts. 

 per lb. MUSTARD. (Senf.) 



The seed can be sown as early in the spring as the ground is tillable, 

 sow in shallow drills, and cut when several inches in height ; the green 

 leaves are used as a salad or boiled as spinach. 



White London Best for salad or culinary purposes. 

 Pkt , 5 cts ; oz., 10 cts.; lb , 60 cts. 



Black. Stronger and more pungent than the white. This 

 is the variety usually used for the manufacture of commercial 

 mustard. Pkt , 5 cts ; oz , 10 cts.; lb , 60 cts. 



New Chinese. Highly esteemed for salads, particularh- 

 in the South. The leaves are twice the size of the ordinary 

 White Mustard, flavor sweet and pungent. Pkt , 5 cts ; oz , 

 5 cts.; } lb., 10 cts ; lb., 50 cts 



MARTYNIA. (Gemseuhora.) 



Produces curious shaped seed, pods which are highly prized for pick- 

 ling. They should be gathered when about half grown, as they become 

 very tough and woody when matured. Plant in May, in rows two and a 

 half feet apart and two feet in the hills. Pkt., 10 cts., oz., 20 cts. 



NASTURTIUM. (Kapuziner.) 



The flowers and young leaves are used as a salad; the seed pods have 

 a strong and pungent but rather pleasant taste. They are gathered when 

 tender and used for pickling. Plant in hills two feet apart each way. 



Tall and Dwarf. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 40 cts.; 

 lb , $1.50. 



All Seeds free by Mail at Catalogue prices except where noted 



Mushrooms. 



