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Eal-ly Watermelon 



NORTH rivals SOUTH with COLE'S EARLY 



PRODUCES LUSCIOUS MELONS 

 WHERE NONE GREW BEFORE 

 SUREST IN CROP PRODUCTION 



QUALITY EQUAL TO THE REST 



This is the easiest to grow of all the Watermelons. If you have 

 failed with other sorts you can succeed with Cole's Early. It is 

 the best variety for the family garden, primarily so on account of 

 its extreme earliness, but mainly because it has all the qualities 

 necessary to a perfect variety for this purpose. Its remarkably 

 early character entirely removes the most common hindrance to 

 its cultivation. As far north as Canada and in places where 

 Watermelons never grew before, Cole's Early is now supplying 

 the tables of those who grow it, just as bountifully and with just as 

 good Melons as in the sunny, regions of the South. 



It is good in every respect, producing a liberal crop of Melons 

 twelve inches long and nine inches in diameter, not large, but in 

 abundance and of delicious quality. The deep red, fine grained 

 flesh ripens from heart to rind, while its rich color and luscious 

 flavor 'are tempting to the most exacting and critical taste. (See 

 engraving.) Price, 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 35c. J4 lb., $1.00 lb. 



"I planted a package of your Cole's Early Watermelon seed last year 

 and J raised about 15 of them. I got some big ones and the Quality oj all of 

 them was fine. Everbody in town had a small piece." 



MAX CLINTON SNOW, So. Royahton, Mass. 

 "Cole's Early Watermelons were of the best quality and also very productive." 



V. M. BROWN, East Moravia, Pa. 



Henderson's SUPERIOR MUSHROOM SPAWN 



The while thread-like substance seen permeating the brick or tablet in which Mushroom Spawn is sold is called Mycelium. The edible part of the Mushroom 

 is analogous to the flower in other plants. The spawn as sold is in a dormant condition, growth being suspended by withholding moisture. The task for the 

 grower is to cause it to revive and resume growth. This is accomplished by placing the spawn in prepared beds of fresh horse manure and soil, which may be 

 made in a shed, cellar, or under greenhouse benches. Next to proper preparation the most important thing is to maintain a uniform and moist air temperature 

 of 50 to 60 degrees. Full directions given in pamphlet, free if asked for. 



American cuu r u e re Mushroom Spawn 



Recent discoveries in the production of Mushroom Spawn have 

 enabled us to offer cultures taken only from selected specimens, 

 thus extending the work of selection to this delicious vegetable. 

 It is now possible to reproduce Mushrooms showing superiority 

 in size, color and shape. The value of such selection is already 

 apparent, for we are now able to offer a pure culture spawn that 

 will produce Mushrooms, uniform in shape, even in size, and of a 

 constant creamy-white color. American Pure Culture Spawn 

 is sold in flat bricks about 1J^ inches thick, weighing about 

 a pound. One brick may be broken into nine pieces, which, 

 set 12 inches apart, will spawn an area of 9 square feet. (See 

 engraving.) Price, 20c. lb., 10 lbs. for $1.75, 100 lbs. for 

 $14.00. Purchaser paying carriage. 



French Virgin Mushroom Spawn 



Produced by sowing the spores of the best specimens in a 

 laboratory in France under scientific conditions which provide 

 immunity from disease and thus insure greater vigor. We 

 have found it easy to produce Mushrooms from this spawn. 

 They are large, white, and extremely fleshy. The spawn is 

 sold in tablets, four being required to spawn an area of nine 

 square feet. Special directions for its use are enclosed with 

 every shipment. Price, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz., $12.00 per 

 100. Delivered in the U. S. 



"/ have grown & few Mushrooms in my cellar for several years, and 

 I want to say that your Virgin Spawn produced the finest looking and 

 best flavored crop I have had." 



CHARLES W. BOWMAN, Brownsville, Pa. 



Okra or Gumbo 



A most popular Southern vegetable. It is quite easy to 



grow, and it succeeds just as well in the North. The pods 



when young and tender are sliced and used in soups and stews. 



"WHITE VELVET, HENDERSON'S. The best of the Okras, 



long, smooth, greenish-white pods, extremely tender, and 



very prolific. Price, 5c. pkt., 10c. oz., 30c. }i lb., $1.00 lb. 



English Mushroom Spawn 



This is the kind that has been in constant use for years and is 

 still preferred by many. In order to insure its freshness we make 

 frequent importations, and we can confidently recommend our stock. 

 Use in same quantity as "American Pure Culture" described adjoin- 

 ing. Price, 20c. lb., 10 lbs. for SI. 75, 100 lbs. for $14.00. Purchaser 

 paying carriage. 



"Some tune ago I bought several pounds of Mushroom Spawn from you, 

 which I planted in beds of 150 square feet. Now I gather daily the best and 

 largest Mushrooms 1 have ever seen. They are perfect in appearance and fine 

 in taste." EWALD H. KRAFT, 



44 Hancock St., Little Falls, N. Y. 



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"I purchased American Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn from you on 

 March 1st, and picked the Mushrooms in the above photo on May 24th. 

 I had some that weighed over J 4 lb. each. Yesterday, the 5th of June, I 

 picked a mess, and there are fully 100 buttons on the bed now. All this 

 from a bed in the cellar, size 2x8 feet. 



J. A. COOK, Marshalltown. Iowa. 



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