SEED GROWERS 37 



1 lb. 25 lbs. 



or more or more 



Code Word per lb. per lb. 



TOM WATSON melwat $0.50 $0.45 



Main crop. The most widely grown melon for shipping; also splen- 

 did and popular for home and market garden use. Fruits very 

 large ; oblong, cylindrical, symmetrical ; dark green with fine vein- 

 ing of very dark green; rind very tough; flesh bright deep red, 

 crisp and sweet; seeds brownish. 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Spore Culture muspaw (in bricks of about 1}4 lbs.) 



Mushroom is propagated by means of microscopic "spores" per brick, $0.22 



which correspond to the seeds of flowering plants. The spore cul- per 100, $18.00 



ture we offer is from a selected strain which insures uniformity 

 and is prepared in the form of bricks. 



MUSTARD 



Mustard is very widely grown for greens, particularly in the home and market gardens of the 

 South. An abundance of tender succulent leaves is available 4 to 5 weeks after sowing seed. 



1 lb. 25 lbs. 



or more or more 



Code Word per lb. per lb. 



Chinese morion $0.28 $0.25 



Very hardy and vigorous; leaves broad oval, thick; deeply 

 savoyed and crumpled. 



Fordhook Fancy moad .30 .28 



(Also known as Ostrich Plume.) Vigorous, of comparatively up- 

 right habit; slow to produce seed stalks; leaves handsome, plume- 

 Hke; bright green; seeds reddish-brown. 



Florida Broad Leaf motor .28 .25 



Large vigorous growth; leaves deep green; large, thick, broad- 

 oval with distinct whitish midrib ; margin toothed, but not frilled ; 

 seeds reddish-brown. 



Large Smooth Leaved molest .28 .25 



Large, vigorous; leaves large, broad-oval, deep green; margin 

 toothed, but otherwise plain; seeds reddish-brown. 



SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED .morsel .28 .25 



Very hardy and the most popular for greens. Leaves large and 

 wide, bright green and very curly on the edges. The plant, al- 

 though slightly spreading, is quite upright in growth. 



Mustard Spinach or Tendergreen megreen .32 .30 



Valuable heavily productive addition to our list of "greens" for 

 home and market garden and for shipping. Rapidly produces a 

 large rosette of thick, tender, dark green leaves that are smooth, 

 glossy, and not lobed; very slow to produce seed stalks. 



OKRA or GUMBO 



Okra is planted at our Oakview Experimental Gardens late in May or early in June and always 

 yields tender pckis in August. 



1 lb. 25 lbs. 



or more or more 



Code Word per lb. per lb. 



Dwarf Long Pod, Green opal $0.25 $0.22 



Early, prolific. Plants 2}4 — 3 ft. tall; pods dark green, fleshy and 

 tender; become 7 — 8 in. long and 1}^ in. in diameter; tapered 

 near tip. 



Perkin's Mammoth Long Pod odec .25 .22 



Standard medium early sort for home, market garden and can- 

 ning. Plants 4 — 5 ft. tall; pods dark green, fleshy, tender; be- 

 come 7 — 8 in. long, IJ^ in. in diameter; distinctly ribbed and 

 tapered. 



White Velvet odeon .25 .22 



Early. Plants 3 ft. tall; pods white, fleshy and tender; slender, 

 become 6 — 7 in. long and K in- in diameter; tapered, smooth, 

 not ribbed. 



