36 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 



WATERMELON (Cont.) 



lib. 



10 lbs. 



or more 



or more 



per lb. 



per lb. 



$0.45 



$0.40 



Telegraph 

 Code Word 



Irish Grey melir 



Main crop. Especially valuable for distant shipping. Fruits large; 



oblong; uniform light grayish green; rind extremely hard and 



tough; flesh bright red; of good quality. Seeds white. 

 KLECKLEY'S SWEETS or MONTE CRISTO . .melky .45 .40 



Early. The most popular home garden sort; because cf the thin 



brittle rind it is not suitable for shipping. Fruits large, oblong, 



very dark green; flesh bright rich red, crisp, exceedingly sweet; 



seeds white. ^ er}' similar to Ealbert Honey. 

 Round Light Icing melro .45 .40 



Medium early. Fruits medium large, roundish, light green faintly 



veined with darker green; rind brittle; f esh bright light red; crisp 



and sweet; seeds white. Fruits roundish and a trifle smaller, but 



otherwise very similar to Long Light Icing. 

 STONE MOUNTAIN . . . melst .50 .45 



Main crop. Recently introduced melon cf outstanding merit; ideal 



for home and market garden; shipped North in enormous quanti- 

 ties. Fruits very large; broad oval, almrst round, unth blocky 



ends; dark green with indistinct veining; rind hard and tough; 



flesh bright red, crisp and sweet. 

 Sweet Heart melba .45 .40 



Main crop. Splendid shipper and popular home and market gar- 

 den sort. Fruits very large; round to slightly oblong, with blocky 



ends; light green with fine, darker veining; rind hard and tough; 



flesh bright red, crisp and sweet; seeds black. 

 TOM WATSON melaw .45 .40 



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 vary in color from browTi to almost white. 

 WONDER melwo .45 .40 



Comparatively new. Useful for home and nearby markets, but 



tender rind makes it unsuitable for long distance shipping. 



Large, dark green oblong fruits, often 22 inches long. Flesh 



rich red, sweet, and fine textured. Seeds white. 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



Mushrooms are propagated by means of microscopic "spores" which correspond to the seeds 

 of flowering plants. 

 PURE CULTURE SPAWN— Our spawn is produced from the origmal 



spore cultures under the new French process, permitting the 



indefinite reproduction of the variety selected. We use stock of 



the white variety which is generally preferred. 

 Brick Spawn musbr Per brick, $0.22 



Bricks weigh about IM lbs. This is sufficient to spawn about Per 100, $18.00 



10 square feet. 

 Bottle Spawn muspa Each, $0.85 



Sufliicient to spawn 40 square feet. Per 10, $7.50 



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. 



lib. 10 lbs. 



Telegraph or more or more 

 Code Word per lb. per lb. 



Chinese mttsch $0.30 $0.26 



Very hardy and vigorous; leaves broad oval, thick; savoy ed 

 and crumpled. 



Fordhook Fancy musfy .30 .28 



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

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

 like; bright green; seeds reddish-brown. 





