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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH 



WATER MELON-CONTINUED 



ferry's Iceberg 



We introduced this splen- 

 did melon in 1902. In 

 general shape, size and ap- 

 pearance it is similar to the well known Kolb's Gem, but is 

 distinctly darker and the skin where the melon rests on the 

 ground is rich yellow instead of white as in that variety. 

 It has a very firm, hard rind and is as good a shipper as 

 the Kolb's Gem, but the flesh is much deeper colored, 

 extends nearer to the rind, is much more tender and 

 sweet. This is much the best dark colored shipping melon 

 yet produced and is superior to all others used for this 

 purpose. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



Long Light Icing 



FERRY'S Iceberg 

 Water Melon. 



Cuban Oll^Pn Frmt medium sized to large, globular 



V/UUail VUCICII or oval; skin striped light and dark 



green m sharp contrast; rind medium thick, but stands 



shipment well. Flesh bright red, sohd, very crisp and 



sugary. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20e; Lb. 50c. 



Hark Irintf Frmt large, nearly round, dark green, very 



i-raii\ 1^1115 indistinctly mottled with lighter shade. 



Flesh very rich bright red. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 



\ Lb. 20c; , Lb. 50c. 



Our stock of this sort 

 is much better than that 

 usually offered, and su- 

 perior to many strains offered as Early 

 Monarch, etc. Repeated trials have dem- 

 onstrated that we have very fine stocks 

 of Icing melons, each variety being dis- 

 tinct and showing the type well instead 

 of being a mere mixture of white seeded 

 sorts. The melons of the Long Light 

 Icing variety are uniformly long and 

 large and the flesh deep, rich red, and of 

 splendid quahty. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



Round Light icing L7d."rTuLT 



very light green or white, mottled with 

 slightly darker green. Flesh bright, 

 light red, very sweet and tender, Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



iTIUUIUdin .3WCCI ety; rind green and 

 rather thick; flesh scarlet and quite solid 

 to the center, very sweet and delicious. 

 This is an old standard sort and one of 

 the best for the home garden. Pkt. 6c; 

 Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



Medium sized, with very 

 sweet, scarlet flesh. A good 



variety for home market. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 



2 Oz. 15c; 3^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c. 



Grows uniformly round and 

 smooth, striped and marbled 

 with light green. Flesh white and solid; 

 seeds red. This variety is not used for 

 eating in the raw state, but for preserves, 

 pickles, etc. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 

 h Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 



Ice Cream 



Citron 



Mushroom 



The Mushroom is an edible fungus of a white color, 

 changing to brown when old. The gills are loose, of pinkish- 

 red, changing to liver color. It produces no seed, but instead 

 there is developed a white, fibrous substance in broken 

 threads, called spawn, which is developed and preserved in 

 horse manure, pressed in the form of bricks. Thus prepared 

 it will retain its vitality for years. 



Mushrooms can be grown in cellars, in sheds, in hotbeds 

 or sometimes in the open air, the great essential being a 

 uniform degree of temperature and moisture. Fermenting 

 horse manure at a temperature of about 70 degrees, mixed 

 with an equal weight of fresh sod loam, is made into beds 

 the size required and eight to twelve inches deep. See to it 

 that the bed is packed firmly and evenly. In this bed plant 

 the broken pieces of spawn six inches apart; cover the 

 whole with two inches of light soil and protect from cold 

 and rain. One brick will plant eight to ten square feet of 

 bed. The mushrooms will appear in about six weeks. Water 

 sparingly and with lukewarm water. 



English Mnshroom Spawn, in bricks of about 1 lb., 26c. per 

 pound, prepaid; 5 lbs. for $1.00 prepaid. 



French Mushroom Spawn, 3 lb. boxes, $1.50 each, prepaid. 



Mustard 



Mustard is not only used as a condiment but the green 

 leaves are used as a salad or cut and boiled like spinage. 

 Sow as early in the spring as the ground will permit, in drills 

 about eighteen mches apart, covering one-half inch deep. 

 For succession, sow every few weeks till autumn. Water 

 freely. In the south the seed should be sown in autumn and 

 the plants used early in the spring as a salad and for greens. 

 WHITE ENGLISH. The leaves are light green, mild and 



tender when young; seed light yellow. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 



2 Oz. 10c; \ Lb. 15c; Lb. 40c. 



Soutliern Giant Curicd SilSl'? i^'llo^lfS 



where the seed is sown in the fall and the plants used very 

 early in the spring as a salad. Our stock is the true 

 curled leaf. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; 

 Lb. 60c, 



Nasturtium 



Sow after the ground is warm, in drills one inch deep, by 



the side of a fence, trellis work, or some other support to 



climb upon. Nasturtiums will thrive in good ground in almost 



any situation, but are more productive in a light soil. 



TALL MIXED GARDEN. Cultivated not only for ornament 



but its beautiful orange colored flowers serve as a garnish 



for dishes and the young leaves are excellent for salads. 



The green seed pods preserved in vinegar, make a pickle 



greatly esteemed by many. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 16c; 



% Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. Other varieties see Flower Seeds, page 81. 



Okra, or Gumbo 



Cultivated for its young seed pods which are used in 

 soups or stewed and served like asparagus. It is highly 

 esteemed in the south for making the famous gumbo soup. 

 The pods, when young and tender, may be sliced in sections 

 and strung on a thread and hung up in the shade to cure as 

 one would dry apples; in this condition they can be used for 

 soup at any time. 



Culture — Plant in hills about four feet apart, putting six 



to eight seeds in a hill and after the plants are well started, 



cut out all but two. The dwarf sorts can be planted much 



closer in hills two to three feet apart or in drills two feet apart 



thinning the plants to about one foot apart in the row. Gather 



the pods when quite green and about an inch and a half long. 



WhUi^ \J»\\}»i ^ great improvement on the old White 



TTllllc VCIVCI QY tjie Green. The plant is of medium 



height, bearing a large crop of white, smooth pods which 



retain their tenderness until nearly full size. Pkt. 5c; 



Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



Perltins' Mammotli Long Pod l^tX^S- 



tive. The pods are long, slender, deep green and remain 



tender much longer than most sorts, Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 



2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb 60c. 

 DWARF WHITE. The longest podded variety; vines two 



feet high and very productive. Mature pods long, very 



thick and fleshy. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; 



Lb. 50c. 

 DWARF GREEN. An early and very productive sort. Pods 



dark green, thick and fleshy. Pkt, 5c; Oz, 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 



% Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



